Question about the PNAC.

I need info on the NeoCons, on what page of 'Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century' does it mention that America needs another Pearl Harbor? The document is 90 pages and i haven't read through the whole thing. Thanks in advance.

anyone?

I have seeen it...a copy.

You can go to the document. Then, go to the tool bar at the top of your computer screen. Look for 'Edit'. Click on this. Go to the bottom of the pop-up menu; Find (on this page). You can try searching for Pearl Harbor.

Or an easier way which I use all the time: I just go to Yahoo. In the 'Search' function, I will type in "PNAC says it needs another Pearl Harbor". You will get hundreds, if not thousands of articles which will lead you straight to it.

I'm lazy! No need to re-invent the wheel.

PNAC Links Archive

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=110&topic_id=80&mesg_id=80

http://www.newamericancentury.org/publicationsreports.htm


"Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategy, Forces and Resources For a New Century," September 2000. A Report of the Project for the New American Century.

<snip>The United States cannot simply declare a strategic pause while experimenting with new technologies and operational concepts. Nor can it choose to pursue a transformation strategy that would decouple American and allied interests. A transformation strategy that solely pursued capabilities for projecting force from the United States, for example, and sacrificed forward basing and presence, would be at odds with larger American policy goals and would trouble American allies.

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. Domestic politics and industrial policy will shape the pace and content of transformation as much as the requirements of current missions. A decision to suspend or terminate aircraft carrier production, as recommended by this report and as justified by the clear direction of military technology, will cause great upheaval. Likewise, systems entering production today - the F-22 fighter, for example - will be in service inventories for decades to come. Wise management of this process will consist in large measure of figuring out the right moments to halt production of current-paradigm weapons and shift to radically new designs. The expense associated with some programs can make them roadblocks to the larger process of transformation - the Joint Strike Fighter program, at a total of approximately $200 billion, seems an unwise investment. Thus, this report advocates a two-stage process of change - transition and transformation - over the coming decades.</snip>

"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 ...A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm by PNAC

"A Clean Break" was not published by PNAC, although it involved some of the same people. The Pearl Harbor quote, though, is from PNAC's Rebuilding America's Defenses.

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July 8, 1996 Events Leading to Iraq Invasion


The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies, an Israeli think tank, publishes a paper titled “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm.” The paper, whose lead author is Richard Perle, advises the new, right-wing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to break with the policies of the previous government by adopting a strategy “based on an entirely new intellectual foundation, one that restores strategic initiative and provides the nation the room to engage every possible energy on rebuilding Zionism ....” Much along the lines of an earlier paper by Israeli Oded Yinon , the document urges the Israelis to aggressively seek the downfall of their Arab neighbors—especially Syria and Iraq—by exploiting the inherent tensions within and among the Arab States. Specifically, it recommends that Israel work with Turkey and Jordan to remove Saddam Hussein from power as a means of “foiling Syria's regional ambitions.” Other suggestions for Israel include abandoning the Oslo Accords, developing a foreign policy based on a traditional balance of power strategy, reserving its right to invade the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of a strategy of “self-defense,” abandoning any notion of “land for peace,” reestablishing a policy of preemptive strikes, forging closer ties to the US while taking steps towards self-reliance, and seeking an alternative to Yasser Arafat as leader of the PLO.

People and organizations involved: Douglas Feith, Jeffrey T. Bergner, Richard Armitage, Richard V. Allen, Benjamin Netanyahu, Richard Perle, A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, James Colbert, Charles Fairbanks, Jr., Jonathan Torop, Meyrav Wurmser, Robert Loewenberg, David Wurmser

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_74

I think the scariest part has something to do with developments in bioweapons that allow attack of a specific genetic phenotype - apparently these will change biowarfare from a terrorist threat to a useful political tool.

http://newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

Since its a PDF document you need to use the PDF search tool to find the words "Pearl Harbor."