The PNAC Letter That Planned The War In Iraq

[Carla in Ca]

This is a copy of the letter sent to President Clinton in 1998. Old news, yes, but take another look at the list of signatures at the bottom of the letter. I googled these two names because one is in Iraq now(civil war coming?) and the other wants to speak for us at the UN.(another vote soon?)
<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/7/17/165838/640>

Zalmay Khalilzad-
<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zalmay_Khalilzad>
Ambassador to Iraq (March 2005). Formerly, Ambassador to Afghanistan (2001-2003) and protege to Cheney and Wolfowitz.
In September 2004, Khalilzad was charged with trying to influence the October 9 Afghan presidential elections.
(He was also a consultant to Unocal).

John Bolton-

Bolton was in South Korea on an AEI assignment when he received a call from long-time mentor James Baker, who was leading the charge on the Florida recount in 2000. Baker told him to get on the next plane, which he did. After working as a lawyer with the Republican team in Florida, he grabbed reporters' attention when he burst into a Tallahassee library announcing ''I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count."
(courtesy of Center for American Progress)
<http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=252671>
What an irony: Bolton/PNAC = *ush 'win'.

The few hours I took to read through a lot of material helped me understand how the unleashing of the evil minds of this group into such positions of power in our government has cast such a dark shadow over this country and so many others.
I realize many of you already know all about this but it was worth taking the time to see 'the big picture' for myself. Thanks for letting me share.

[wli]

1. far from surprised

Time to bring RICO to bear on the AEI. Where is the FBI on this? I wonder.

[Carla in Ca]

3. I wasn't surprised either

it just brought so much of the information out there into perspective and made me understand how, if Bolton is confirmed, this nightmare comes full circle. Now, how to stop it? Your suggestion is very interesting.

[ChiciB1]

2. Yes, I HAVE Read This Stuff Before, However...

it needs to be put FRONT & Center!!! One more time, and even more!!

I neglected to make a copy the last time, this time I'll be sure to do so!

THANKS!

[Carla in Ca]

4. I appreciate that...thanks

There was a lot more I could have posted. Amazing stuff, and it really helped me 'connect the dots'.

[indepat]

5. Thanks, bookmarked all three links: if only the general public could

put two and two together and come up with four rather than four more years, four more years.

[The2ndWheel]

6. I remember when I first read all that

Late winter/early spring of 2002. A Vietnam vet on a local sports radio station was talking politics, and mentioned PNAC. I'm only 26, so as I kept reading back then, at first it was shocking. The whole big picture aspect of it.

"The few hours I took to read through a lot of material helped me understand how the unleashing of the evil minds of this group into such positions of power in our government has cast such a dark shadow over this country and so many others."

http://www.fightingterror.org/members/index.cfm
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/biographies/biographies.htm
http://www.usacc.org/contents.php?cid=2
http://www.peaceinchechnya.org/about_members.htm

The fun part is that they're not going away. Those are just some extra links, and there are obviously plenty more out there. AEI, not to mention the list of defense contractors. The same names always pop up, and have for decades. They're all part of the same think tanks, all backed by the same money. They all snake in and out of government every few years, and make an extra million or two when they're out in the private life.

One thing you have to give them, they don't screw around. They make money, they kill, they write policy, they tell us they need a new Pearl Harbor to get their real plans off the ground. They don't really hide it. That's what was shocking to me when I first read all the PNAC stuff. Usuaully you'll get some crazy theories out there. But when it's on their own website, in a policy document, endorsed by the major players currently in power, I know my jaw dropped to the floor a few years ago.

I remember reading Chalabi's name months before he was ever mentioned in any major media story in this country. Sure enough, he showed up. Hell, he's still in Iraq, in some government position.

[Carla in Ca]

7. Thanks for the links

"They don't try to hide it"

That seems true enough, so the anger they display is really to say
"So what, try to do something about it!" Enough people have to want to throw back the curtain to expose them.