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pat_k

(13,214 posts)
15. Great analysis of the dangers of PNAC and the neo-con ideology
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:06 AM
Feb 19

I saved this article ages ago..It's entitled The Rise and Demise of the 'New American Century' (2006)

If anyone is interested in an extensive report on neocons, I found a link to that old report:

https://sites.ualberta.ca/~raitken/documents/0606riseanddemise.pdf

It's now on my re-read list. As I recall, it provided some great insights that currently escape me (wish my brain wasn't such a sieve)

From the intro:

The IRC is publishing this special report on the Project for the New American Century, along with an accompanying report on the Committee on the Present Danger, as part of an effort to stimulate more reflection on the dangers of the ideology and political projects of the neoconservatives and their allies.


IRC (International Relations Center) was founded in 1979 by Tom Barry. IRC morphed into other things around 2007 when Barry joined the Center for International Policy.

I don't know what Mr. Barry is up to these days, but he also wrote an excellent 2009 article on our destructive immigration policies and the exponential growth of immigration prisons: A Death in Texas: Where profits, poverty, and immigration converge.

Things were already intolerable then. I still have trouble fathoming the magnitude of the hell we are descending into.


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pnac was founded in 1997. niyad Feb 19 #1
Thanks for the info. I only became aware of it wnylib Feb 19 #3
"Project 2025 (or P25 for short) looks like a modern update of the PNAC." Intractable Feb 19 #2
Same here. n/t 2naSalit Feb 19 #10
The document that said the only way to get Americans to go along with another war in the Middle East dflprincess Feb 19 #4
Which happened on 9/11/01 wnylib Feb 19 #5
Yes and that is one of the reasons PatSeg Feb 19 #16
Was always a LIHOP guy... Wounded Bear Feb 19 #17
I think that was the best explanation PatSeg Feb 19 #19
It certainly was coincidental with PNAC needs and goals. wnylib Feb 19 #22
That is the way I see it as well PatSeg Feb 19 #24
Exactly! dflprincess Feb 19 #20
Pax Americana? Straw Man Feb 19 #6
He is flushing American values and civil liberties wnylib Feb 19 #7
Point taken. Straw Man Feb 19 #9
Spot on. This isn't going to work out the way the self styled "geniuses" think it is. harumph Feb 19 #14
Yes I was thinking about that too. Figarosmom Feb 19 #8
Jeez, I remember PNAC as an unholy alliance of Kagan, Kristol and Wolfowitz whose main purpose was to...... FadedMullet Feb 19 #11
I learned about PNAC 24 years ago when I joined DU Martin Eden Feb 19 #12
PNAC and neocons certainly weren't advocating an end to NATO, quite the opposite actually. tritsofme Feb 19 #13
Great analysis of the dangers of PNAC and the neo-con ideology pat_k Feb 19 #15
Thanks for the info and link. wnylib Feb 19 #21
PNAC wanted to expand NATO, not end it n/t leftstreet Feb 19 #18
FYI: Rebuilding America's Defenses Sweet Freedom Feb 19 #23
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