Terrifying Aspirations
I don’t spend a lot of time regurgitating political mantra on my blog, but I feel must do my part to bring light to this corner of the political world. If you, dear reader, have any inclanation against a U.S. Empire — one that forces its hand at the international rule of law despite the U.N., the E.U. or even common decency — keep reading.
During the 2004 campaign season, I became aware of a group called the Project for the New American Century, or PNAC. This group, made up of just about every Bush croney in the White House and nearby, states “that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; and that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle.” Sounds a little fishy, but it gets better. Casual perusal of the site uncovers the tenets of PNAC which include:
- Military increases
- Stronger ties to allies (do we still have any?) and stronger threats toward enemies (used to be able to count those on one hand)
- Promoting the cause of freedom abroad (presumably through war, see the first bullet (no pun) point)
- America (not NATO, not the UN, not Western Civilization) is unique in its ability to rule the world
I strongly recommend reading the PNAC Statement of Principles which goes into more detail and also lists the members (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, just to name a few).
Folks, this group scares me to death. They outright state that their goal is to build military might and take over the world! Anyone see a problem with this? Is the reasoning behind our meddling in the Middle East becoming more apparent now?
If the last 3 years have shown us anything, it’s that PNAC is incapable of doing good. The Middle East is just one little section of their plan, and it’s failed miserably. Imagine what might happen if they get their tentacles into other parts of the world. Sheer disaster.
Please do your political duty and get familiarized with this group, so that you see what the White House is up to. Many decisions made after 9/11 will become clear when you realize the motives of the people we’ve elected.
For a more thorough assessment of PNAC, read Miles Wooley’s recent article on LewRockwell.com.
on May 4th, 2006 at 9:04 am
I’ve read this before and it is indeed scary stuff. It’s often been
refered to in the papers over here and it also pops up in the 9/11
truth sites because of this particular passage taken from “Rebuilding
America’s Defenses”
“Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings
revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some
catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a new Pearl Harbor.”
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf
Here is also a good article taken from one the more heavy weight English papers.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/comment/0,12956,1036687,00.html
Let me quote part of a post I made elsewhere on the internet …
QUOTE
Just look at Bush et all and all the things they HAVE actually been
guilty of so far during there administration.
- Illegal war based around what is most likely to be faked intelligence.
- Running up trillions of dollars of debt, the money of with has often
falling into the hands of their corporate bedfellows (E.g.
Halliburton).
- Unconstitutional and internationally illegal activities such as,
detention with out trial, torture and wire tapping. (Nixon each your
heart out).
- Gross mis-management of Katrina and couldn’t give a fuck attitude
for regular Americans.
Do I need to go on?
So what you have to ask yourself, is the explanation purely that a
group of people (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, etc) have managed to rise to
be among the world’s most powerful people (some of them for a SECOND
time) are just that utterly incompetent? And if they aren’t just
incompetent, then exactly what are they capable of? They don’t seem to
concerned about sending over a thousand U.S. troops to their grave in
an aggressive invasion of another sovereign based country on a false
pretext. And they didn’t seem to concerned about the plight of
thousands upon thousands of people affected by Katrina.”
/QUOTE
My view is that it’s not just good enough to wait for Bush’s second
term to finish and vote them out. This idiot needs to be impeached
asap and all his cronies made to answer some serious questions. I just
hope you folks over there can do something about it.
Here is an article that was recently published in Vanity Fair that
suggests to me that the political will in the US to get rid of Bush on
both sides of the house is on the rise.
http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/060417roco03
And also, check out this, absolutely HILARIOUS video of Bush getting a roasting
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/35674/
“A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s
faux talk-show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent
Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its
close.”
http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/35669 - video here
on May 5th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
At first, this group seemed pretty benign to me, but then, lo and behold, I noticed two of the most menacing political hacks ever are also members, namely Pinky and The Brain!
on May 8th, 2006 at 2:06 am
It turns out we Cubans are also at fault for Bush winning the White House. Or is it really the fault of the British? I report; you decide:
“How incredibly different history would have been had the British kept Cuba instead. No Spanish-American war (except that the Americans would have somehow “acquired” Florida much earlier than 1898), no Castro, no communism, no missile crisis, no dimpled chads, no usurper in the White House; the list goes on and on. Most importantly, the US would not have been deprived of the best rum in the world for forty-plus years. That’s Havana Club. The inferior Bacardi fled to Puerto Rico after the revolution.”
Copyright 2001 T.F. Mills
http://www.regiments.org/special/essays/cuba/cu1762.htm
on May 9th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
It’s hard to predict where Western intervention will leave us. British with Cuba in the 19th Century, again with Israel in the 20th, and the U.S. with Afghanistan & Osama more recently. We do some curious stuff.
But I totally agree about the rum.