Hawks demand an end to all evil, and maybe France, too Hawks demand an end to all evil, and maybe France, too By David Rennie in Washington January 1, 2004 Washington's hawks have sent a public manifesto to President George Bush demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear sites. The manifesto, which was sent on Tuesday, is presented as a "manual for victory" in the war on terrorism. It also calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies. The manifesto is contained in a new book by Richard Perle (pictured), a Pentagon adviser and "intellectual guru" of the hardline neo-conservative movement, and David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter. They warn of a faltering of the "will to win" in Washington. In the battle for the President's ear, the manifesto represents an attempt by hawks to break out of the post-Iraq doldrums and strike back at what they see as a campaign of hostile leaking by their foes in such centres of caution as the State Department or in the military top brass. Their publication, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, coincided with the latest broadside from the hawks' main enemy, the Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Though recovering from prostate cancer, Mr Powell summoned reporters to his bedside to hail "encouraging" signs of a "new attitude" in Iran and call for the US to keep open the prospect of dialogue with Tehran. Such talk is anathema to hawks like Mr Perle and Mr Frum, who urge Washington to shun the mullahs and work for their overthrow in concert with Iranian dissidents. The book demands that any talks with North Korea require the complete and immediate abandonment of its nuclear program. As North Korea will probably refuse such terms, the book urges a Cuba-style military blockade and overt preparations for war, including the rapid withdrawal of US forces from the South Korean border so that they move out of range of North Korean artillery. Such steps, with luck, will prompt China to oust its nominal ally, Kim Jong-il, and install a saner regime in North Korea, the authors write. The authoritarian rule of Syria's leader, Bashar Assad, should also be ended, encouraged by shutting oil supplies from Iraq, seizing arms he buys from Iran, and raids into Syria to hunt terrorists. The book calls for tough action against France and its dreams of offsetting US power. "We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington," it says. The Telegraph, London This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/31/1072546588325.htm -
The best way to deal with violence has always been to incite it. Also, it might be interesting to note that "hawks" in these special interest groups are usually suckling at the teet of the bloated industrial military complex. More war means more money for them.
So when are we invading Hong Kong? They have people protesting and asking for democracy. Isn't that what Iraq is all about ( since the WMD and Al Qaeda crap didn't pan out)? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48075- 2004Jan1.html Hong Kong Protesters March Again for Vote Peaceful Gathering Is Largest Since July Rally By Philip P. Pan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, January 2, 2004; Page A13 HONG KONG, Jan. 1 -- Tens of thousands of shouting, sign-waving protesters marched to Hong Kong's main government building on New Year's Day, the latest in a series of mass demonstrations aimed at persuading China's Communist leaders to expand direct elections in this former British colony. The march, which organizers said drew 100,000 people, five times more than they expected, was the largest protest in Hong Kong since July 1, when half a million people filled the streets and forced the city's Beijing-backed government to abandon a stringent anti-subversion bill that was favored by the Chinese leadership. Police said that about 37,000 people gathered in Victoria Park at the height of the rally Thursday and that many others took part in an orderly, two-mile procession through central Hong Kong, which was crowded with holiday shoppers, to government headquarters. . . .
