Nothing new here, but it’s illuminating to take a look back at this 1998 Project for the New American Century letter to President Clinton on Iraq which lays out the still-standing argument for removing Saddam Hussein (minus the post-9/11 insertion of terrorism). Take a look at who signed the letter:
Elliott Abrams
Richard L. Armitage
William J. Bennett
Jeffrey Bergner
John Bolton
Paula Dobriansky
Francis Fukuyama
Robert Kagan
Zalmay Khalilzad
William Kristol
Richard Perle
Peter W. Rodman
Donald Rumsfeld
William Schneider, Jr.
Vin Weber
Paul Wolfowitz
R. James Woolsey
Robert B. Zoellick
Given the influence these players currently weld both inside and outside the government, should it be any surprise our policy is what it is today? And should there be any remaining question that this policy was crafted long before 9/11?
Greetings,
To bad we cannot get those pro-Bush voters to hear about this, and realize that that were deceived…
–jeff-perado