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Project for a New American Century The Expansion of Empire Through Unending Conflict and Aggression
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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Afghanistan is part of a long term strategy and plan.
The plan was written long before Obama considered running for president.
George Herbert Walker Bush's man, Robert Gates, will continue to
implement the plan. We will leave 75 thousand or more troops in Iraq
to enforce no-bid, cost-plus corporate contracts for corruption and
disaster. We will use these as a base for launching a similar corporate
occupation of Afghanistan. Until or unless Mr. Gates is purged from this
administration... this debacle will continue to unfold.
The Imperial Unconscious Afghan Faces, Predators, Reapers, Terrorist Stars, Roman Conquerors, Imperial Graveyards, and Other Oddities of the Truncated American Century By Tom Engelhardt Sometimes, it's the everyday things, the ones that fly below the radar, that matter. Here, according to Bloomberg News, is part of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's recent testimony on the Afghan War before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee:
What is the Project for a New American Century?
Rebuilding America's Defenses "was developed by
Rumsfeld,
Cheney,
Wolfowitz
and Libby, and is devoted to matters of 'maintaining US pre-eminence, thwarting rival powers and shaping the global security system according to US interests.'"[30][31] Project directors[as listed on the PNAC website:]
[edit] Project staff
[edit] Former directors and staff
[edit] Signatories to Statement of Principles[edit] Signatories or contributors to other significant letters or reports[14][edit] Associations with Bush administrationAfter the election of George W. Bush in 2000, a number of PNAC's members or signatories were appointed to key positions within the President's administration:
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