PNAC IRAQ
The PNAC group is setting policy for bush. Their website has all the info needed to conclude that Bush was focused on Iraq and getting Saddam Hussein from the very beginning of his administration. He did not even consider al Qaeda a significant enough threat to warrant attention.
In a letter to President Clinton http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm on January 26, 1996, PNAC was urging military action to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
In another letter to Newt Gingrich, http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqletter1998.htm , PNAC urged Congress to overstep its authority and take military action in Iraq.
In a "letter to George Bush, http://www.newamericancentury.org/Bushletter.htm , on September 20, 2001 (nine days after the attacks), PNAC focuses less on Osama bin Ladan, and far more on Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The letter does not even mention al Qaeda at all. It does mention Hezbollah. While there is not doubt that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, why does PNAC fail to even mention al Qaeda when it mentioned OBL?
Two of the signatories on the first two letters were Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. William J Bennet, who was recently exposed to have a gambling addiction, which in itself destroys his credibility as a commentator on American values, also signed all three letters.
It is quite clear that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz were overly focused on Saddam Hussein and military action in Iraq in the days and weeks immediately following the 9/11.
The current Bush administration is filled with remnants of the first Bush administration, people who passionately believed that Bush I failed to conclude the first Gulf War properly with the ouster of Saddam. These men are ALSO members of the PNAC.
After 911, the PNAC members - Cheney, Rummy and Wolfie - were able to unduly influence the bewildered President Bush. Iraq was mission one, Al Qaida something of an afterthought.
Make sure you read the PNAC's Statement of Principles http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
The following is a snippet from a 90-page document at the PNAC site titled Rebuilding Americas Defenses:
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf :
"The strategic “transformation” of the U.S. military into an imperialistic force of global domination would require a huge increase in defense spending to “a minimum level of 3.5 to 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, adding $15 billion to $20 billion to total defense spending annually,” the PNAC plan said.
“The process of transformation,” the plan said, “is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”
In a letter to President Clinton http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm on January 26, 1996, PNAC was urging military action to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
In another letter to Newt Gingrich, http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqletter1998.htm , PNAC urged Congress to overstep its authority and take military action in Iraq.
In a "letter to George Bush, http://www.newamericancentury.org/Bushletter.htm , on September 20, 2001 (nine days after the attacks), PNAC focuses less on Osama bin Ladan, and far more on Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The letter does not even mention al Qaeda at all. It does mention Hezbollah. While there is not doubt that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, why does PNAC fail to even mention al Qaeda when it mentioned OBL?
Two of the signatories on the first two letters were Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. William J Bennet, who was recently exposed to have a gambling addiction, which in itself destroys his credibility as a commentator on American values, also signed all three letters.
It is quite clear that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz were overly focused on Saddam Hussein and military action in Iraq in the days and weeks immediately following the 9/11.
The current Bush administration is filled with remnants of the first Bush administration, people who passionately believed that Bush I failed to conclude the first Gulf War properly with the ouster of Saddam. These men are ALSO members of the PNAC.
After 911, the PNAC members - Cheney, Rummy and Wolfie - were able to unduly influence the bewildered President Bush. Iraq was mission one, Al Qaida something of an afterthought.
Make sure you read the PNAC's Statement of Principles http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
The following is a snippet from a 90-page document at the PNAC site titled Rebuilding Americas Defenses:
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf :
"The strategic “transformation” of the U.S. military into an imperialistic force of global domination would require a huge increase in defense spending to “a minimum level of 3.5 to 3.8 percent of gross domestic product, adding $15 billion to $20 billion to total defense spending annually,” the PNAC plan said.
“The process of transformation,” the plan said, “is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”
posted by Gary at 1:45 PM
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