PNAC

Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership.

founded 1997.

Sept20'01 (just after World Trade Center) letter to George W Bush starting to sell the War On Iraq.

Infamous Paul Wolfowitz Defense Planning Guidance 1994-1997 (written 1992)

• excerpt from Ny Times: Our first objective is to prevent the re-emergence of a new rival, either on the territory of the former Soviet Union or elsewhere, that poses a threat on the order of that posed formerly by the Soviet Union. This is a dominant consideration underlying the new regional defense strategy and requires that we endeavor to prevent any hostile power from dominating a region whose resources would, under consolidated control, be sufficient to generate global power.

• PNAC/Max Boot http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraq-101402.htm |justification Pat Buchanan doesn't like them.