Monthly Archives: August 2011
THE LONG WAR: Introduction to the 10-Part Series
Following this introduction is a series of 10 blogs concisely detailing how the George W. Bush Administration falsely made the case for its war in Iraq. The facts will speak for themselves. This is an overview and a call for action. … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part One: Prologue to Bush’s War in Iraq
PROLOGUE TO THE LONG WAR According to George Packer’s 2005 book The Assassins’ Gate, Iraq would serve “as the test case for [neoconservative] ideas about American power and world leadership.” Political Research Associates’ Right Web summarizes, “Upset over the failure … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Two: PNAC: Ideology Becomes Policy
THE PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY: IDEOLOGY BECOMES POLICY The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was a letterhead organization established by neoconservatives in the late 1990s to publicly push their idea of post-Cold War American global leadership. By … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Three: Controversial Officials… Who Were PNAC Signatories
CONTROVERSIAL OFFICIALS WITHIN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WHO WERE PNAC SIGNATORIES Dick Cheney, Vice President While Vice President, he received a deferred compensation from Halliburton of $180,000-1 million a year, which raised ethics questions. 6/24/07 Washington Post reported on Cheney’s “unusual lengths to avoid transparency”: … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Four: Controversial Figures within Bush Admin.
CONTROVERSIAL OFFICIALS WITHIN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WHO WERE NOT PNAC SIGNATORIES Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor, Secretary of State Rice served on Chevron’s board of directors, and had an oil tanker named after her. The Washington Post (July 27, 2003) summarized Rice’s culpability in … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Five: Bush Admin. Failures to Prevent 9/11
TIMELINES: BUSH ADMINISTRATION FAILURES TO PREVENT 9/11 1/25/01 Richard Clarke, chief counter-terrorism adviser on the US National Security Council, sent a letter to Rice making an urgent request for a meeting of the NSC’s Principals Committee to discuss the al … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Six: False Statements About Planning the War
BUSH ADMINISTRATION FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT PLANNING THE WAR 2000-2003 1/30/01 Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill told journalist Ron Suskind Saddam’s removal was the first item of Bush’s inaugural national security meeting. “From the very beginning, there was a conviction that Saddam … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Seven: False Statements Linking Saddam and Al Qaeda
BUSH ADMINISTRATION FALSE STATEMENTS LINKING SADDAM HUSSEIN TO AL QAEDA 4/9/01 The date 9/11 hijacker Mohammad Atta allegedly met with Iraqi officials at the Iraqi embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. The 9/11 Commission debunks this, citing FBI evidence proving Atta was making phone calls … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Eight: False Statements about Weapons Justification
BUSH ADMINISTRATION FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT THE WEAPONS JUSTIFICATION FOR WAR 2/24/01 Colin Powell on a visit to Egypt, Saddam “has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional powers against his neighbors.” 4/10/01 … Continue reading
THE LONG WAR, Part Nine: Backtracking… Fear Mongering
BACKTRACKING, CONTINUED DEFENDING AND FEAR MONGERING 5/27/03 According to the BBC, Rumsfeld told the Council on Foreign Relations, “It is also possible that [the Iraqis] decided they would destroy [their weapons of mass destruction] prior to a conflict.” 8/8/03 At a Dallas meeting of … Continue reading
