Reply #24: According to PNAC the goal was to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.

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Not only does it help us secure Middle Eastern oil, but it puts us right at the nexus of Europe, Asia and Africa. If you think of it as a game of Risk, it makes perfect sense.

Of course, if you believe the geopolitical scene is more complex than a game of Risk, then it makes no sense whatsoever. Not a very good general election argument, unfortunately, since a large percentage of the American public really does believe national security is no more complex than that.

(sigh)


Reading PNAC has taught me how people reading Mein Kampf must have felt back when Hitler was "Man of the Year". They put their intentions in black and white and published it for the whole world to see. But if you bring it up to most people, they hand you the tin foil.

(sigh)


Disclaimer: this would actually be a terrible strategy in Risk. But to the Conservative military mind, it sounds brilliant. Remember, the worst thing you can say about a military commander is that he is too conservative. It is no wonder no Conservative president has ever won a serious war for this country.