Among them are six who have since assumed key defense and foreign policy positions in the bush administration. We provide below selected references on the new american century road map together with the letter addressed by the pnac to george w bush dated september 20, 2001 the main pnac document is entitled. One of the most famous and nefarious passages from any pnac document is this oftquoted one from rebuilding americas defenses, talking about how changing america may take a long time, unless a big catastrophic event was to occur. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century a report of the project for the new american century september 2000. Rebuilding americas defenses rad and the project for the new american century pnac a secret blueprint for us global domination reveals that president bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on iraq to secure regime change even before he took power in january 2001. Their published and publicly available document rebuilding americas defenses, they map out the grand chessboard of their plans and curiously state. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century i introduction the project for the new american century was established in the spring of 1997. Rebuilding america s defenses rad is a policy document published by a neoconservative washington think tank called the project for the new american century pnac.
Access problem ignored issue brief july 26, 2000 by loren b. Pnacs most important study notes that selling this plan to the american people will likely take a long time, absent some catastrophic catalyzing event like a new pearl harbor. Full text of rebuilding americas defenses here by bette stockbauer 050603. There is, indeed, much reason for alarm because pnac is not an ordinary think tank and. Its pages have been compared to hitlers mein kampf in that they outline an aggressive military. Citing the pnac s 1997 statement of principles, rebuilding america s defenses asserted that the united states should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by. From its inception, the project has been concerned with the decline in the strength of americas defenses, and in the problems this would create for the exercise. Strategies, forces, and resources for a new century. The project for the new american century pnac was a massive neoconservative think tank, created in 1997 and closed in 2006. The document, entitled rebuilding america s defences. Rebuilding americas defenses strategy, forces and resources for a new century. The pnacs seminal report, rebuilding americas defences. Project for the new american century pnac project for the new american century is a neoconservative thinktank that promotes an ideology of total u. Now here is the actual pdf file of this written document published in sept.
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. Rebuilding americas defenses and the project for the new. Since the document is over 80 pages long i have created a summary of its major ideas in order to make it more accessible. I believe that rebuilding americas defenses is a mustread for anyone concerned about the future of our planet.
Its goal was to promote american global leadership because american leadership is both good for america and good for the world. The rebuilding americas defenses document really does have it all. It ended up achieving very different goals it was highly influential with regard to the development of military and foreign policies. Rebuilding americas defenses a summary blueprint of. The group embraces and disseminates an ideology of faith in force, u. The first document was written as a suggestion to american foreign policy makers on how to. In september of 2000 a report from a neoconservative organization, project for a new american century, called rebuilding americas defenses pdf, outlines the ideas behind global dominance and. It is issuing a report entitled rebuilding americas. When the bush administration started lobbying for war with iraq, they used as rationale a definition of preemption generally meaning anticipatory use of force in the face of an imminent attack that was broadened to allow for the waging of a preventive war in which. Many pnac members now hold key positions in the white house, defense and state. The organization stated that american leadership is good both for america and for the world, and. September of 2000 entitled rebuilding americas defenses. Pnac members on the bush team include vicepresident dick cheney and his top.
Pnac john bolton questioned on the project for the new american century. Download this must read document released just one short year before the tragic events of september 11th. Strategy, forces and resources for a new century decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theatre wars as a core mission. Rebuilding americas defenses pnac military strategy national. Develop and deploy global missile defenses to defend the american homeland and american allies, and to provide a secure basis for u. Rebuilding americas defenses pnac military strategy. Its pages have been compared to hitlers mein kampf in that they outline an aggressive military plan for u. A think tank named pnac the project for a new american. Among the key conclusions of pnac s defense strategy document rebuilding america s defenses were the following. From the wolfowitz doctrine came pnac, rebuilding americas defenses and a catalyzing new pearl harbor. Wolfowitz is perhaps better known not for writing the wolfowitz doctrine but for coauthoring rebuilding americas defenses, a report released in september 2000 by zionist neocon think tank pnac the project for a new american century.
Rebuilding americas defenses rad is a policy document published by a. This document advocated a global pax americana unrestrained by international law. Their central policy document is entitled rebuilding americas defenses. Rebuilding americas defenses pnac free download as pdf file. Us middle east regime change plans were established in. A conservative think tank called the project for the new american century has completed a twoyear study of u. Pnac document rebuilding americas defenses from september of 2000. It is just one leap from this so called control to genocide in order to alter the demographic balance in israel. The project for the new american century pnac was a neoconservative think tank based in. Strategies, forces and resources for a new century. The report describes american armed forces abroad as the cavalry on the new american frontier. Wolfowitz and kristol authored this portion of the document and they wax eloquent about the many possibilities such viruses can give in controlling unruly populations such as the palestinians in israel. I believe that rebuilding america s defenses is a mustread for anyone concerned about the future of our planet.
Rebuilding americas defenses, a 2000 report by the project for the new american century, listed 27 people as having attended meetings or contributed papers in preparation of the report. Rebuilding americas defenses strategy, forces and resources for a new century, in which the group discusses the need for the u. Within the pnac document was a concluding phrase that has often been justifiably used as evidence that the pnac members were ready to make use of any catastrophic event real or false flag that would shake up the taxpaying citizenry enough to make them ready to spend the blood and money to rebuild americas defenses and go off to war. Tj templeton, founder project for the old american century once upon a time in an office rented to them by the american heritage foundation, a group of powerful men directly connected to the halls of the capital and the defense and energy industry formed a fringe rightwing organization based loosely on the teachings of leo.
A report of the project for the new american century september 2000. Bill kristol was chairman and cofounder of pnac, and one of the principle writers of rebuilding americas defenses. Page 63 is where it says, and i quote, 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. One of the pnacs most influential publications was a 90page report titled rebuilding americas defenses.
The document, entitled rebuilding americas defences. Project for the new american century rebuilding americas defenses, p. Rebuilding americas defenses rad is a policy document published by a neoconservative washington think tank called the project for the new american century pnac. Strategies, forces and resources for a new century, was written in september 2000 by the neoconservative thinktank project for the new american century pnac. One of the pnac s most influential publications was a 90page report titled rebuilding america s defenses. Rebuilding americas defenses some people have compared it to hitlers publication of mein kampf, which was ignored until after the war was over. Project for the new american century pnac all about them.
The plan shows bushs cabinet intended to take military control of the gulf region whether or not saddam hussein was in power. Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some. In 2000 paul wolfowitz, dick cheney and donald rumsfeld asked the pnac to draw up a document entitled rebuilding americas defenses. The 2000 pnac manifesto for american world conquest pax.
Project for the new american century september clues. Rebuilding americas defenses and the project for the new american century by bette stockbauer june 18, 2003 rebuilding americas defenses rad is a policy document published by a. The rebuilding americas defenses document really does. Pnac john bolton questioned on the project for the new.
And the entire middle east must be reordered according to an american plan. Rebuilding americas defenses and the project for the. Citing the pnacs 1997 statement of principles, rebuilding americas defenses asserted that the united states should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by. Project for the new american century letter sent to president william jefferson clinton. The document, entitled rebuilding americas defenses.
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