[Vision2020] Project For A New American Century

[Troy Merrill]

The top policy wonks for the neo-conservatives don't read the M-P daily
news, they do the Republic.

Troy Merrill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Lohrmann" <timlohr@yahoo.com>
To: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>
Cc: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Project For A New American Century


> I didn't hear that interview thank goodness.
>  Kristol gets more face time on news shows than all
> the armchair generals combined.
>   My question is WHY is his little 'STANDARD' magazine
> soooo declared to be sooo influential all of a sudden?
> I understood it was just another Rupert Murdoch
> project and that its circulation is probably about
> like that of the M-P DAILY NEWS.
>   Wierd times!
>    TL
>
>
> --- Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>
> Did anyone else hear Terry Gross' interview on Fresh
> Air yesterday?  Her second interview was with William
> Kristol, who is the chair of the Project for the New
> American Century.  He has an abundance of arrogance
> and belief in a radical approach that has not been
> tried before, and has no history to support it.  He
> really does seem to believe that we can create a
> democracy in Iraq after this war.  Apparently he
> doesn't seem to believe that the fact that no real
> democracy has existed there before, or that we are
> currently killing them, will be a problem.
>
> The first interviewee, Joseph Cirincione, Senior
> Associate and Director, Non-Proliferation Project,
> pointed out that the national defense plan Paul
> Wolfowitz submitted during the Administration of Bush
> I was considered too radical at the time.  Now
> Wolfowitz is surrounded by like-minded people, and his
> plan for attacking anyone else who we might consider a
> threat fits right in.  The folks who used to be on the
> fringe are now running the show.  Cirincione pointed
> out that this is hardly a conspiracy, since they're
> all out in the open, and haven't kept their opinions
> secret.
>
> As you say, Iraq is just the beginning for these
> people.
>
> Sunil
>
> >From: "Ted Moffett" >To: vision2020@moscow.com
> >Subject: [Vision2020] Project For A New American
> Century >Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:08:54 +0000 > >
> >All: > >It's all here folks, or nearly so: >
> >http://www.newamericancentury.org >
> >http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
> > >If you want to look at the thinking behind the War
> on Iraq and >upcoming foreign adventures, this web
> site is one of the best >resources available. > >This
> conservative think tank, that has been around since
> 1997, with >the involvement of Cheney, Rumsfeld,
> Perle, Wolfowitz, etc., is >critical in determining
> Bush administration policy. The current >foreign
> policy orientation of the Bush administration was in
> the >works long before 9/11, though 9/11 provided the
> "new pearl harbor" >to justify implementation of the
> plan: The emphasis on US military >world dominance and
> increased military spending, the doctrine of
> >preemptive military action, the justifications for
> the US to use >it's position as the world's sole
> superpower to reshape the world's >political and
> economic structure, etc. These conservatives were
> >drooling over the chance to oust the Democrats from
> the White House >to be able to place themselves in
> power and implement their plan. > >I feel like a
> citizen of the Roman empire. > >Afghanistan and Iraq
> are just the beginning. > >Ted > > > >
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