BU$HCO & The PNAC

“The process of transformation, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”

The Project For a New American Century (PNAC)


September 11, 2001 was when a group known as the PNAC got their 'New Pearl Harbor'. This was what they had been hoping for to be able to enact their agenda of increasing military spending, and beginning a concerted effort to invade and occupy the middle east. This brainchild of the 'Neoconservative Movement' is unknown to a vast majority of Americans, despite operating a website laying out its plans for world domination. Founded in spring of 1997, among its founders and members are:

Richard Perle: Advisor to former president Ronald Reagan

Zionist Neoconservatives Robert Kagan & William Krystal of neocon rag 'The Weekly Standard'

Dick Cheney, the current Vice President of the United States of America

Donald Rumsfeld, the current Secretary of Defense

Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, Son of former president George H. W. Bush, and brother of current president George W. Bush.

And dozens of other members, most of whom have found themselves placed prominently in the current Bush administration.

These individuals all have something in common, they all love war, but have never experienced it. They were more than willing to push for an unprovoked, pre-emptive war in the middle east in order to secure massive oil reserves, and to gaurantee profits to corporations involved with the effort. They were quick to use the attacks on 9/11 to move their plan into action, leaving some conspiracy theorists to speculate on whether or not the attacks were actually carried out by terrorist hijackers. Even if this was not the case, the current Bush administration showed a blatant level of disconcern with reports that terrorists were planning to use commercial aircraft to attack US cities.

Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, president George W. Bush started to press the CIA, and other intelligence organizations to find links between the attacks and Saddam Hussein, the former US ally, who became a brutal dictator in Iraq. When no links could be found, they turned to sources that were shaky at best, and have since proved to be completely unreliable. Stories of Saddams alleged 'Weapons of Mass Destruction' were spread throughout the media, claims to his ability to launch chemical weapon attacks, and allegations that he was planning to develop nuclear weapons were repeated with growing hysteria by George W. Bush, and his administration. Condoleeza Rice, who, at the time was serving as National Security Advisor, made statements regarding Saddam's nuclear ambitions, and spoke about the great urgency required to remove him before 'the smoking gun is a mushroom cloud'.

Claims that Saddam had been seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger started to be circulated, although no evidence could be found to substantiate these claims. One of the main pieces of evidence that was touted by Rice and other officials were aluminum tubes, which they claimed were built for use in nuclear centrifuges, despite the fact that leading nuclear scientists told them repeatedly that they were ill suited for use in centrifuges. It was later found out that the tubes were used for ballistic weapons, and that the high level of precision of the machining was required to give these weapons greater accuracy. Rice's punishment for making unbased claims, was to be made Secretary of State, as it often seems in the current administration, making horrible mistakes is not seen as a bad thing, as long as you are attempting to further the mission of the administration.

Claims from Bush supporters and right wing conservatives that individuals in the previous Clinton administration had been saying that Saddam had WMD are mostly unfounded, either these claims were made in the years previous to the majority of Saddams arsenal being depleted, or with the knowledge that his chemical weapons had a shelf life, and would no longer be effective. After the attack on 9/11, George W. Bush asked Congress for permission to use the military to go after the attackers. Osama Bin Laden was the Al-Queda leader who had planned the attacks, and was known to be operating out of Afghanistan. The majority of the terrorist hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, but there was never any talk of action against them. Bush found almost total support for going to war to avenge the 9/11 attacks--which he mistook as carte blanche to move forward with his real agenda--to attack Iraq.

The claims that Saddam Hussein was not cooperating with UN Weapons Inspectors, and must be hiding some kind of weapons stockpile, or chemical weapon development laboratories were circulated, and despite the fact that the UN was being allowed access to whatever they asked to see, they were told to leave, and the US moved forward with its invasion. With the exception of England, the US invasion was unilateral, obviously unprovoked, and had no support from the rest of the world. A few tiny countries were coerced into playing along and sending some troops, but the majority of the forces were American, with some British. In the weeks leading up to the war, there was still no evidence that any of the administrations claims regarding Saddams WMD programs held any water, however they continued to repeat the same lies louder and at a more feverish pitch than ever before. None of the US agencies had even a shred of valid intelligence connecting Saddam Hussein to Al Queda or the 9/11 attacks. This did not stop Bush from moving forward with the PNAC agenda, and beginning a blitzkrieg that they called 'Shock and Awe'.

The first attacks against Iraq killed thousands of Iraqi civilians, and gauranteed that there was no way we would be considered 'Liberators'. Instead, it started the mess that has led up to the present day, with no end in sight. The vicious way in which the Bush administration has been defending its decision to go to war, its dubious tactics, and the reasons they had for justifying it are evidence to me that they are getting worried about their position of power. With the 2006 elections coming up, and their dreadful poll numbers, they might be in danger of losing control of all of the branches of government. If this happens, their days will be numbered, with the Democracts having the ability to bring charges, and demand access to documents and records, there will be a number of indictments brought against most of the big players in the administration. Impeachment is not out of the question, and with all of the indictments on the table already, it is already looking like the Reagan administration all over again. If things keep going the way they are now, it is likely that they will set new records for the number of individuals that get indicted, and hopefully convicted of the various crimes that have been being committed.

Once real investigations are launched, and light is finally shed, all sorts of atrocities are going to be unearthed. This administration claims to be opposed to torture, but in the same breath will tell you that the information they have been able to 'extract' from detainees has been useful in thwarting attacks. Bush refuses to set a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, unwilling to relent and allow the 'terrorists to win'. His recent release of a 'Plan For Victory In Iraq' which is anything but, reads like a fifth graders report on the Iraq war, full of talking points and slogans, all of which can be summed up with 'Let's stay the course some more, it'll start working soon, I promise'. The 'free elections' being run in Iraq cannot be considered anything other than a joke, since anyone with a modicum of intelligence knows that you cannot hold democratic elections in a country that is being occupied. Iraq is in the throes of civil war now, and the only thing keeping it from going full bore, is the US presence in the region--on the other hand, the US presence is also the cause of a large amount of the violence.

The only real plan of action is to remove the troops from Iraq. More and more people are seeing this every day, including individuals from both major political parties. There is nothing more for the military to do in Iraq. If the Iraqi's are going to have a democracy, they will have to be the ones to fight for it, if they are willing to sit back and let terrorists and dictators rule, then they are the only ones to blame for it.

The same as in the US.

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