115
edits
Changes
Project for the New American Century (view source)
Revision as of 05:33, March 15, 2007
, 05:33, March 15, 2007no edit summary
The '''Project for a New American Century''' is a [[Neoconservative]] [[Think tank]]. Many of its members, such as [[William J. Bennett]], [[J. Danforth Quayle]], [[Jeb Bush]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[Lewis "Scooter" Libby]], and [[Donald Rumsfeld]] are or were influential in the [[Republican Party]] and the [[Bush administration]], and some of them are directly responsible for embroiling the [[United States]] in the current [[Iraq War]].<ref>[http://www.newamericancentury.org/ The PNAC's own website]</ref>
To the delight of [[Conspiracy Theory|conspiracy theorists]], in 2000, the PNAC publication ''"Rebuilding America's Defenses"''<ref>[http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf Rebuilding America's Defenses [PDF]]</ref> contains the following quote: ''"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event — like a new Pearl Harbor."'' As with [[Pearl Harbor]], some believe the Bush Administration expected the [[9/11]] attacks, and decided to let them occur for political gain.
The PNAC's overall goal is world American political, economic and military supremacy, with the resulting [[pax Americana]] requiring constant worldwide military intervention, similar to [[George Orwell]]'s [[1984|Eternal War For Eternal Peace]]<ref>[http://www.knife-party.net/flash/barry.html] What Barry Says (Quicktime)</ref>. The current quagmire in Iraq seems to have rendered that plan politically unpalatable, at least for now.
<references />
To the delight of [[Conspiracy Theory|conspiracy theorists]], in 2000, the PNAC publication ''"Rebuilding America's Defenses"''<ref>[http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf Rebuilding America's Defenses [PDF]]</ref> contains the following quote: ''"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event — like a new Pearl Harbor."'' As with [[Pearl Harbor]], some believe the Bush Administration expected the [[9/11]] attacks, and decided to let them occur for political gain.
The PNAC's overall goal is world American political, economic and military supremacy, with the resulting [[pax Americana]] requiring constant worldwide military intervention, similar to [[George Orwell]]'s [[1984|Eternal War For Eternal Peace]]<ref>[http://www.knife-party.net/flash/barry.html] What Barry Says (Quicktime)</ref>. The current quagmire in Iraq seems to have rendered that plan politically unpalatable, at least for now.
<references />