Tim, excellent article; however, thus far, nothing happening to the U.S. has deterred the PNAC in its goal of world domination: failure, bankruptcy, disgrace or disaster.

McBush's failure to get elected will be no different. They will not let go until they are dragged from their hidey holes one at a time and put on trial.

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 236 comments) on Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:36:12 PM

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and if you go to my most recent one in dairies "Sacrifice and the War Of Terror" you will see that I mentioned many of the same issues you described in yours.

by Stanimal (2 articles, 228 quicklinks, 38 diaries, 1259 comments [234 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:45:58 PM

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I was very pleased that someone has revisited the PNAC.  The American people need to know who the PNAC members were and how many of them wound up in the Bush administration.  Some like Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld and Cheney have been around a long time and the country was fortunate that there had always been a leader who stymied their ambitions..until now.   It is clear from the letter this group wrote to President Clinton in 1998 that they wanted to convince the world of America's might by overthrowing Saddam Hussein and then working our way through the Middle East.  Wolfowitz along with Richard Pearle was introduced to U.S. politics by pro Israel Senator Henry (Scoops) Jackson. Douglas Feith who worked for Wolfowitz collaborated with Pearle and others to provide Benjamin Netanyahu with a plan to make Israel the hegemon in the Middle East.  Their plan called the "Clean Break" makes for interesting reading.  When comparing the events occurring in Iraq, Iran and Syria it is easy to determine that there is a combined effort of the pro Israeli neocons and the Likud party Israelis to take control of the Middle East.  Two former members of AIPAC are awaiting trial dates for stealing sensitive information on Iran (spying) from the Pentagon with the help of Douglas Feith and giving that information to Israel.  And does anyone beside me find it interesting that Senator Joe Lieberman who has duel Israeli and American citizenship is supporting the war in Iraq, the impending war in Iran and John McCain for president?

by William Burgess (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:21:29 PM

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Tim,

Great article. Sadly, PNAC has accomplished most of its goals. It'll now probably fade away, replaced by a less aggressive bunch continuing the same policies. But don't let your guard down, the more agressive ones will be back. Just like it was Bush-Clinton-Bush.

by Darren Wolfe (15 articles, 401 quicklinks, 141 diaries, 1031 comments [84 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:14:49 PM

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I agree with many of your points, however, I have a different point of view regarding the events taking place in the Middle East as engineered by the neo-con PNAC members of the Bush "administration".

First off, the official PNAC website has been taken down, and has been offline for a few weeks now. This raises several interesting questions.

Second. I believe that Iraq was just a stepping-stone. I think the real goal all along has been Iran. Here is why:

After 9/11 happened, the United States was offered several reasons to respond the way it did, especially toward Iraq. Many of the reasons and goals of this response you outlined in your article were obviously because of increased military expenditure, securing through force America's energy interests in the Middle East, and not allowing an affront to American global dominance to go unchecked and unanswered.

However, I believe the lynchpin for this has been Israel, of which many of the PNAC founders and signatories have strong ties to.

In the 1990's, America and Israel knew that Iran was making deals with Russia to provide for the building of Iranian nuclear reactors. It was just a matter of time before a second Middle Eastern country would be able to attain a nuclear weapon capacity. This would certainly not do at all for Israel, nor the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, if Shiite Iran were able to assert itself regionally as the dominant power. America, Israel and Saudi Arabia all knew that America's former ally, now turned rogue Saddam Hussein, was in no position to counter this growing threat, having been held under the thumb of the U.S. and U.K. for a decade. Saddam's ability to act as a buffer to Iran was quickly ending. Therefore, he had to be removed. Members of the PNAC realized, I'm quite sure, that the United States would have to directly insert itself into a dominant position in Iraq to counter the threat which a nuclear Iran could ultimately pose.

After 9/11, whether or not it was manufactured as a "false flag" attack or was purposely allowed to happen, the members of the PNAC and the Bush "administration" immediately realized the possibility that these ideas and goals and plans could suddenly come to fruition.

The stakes are high. These are the next possible scenarios:

1. If Israel were to unilaterally bomb Iran, they could not do so without the United States strategic and tactical help. If Iran were to respond (which I'm sure they would) by firing its Shahab missiles with a 2000km range at Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait or Iraq, the United States would be obligated to respond in kind with immediate bombing of Iranian cities and military sites.

2. The United States could unilaterally strike at Revolutionary Guard or Qud's Force camps inside Iran, claiming that they are supplying insurgents in Iraq with weapons to kill Americans, despite the fact that the U.S. supplied and funded Iraq in its proxy war against Iran during the 1980's. This apparent blatant hypocrisy does not matter in the slightest to America's leaders. U.S. dominance cannot be challenged, period.

3. A major incident in the Straight of Hormuz, similar to what happened recently between U.S. warships and Iranian gunboats, and the capturing of U.K. naval personnel.

4. A "false flag" terrorist attack on America, created and manufactured by members of the Bush "administration", and blamed on Iran or Hezbollah. This would likely take the form of either: A) a low-yield nuclear bomb detonating in an already degraded city with a port, such as New Orleans, or B) a biological or chemical attack. This would again create a post-9/11 atmosphere of terror in the U.S. which would help the Republicans and McCain in the coming election for the White House. It would also give Bush and Cheney the outright ability to declare martial law and suspend the election, giving Bush total authority for an undetermined amount of time.

Regardless of whichever way war is instigated, Russia and China would quickly become involved, as they would not stand idly by while a major energy ally of theirs is attacked. Without immediate diplomacy, the chances of a limited, or potentially total nuclear war breaking out would quickly escalate. The stakes are definitely high.

These are my thoughts and opinions. Thank you for your time.

by dotmafia (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 127 comments [8 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:40:28 AM

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A good article, but I do not believe the PNAC has completed their quest for world dominance and are not through. A main threat comes in the form of Barrack Obama whom they do not yet have under their wing. Their hope was to have a presidential campaign pitting McCain and Clinton, two whom they knew would continue their agenda. This leaves them with two options; (1) have their corporate media propagandists do their job on Obama, as they did with Gore, Kerry, and a host of others who may have been a threat to their agenda; or, if these lapdogs fail in assuring a McCain victory (2) have their corporate vote counters do their thing for a third time, thus putting McCain in the White House. A third option is the “national emergency” card where Bush can take over complete control, thus invoking martial law, suspending the election, and simply taking over.

These PNAC maniacs, using the same strategies as those followed by the German Fascists of the 1930's and 40's: a triggering event (Reichstag Fire/Mass Murders of 9/11); illegal invasions (Poland/Afghanistan, Iraq, and..); concentration camps (Several/Guantanamo and others, some have yet to be used); and others too numerous to mention in this short piece. Another key operation employed by these modern day maniacs is that of the free trade agreement. These “agreements” incorporate laws, written by corporations, favoring corporations, and enforced by corporations into countries, superseding the sovereignty of that country. It is through these instruments Fascism is taking over the world. It is creating a world which is controlled by a handful of power elite.

The PNAC has not gone away, they have just slipped under rocks and in holes. Rats do most of their destruction when not observed. By the way, where has Cheney been lately?   

by Dennis Kaiser (20 articles, 0 quicklinks, 35 diaries, 730 comments [137 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:52:35 AM

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I WISH I HAD SAID THAT!

-VERBAL FIST BUMP-

JF

by Jay Farrington (13 articles, 2 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 236 comments) on Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 at 6:50:21 PM

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