Reply #7: Ah, there you have struck upon it.

[Dhalgren]

The purpose of these freeloading freebooters is to plunder the whole world. They have no real allegiance to the USA except as a platform from with to rape the rest of the planet. These neocons are like alien creatures who simply want to suck the planet dry. When they speak of a New American Century, the "American" part is just circumstantial - they have no more respect or concern for the US (apart from how things generally effect themselves) than they do for Iraq or Iran or "Old Europe". They want the money - they would rather bilk you than kill you and take it, but they will do what they have to do...