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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (24747)8/8/2003 6:46:48 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (2) of 89467
 
PNAC: Project for a New American Century

Lizzie,

Re: whats PNAC?....sorry something tells me I should know what this is

Understanding PNAC is essential to understanding U.S. foreign policy today. PNAC is the driving force behind the Bush foreign policy. In a nutshell (not to mention nutcase), these people are absolutely committed to creating an American Empire.

Here are a few references that I've collected as I've studied this remarkable organization.

1) Here's some of the more outrageous desires expressed in "Rebuilding America's Defenses", a PNAC white paper that made the case for war in Iraq as of September, 2000.

Message 18985886

A new Pearl Harbor, America's frontiers in Iraq, biological warfare by genotype? These guys make Dr. Strangelove seem tame. <ng>

2) Here is an excellent and succinct summary of what PNAC is all about:

sundayherald.com

3) "The President's Real Goal in Iraq" is also very insightful:
informationclearinghouse.info

4) Here's my digest of all things PNAC:

Message 18051067

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Here's a number of other resources on the subject:

Baker Institute of Rice University -- A think tank with complementary policy goals to PNAC:
rice.edu

Biowarfare Speculations:
Message 18896940

The Ecologist: Wm. Rivers Pitt on PNAC --
theecologist.org

Analysis of PNAC letter to the President at the start of the war in March:
fpif.org

PNAC letter setting out budgetary goals for DoD, adapted in full by Bush:
newamericancentury.org

The National Security Strategy of the United States. This is the document that declared preemptive strikes to be policy:
whitehouse.gov

Notable Quotes from "Rebuilding America's Defenses":
terraknowledge.net

"Rebuilding America's Defenses" the full 90 page .pdf:
newamericancentury.org

The Present Danger (note, the name of this group is a take-off on the "Committee for the Present Danger", a right wing paranoid cold warrior organization that was active in the 1970's. It included many of the personalities in charge today, including Cheney, Perle and Rumsfeld.):
Message 18503192
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