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In reply to the discussion: Remember the Project for a New American Century? You know those guys who wanted war with Iraq? [View all]elleng
(129,800 posts)39. Yes, they were the big pro-war propagandists.
Chaired by Kristol
http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm
The group: Elliott Abrams Gary Bauer William J. Bennett Jeb Bush
Dick Cheney Eliot A. Cohen Midge Decter Paula Dobriansky Steve Forbes
Aaron Friedberg Francis Fukuyama Frank Gaffney Fred C. Ikle
Donald Kagan Zalmay Khalilzad I. Lewis Libby Norman Podhoretz
Dan Quayle Peter W. Rodman Stephen P. Rosen Henry S. Rowen
Donald Rumsfeld Vin Weber George Weigel Paul Wolfowitz
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Remember the Project for a New American Century? You know those guys who wanted war with Iraq? [View all]
Cleita
Feb 2013
OP
I think it's fascinating that some original PNACers and their relatives (thru AEI) were also
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#1
When they lost General Petraus, they lost their main inside man in this administration.
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#71
And ol' myth wrongney had a bunch of 'em lined up to be his foreign policy advisors.
calimary
Feb 2013
#42
A lot of people also don't know Bush warrantless wiretapping started prior to 9/11...
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#17
That's a big problem actually. See, these people didn't go away. They were arrogant
harun
Feb 2013
#44
Here's a list I made back in 2010: PNAC members in positions of power during the Bush pResidency...
Ghost in the Machine
Feb 2013
#29
I really hope Cheney goes to trial somewhere. I hope he forgets some day that several
Cleita
Feb 2013
#36
How about Hagel? He was a Republican who voted for the war, people run around here claiming
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2013
#81
Again - We're At A Point Where We All Know Where The Sleeping Dogs Lay - And We Know What They Are..
global1
Feb 2013
#79
I'm hoping. She is basing it on that Hubris book so since I haven't read it, I don't
Cleita
Feb 2013
#65
and despite bush being out of office, those pnac dominoes keep falling: libya, syria...
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#78
No, I think the original wording of the Iraq War Authorization was intended
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#84