[Vision2020] PNAC: Rebuilding America's Defenses

[Ted Moffett]

Sunil et. al.

Consider this escalation of the Iraq war (I'm not going to use the euphemism
"surge") in the broader context of the Pentagon's goals to increase the size
of the US military for a variety of global operations, a goal that once
achieved may become the semi-permanent size of US forces, Iraq war or not.
 A good justification is to "win" the war in Iraq via committing more
troops.

But one way or the other, I believe our military bases will remain in Iraq
for decades.  Iraq has the third largest reserves of petroleum, behind Saudi
Arabia and Canada, and the Middle East overall has the most oil of any
area.  The US cannot take the long term risk of Middle East oil under the
control of regimes unfriendly to the US, and regime change in Iran, the
dominant threat from a potential anti-US/anti-Israeli Islamic super
power, has been the main goal of US Middle East policy, with Iraq a mere
stepping stone, as the Project For A New American Century spelled out in the
late 1990s, in the academic study "Rebuilding America's Defenses" presented
on the PNAC web site:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

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The national security and economy of the US in fifty years, or whenever
petroleum depletion signals the fossil fuel golden age is ending, will
demand that we can guarantee access to those resources.  Whoever has access
to the remaining fossil fuel reserves, by force if necessary, when not
enough remains to distribute these resources as though all nations on Earth
have a right to access, will be in control of the global economy.  Unless,
of course, there are alternative energy sources available to most all major
nations on Earth, that are practical and affordable, that can replace fossil
fuels on the grand scale of energy consumption we now take for granted from
fossil fuels.

Ted Moffett



On 12/27/06, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> http://www.juancole.com/2006/12/top-ten-myths-about-iraq-2006-1.html
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> It appears that the decision for a 'troop surge' has been made, and now a
> rationale has to be created to justify that decision.  To what end?
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> Sunil
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