"...like a new Pearl Harbor..."

[VOX]

This has been discussed and rediscussed here. Nevertheless, I find this PNAC invocation of a "Pearl Harbor"-type of event -- one that would speed up a transformation of the American military to "meet threats before they become dire" (and so much more), deeply disturbing over the long haul.

I've been profoundly troubled every day since I learned about PNAC and read its goals as put forth in a published online document, and I have spent many sleepless nights ruminating over its content. I am astounded that the single statement regarding Pearl Harbor *alone* hasn't served as an opening wedge into a thorough examination of 9/11.

The fact that it was publicly mentioned at all is rather strange; the fact that, exactly one year after the report was published, such an event did occur is mind-boggling. The fact that such an event was invoked, and then occurred -- under the watch of the people who stood to profit the most from such an event -- is utterly damning.

If ever there was a case to make for LIHOP, *this* is the starting point.

http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf
REBUILDING AMERICA’S DEFENSES
Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century
A Report of The Project for the New American Century
September 2000
V. CREATING TOMORROW’S DOMINANT FORCE
pp. 162-163
To preserve American military preeminence in the coming decades, the
Department of Defense must move more aggressively to experiment with new technologies and operational concepts, and seek to exploit the emerging revolution in military affairs. Information technologies,
in particular, are becoming more prevalent and significant components of modern military systems. These information technologies are having the same kind of transforming effects on military affairs as they
are having in the larger world. The effects of this military transformation will have profound implications for how wars are
fought, what kinds of weapons will dominate the battlefield and, inevitably, which nations enjoy military preeminence.
<snip>
...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...
<snip>

[NMDemDist2]

1. kick

cuz I have nothing to add, but it needed to be said again

[yardwork]

2. Look at the bright side.

PNAC has been a total and complete failure. Iraq was supposed to be the first step and it's been a disaster.

Nobody with any intelligence will ever take the PNACers seriously again. They had their chance and their plan failed.

It's good to be vigilant and prevent this from happening again, because there will always be a new group trying to take over everything for profit. However, it won't be called PNAC next time. Their day is over.

[luaneryder]

3. Sounds very much like an open invitation

for someone or many someones to cause another "event" so that PNAC's "transformations" may become a reality. I expect they have a certain comfort level now with having such notions and comments published since the public at large hasn't called them or this administration on other matters. Funny how tin foil sometimes has a way of being truth rather than fiction.

[Abe Linkman]

4. No such thing as LIHOP re: 9-11

9-11 could not have unfolded in a vaccum. That's why there's no such
thing as LIHOP. The correct term is MIHOP.