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PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURYKaruna said Apr 25, 2006, 2:27 AM: |
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Project for the New American CenturyRebuilding America's Defenses (RAD)” is a policy document published by a neoconservative Washington think tank called the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). Its pages outline an aggressive military plan for U.S. world domination during the coming century. It seems that relatively few Americans are expressing alarm at this published document that is a blueprint for many of the present actions of the Bush administration, actions which have begun to destabilize the balance of power between the nations of the world. There is, indeed, much reason for alarm because PNAC is not an ordinary think tank and “RAD” is not an ordinary policy paper. Many PNAC members now hold key positions in the White House, Defense and State Departments, among them Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Elliot Abrams, Lewis Libby, and John Bolton, along with others in lesser positions. William Kristol, writer for the conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, is chairman of the group. ~ excerpted from the website antiwar.com _____________________________________________________________________The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is an American think tank, based in Washington, DC. The group was established in early 1997 as a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting “American global leadership”. The chairman is William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and a regular contributor to the Fox News Channel. The group is an initiative of the New Citizenship Project, a non-profit 501c3 organization that is funded by the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation and the Bradley Foundation. [1] Some critics allege the organization proposes military and economic, space, cyberspace, and global domination by the United States, so as to establish — or maintain — American dominance in world affairs (Pax Americana). [citation needed] Some have argued the American-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, commenced in March of that year under the code name Operation Iraqi Freedom, is the first major step toward implementing these objectives. Supporters of the PNAC counter such criticisms as little more than conspiracy theories and that the organization's stated mission is mainstream conservative foreign policy proposals. ~ from Wikipedia _____________________________________________________________________ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS YET, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE READ THIS POLICY DOCUMENT, AND PASS IT AROUND: Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century A critical analysis of this document can be found at Antiwar.com _____________________________________________________________________ |
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