As you read this article, keep in mind this snippet from the PNAC’s “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” report:
In the Persian Gulf region, the presence of American forces, along with British and French units, has become a semipermanent fact of life. Though the immediate mission of those forces is to enforce the no-fly zones over northern and southern Iraq, they represent the long-term commitment of the United States and its major allies to a region of vital importance.
Indeed, the United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.-”Rebuilding America’s Defenses — Strategy, Forces, and Resources for a New Century”, page 26
Project for the New American Century, Sept. 2000
FRASER NELSON AND BRIAN BRADY
Sun 30 Mar 2003
THE United States has drawn up a £60bn blueprint for the post-war reconstruction of Iraq which completely freezes out the United Nations and gives all contracts to American firms, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
The emergence of the hugely detailed and controversial plan will place enormous strain on the relationship between President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, who remains determined that the UN should have a key role in rebuilding Iraq.
Despite that, US firms will this week win a clean sweep of contracts to reconstruct the health, education, transport and political systems of Iraq.
The US State Department scheme will see private companies build a national health service, design a network of airports, and draw up a “politically-neutral” school curriculum, all without the involvement of the UN.
The programme – which will be finalised in the next few days – will cause deep dismay among European ministers, who wanted the award of contracts to be handled by the UN to ensure fairness and avoid the impression of American colonialism.
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If this is in fact true, it allocates money for three years of direct U.S. involvement. That will coincide with the last credit extension from central banks necessary to finalize hyper-inflation and bankruptcy of the U.S. dollar. I am impressed with the architects of this idea and plan, they have created a human control over every possible variable I did not believe was possible. Truely, these “neocons” are genius.
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