« The End of the Sound-bite | Main | A Billion Here, a Billion There » Looking Back19 Mar 2008 05:06 pm Some "five years ago" content from colleagues old and new. First, James Fallows' "The Fifty-first State?" which tried to warn people that occupying and rebuilding Iraq wasn't going to be nearly as easy as war-boosters were saying. Second, TAP's editorial "A Reckless Rush to War" arguing that, well, the rush to war was reckless.
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And who else was part of The Project for The New American Century (PNAC) at the time this was drafted? William Kristol (chairman) Sorry, meant to say in last post that the other parts of the document advocated: >American military bases in Central Asia and Middle East, 
Ah, Devon Gaffney Cross. Check this piece out. Jim Lobe finds that all these assholes are still at it - possibly with Defense Department funding. Is the Pentagon Policy Shop Funding Likudist Fronts? Money Quote: So, you may ask, why is the Pentagon policy office awarding a no-bid contract to an organization whose institutional relationships and affiliations appear so opposed to official U.S. policy and which is so utterly lacking in transparency? And how is that such clearly pro-Likud individuals as Cross and Gedmin (not to mention the new Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, James Glassman who, like Gedmin, is an AEI alumnus) are put in charge of U.S. public-diplomacy efforts in Europe, let alone the Middle East? How does this happen?
How does this happen? Cronyism and a massive lack of oversight.
Post something from TAC, Matt. The most prescient publication out there. Buchanan, Margolis, me, lots of people. That's why the magazine was started, for Chris' sake.
I knew that Fallows article was going to be prophetic when I read it; it's still an amazing read, like that Onion article on Bush, "Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity Has Come To An End." So I saved that issue of the Atlantic; and it's right here, near my shelf of favorite books.
Not to mention your idiot twin brother Andrew sullivan, who was as pro-Iraq then as he is pro-Obama now. Not that there is much relationship between the two, but it's important to point out that the loudest voices are typically wrong, and there is a lot of shouting going on about prince Barack. I can't wait to see you guys do twist and contort your way out of the current Obama craze you find yourselves in. It's always sad to see grown, intelligent people behave like Britney Spears's teenage fans.
Israel might remember that "prince Barack" was correct about Iraq, alone of the credible Presidential candidates still remaining, and this is actually a major reason why he has so much support.
How about something from Matt when he thought the war would be teh awesome.
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And eight years ago, Cheney and his cohorts over at The Project for The New American Century (www.newamericancentury.com) drafted "Rebuilding America's Defenses" which advocated the creation of a 'global Pax Americana' requiring a stronger permanant presence in regions throughout the world, including the Middle East:
"The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein."
Yes looking back helps renew our perspective today.
American military bases in Central Asia and Middle East,
toppling of non-complying regimes,
abrogation of international treaties,
control of the world's energy sources, militarization of outer space,
total control of cyberspace,
and the willingness to use nuclear weapons to achieve "American" goals.
Posted by AKBY | March 19, 2008 5:41 PM