The New Pearl Harbor

John Pilger points out a phrase I had overlooked in the prescient Project for a New American Century plan: "The New Pearl Harbor". The aims of that project, many of whose principle authors are now the administration hawks, was to set up an Imperial Pax Americana that would unilaterally impose peace upon the world.

What was needed for America to dominate much of humanity and the world's resources, it said, was "some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor". The attacks of 11 September 2001 provided the "new Pearl Harbor", described as "the opportunity of ages". The day after 9/11 in a White House cabinet meeting, Rumsfeld urged Iraq be attacked because of the opportunity 9/11 provided.

Al Vick calls The Project For A New American Century — "Our emerging evil empire" and their 2000 American Defense plan as the Mein Kampf of this generation.

Speaking of big lies that featured so prominently in some other parties rise to power, we now have this:

UK Guardian points out all the evidence so far of links between Al-Qaida and Iraq is very weak indeed.