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>From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed] Note: We store 100's of related "New Paradigms Posts" at: http://www.msen.com/~lloyd/oldprojects/recentmail.html Subject: The War Party's imperial plans by Patrick J. Buchanan >Patrick J. Buchanan >Posted: September 11, 2002 >1:00 a.m. Eastern > >© 2002 Creators Syndicate, Inc. > >The fires had not yet gone out at the World Trade Center and the >Pentagon, a >year ago, before the War Party had introduced its revised plans for American >empire. What many saw as a horrific atrocity and tragedy, they saw instantly >as an opportunity to achieve U.S. hegemony over an alienated Islamic world. > >President Bush initially directed America's righteous wrath and >military >power at al-Qaida. But in his "axis-of-evil" address, he signed on to the War >Party's agenda. > >What lies ahead? When America invades Iraq, it will have to destroy >Saddam >and all his weapons of mass destruction. Else, the war will have been a >failure. And to ensure destruction of those weapons, we must occupy Iraq. If >you would see what follows, pull out a map. > >With Americans controlling Iraq, Syria is virtually surrounded by >hostile >powers: Israel on the Golan, Turks and Kurds to the north, U.S. power to the >west in Iraq and south in Jordan. Syrian President Assad will be forced to >pull his army out of Lebanon, leaving Israel free to reinvade Lebanon to >settle accounts with Hezbollah. > >Now look to Iran. With Americans occupying Iraq, Iran is completely >surrounded: Americans and Turks to the west, U.S. power in the Gulf and >Arabian Sea to the south, in Afghanistan to the east and in the old Soviet >republics to the north. U.S. warplanes will be positioned to interdict any >flights to Lebanon to support Hezbollah. > >Iraq is the key to the Middle East. As long as we occupy Iraq, we are >the >hegemonic power in the region. And after we occupy it, a window of >opportunity will open - to attack Syria and Iran before they acquire weapons >of mass destruction. > >This is the vision that enthralls the War Party - "World War IV," as >they >call it - a series of "cakewalks," short sharp wars on Iraq, Syria and Iran >to eliminate the Islamic terrorist threat to us and Israel for generations. > >No wonder Ariel Sharon and his Amen Corner are exhilarated. They see >America's war on Iraq as killing off one enemy and giving Israel freedom to >deal summarily with two more: Hezbollah and the Palestinians. Two jumps ahead >of us, the Israelis are already talking up the need for us to deal with >Libya, as well. > >Anyone who believes America can finish Saddam and go home deceives >himself. >With Iraq's military crushed, the country will come apart. Kurds in the north >and Shi'ites in the south will try to break away, and Iraq will be at the >mercy of its mortal enemy, Iran. U.S. troops will have to remain to hold Iraq >together, to find and destroy those weapons, to democratize the regime, and >to deter Iran from biting off a chunk and dominating the Gulf. > >Recall: After we crushed Germany and Japan in World War II, both were >powerless to reassume their historic roles of containing Russia and China. >So, America, at a cost of 100,000 dead in Vietnam and Korea, had to assume >those roles. With Iraq in ruins, America will have to assume the permanent >role of Policeman of the Persian Gulf. > >But is this not a splendid vision, asks the War Party. After all, is >this not >America's day in the sun, her moment in history? And is not the crushing of >Islamism and the modernization of the Arab world a cause worthy of a >superpower's investment of considerable treasure and blood? > >What is wrong with the War Party's vision? > >Just this: Pro-American regimes in Cairo, Amman and Riyadh will be >shaken to >their foundations by the cataclysm unleashed as Americans smash Iraq, while >Israelis crush Palestinians. Nor is Iran likely to passively await >encirclement. Terror attacks seem certain. Nor is a militant Islam that holds >in thrall scores of millions of believers from Morocco to Indonesia likely to >welcome infidel America and Israel dictating the destiny of the Muslim world. > > >As for the pro-American regimes in Kabul and Pakistan, they are but one >bullet away from becoming anti-American. And should the Royal House of Saud >come crashing down, as the War Party ardently hopes, do they seriously >believe a Vermont-style democracy will arise? > >Since Desert Storm, America has chopped its fleets, air wings and >ground >troops by near 50 percent, while adding military commitments in the Balkans, >Afghanistan, the Gulf and Central Asia. Invading and occupying Iraq will >require hundreds of thousands of more troops. > >We are running out of army. And while Americans have shown they will >back >wars fought with no conscripts and few casualties, the day is not far off >when they will be asked to draft their sons to fight for empire, and many of >those sons will not be coming home. That day, Americans will tell us whether >they really wish to pay the blood tax that is the price of policing the War >Party's empire. > >==^================================================================ Forwarded for info and discussion from the New Paradigms Discussion List, not necessarily endorsed by: *********************************** Lloyd Miller, Research Director for A-albionic Research a ruling class/conspiracy research resource for the entire political-ideological spectrum. **FREE RARE BOOK SEARCH: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ** Explore Our Archive: <http://a-albionic.com/a-albionic.html> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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