The rise of the neocons has now gone global.
March 31, 2005 (Press Release) --
Dear George,
I am deeply concerned. In an act best characterized as two appointments for the US but one finger for the world, you simultaneously made John Bolton Ambassador to the UN and Paul Wolfowitz Head of the World Bank. The rise of the neocons has now gone global.
Now, I know that Dick and Don made you do this, just like how they made you invade Iraq. Be warned however – John, Paul, Dick, Don and all the other neocons, all belong to the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) as well as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). They also worked together in previous Administrations; at times when by your own admission you were still billowing white smoke, rather than being as you now are, bumbling in the White House.
Given the above, I doubt the objectivity and independence of your chief advisors, I therefore feel particularly moved to warn you of what you have just unleashed.
Let us first deal with John Bolton. John is perhaps the lesser of the two evils but maybe I am just splitting hairs. John has stated that the UN “is valuable only when it directly serves the United States”. He has links to the John Birch Society; a group of conservatives that oppose the UN because they believe it wants to impose a world socialist order. They were also against the civil rights movement as they believed it was ‘communist inspired’. Given that background we were not surprised when John said; “There is no such thing as the United Nations. If the UN Secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”
I am warning you George, by the time John is finished with his wrecking ball even Bin Laden will be proud of his handiwork.
John does not like Kofi Anan, he does not like Mohammed El Baradei, Head of the Atomic Energy Agency, and he certainly does not like Hans Blix, Head of the UN Inspection Agency. He does however like Agosto Pinochet and Ariel Sharon.
He talks about corruption at the UN and I think that you need to be very careful here. Maybe you should let him know that what happens at the UN is petty cash compared to the deal you had with the Texas Rangers. Dick and Don also need to be careful given the $8 billion in contracts granted to Halliburton since the start of the war in Iraq. Then of course there is Enron and Ken Lay, and Boeing defense contracts. Finally, John himself was instrumental in covering up evidence in the Iran-Contra affair.
The phrase ‘pot calling the kettle black’ definitely springs to mind.
John insists that the US should be the only permanent member of the UN Security Council, and that developing countries should focus on opening their markets, rather than on such things as birth control and the environment.
George, if you allow me to be frank, I would say that this con, forgive the abbreviation but neo or otherwise a con by any other name is still a con, is not an entirely charming man. Some have even opined that he is a genuine genetic abnormality who in the greater interest of humanity should immediately donate his body to science. Otherwise, they fear that the UN, the very structure that maintains a semblance of sanity in international affairs will be totally destroyed.
Then again, this is precisely what these cons want.
So I guess the next time you go to war, be it Iran, Syria or North Korea – your choice, John will address the UN Security Council as follows: “It is my ceremonial duty to advise y’all that we are going to war. You may or may not wish to vote on it, but we don’t think it matters either way. Now if y’all don’t mind, I am going home to watch as Fox News cheers us on.”
Now to Mr. Wolfowitz – he too greatly concerns us. If John is a con then Paul is not only a con; he is also a son of a con. We know that the so-called Bush doctrine of pre-emptive action was actually written by Paul. He famously said; “Intelligence about terrorism is inherently murky, and the US must be prepared to act on less-than perfect information”.
This is what I call the bomb-now-make-up-the-excuses-later policy. Funnily enough, that is exactly what happened with Iraq – not surprising since Paul was the main architect of that aggression. Now that other con, John Negroponte, is your Director of Intelligence, the ability to execute such a policy will be greatly enhanced.
Paul has served as advisor to both BP Amoco and Northrop Grumman, one of the largest defense contractors in the US. This is a striking example of what I call the mutually dependent relationship – where there is oil there are guns. I can see it now – a World Bank executive walks into Paul’s office, requesting approval for a loan to some poor country. Paul takes out his neocon checklist – I call it the Ten Con-mandments, you being a born-again Christian and all that. The Ten Con-mandments are as follows:
1. Do they have oil for US?
2. What have they done for US lately?
3. What is in it for US?
4. When they pray, do they clasp their hands and say – give US this day our daily bread?
5. Do they love US?
6. Do they love little US (i.e. Israel)?
7. Do they say – ask not what US can do for you, but what you can do for US?
8. At Christmas when there is nothing for their kids, do they tell them – it was Toys or US?
9. In the war against terror do they pray – God deliver US?
10. Do they believe – if God is for US then who can be against US?
Obviously, if the answer to any ONE of the above is NO, then the poor country is declined the loan and normally that would be the end of that – with one minor exception. If they do have oil, then the matter is passed over to John. John will then make his little ceremonial speech to the UN, the bomb-now-make-up-the-excuses-later policy is invoked, and so on and so forth.
So, there we have it, a simple and elegant solution to global problems. As John Paul prepares for heaven, John and Paul prepare for hell. Yes, it is religion George, but not as we know it. However, there is no doubting the nature of the belief system at work. PNAC is committed to establishing American global military superiority and overthrowing regimes “hostile to US interest and values”, as well as “preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles”.
This is what is stated on their website. Now that you have placed them in pole position to execute their grandiose plans – God help the rest of us.
Yours truly,
Jonathan Ledwidge (Author, A Mannequin for President)
www.amannequinforpresident.com
I am deeply concerned. In an act best characterized as two appointments for the US but one finger for the world, you simultaneously made John Bolton Ambassador to the UN and Paul Wolfowitz Head of the World Bank. The rise of the neocons has now gone global.
Now, I know that Dick and Don made you do this, just like how they made you invade Iraq. Be warned however – John, Paul, Dick, Don and all the other neocons, all belong to the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) as well as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). They also worked together in previous Administrations; at times when by your own admission you were still billowing white smoke, rather than being as you now are, bumbling in the White House.
Given the above, I doubt the objectivity and independence of your chief advisors, I therefore feel particularly moved to warn you of what you have just unleashed.
Let us first deal with John Bolton. John is perhaps the lesser of the two evils but maybe I am just splitting hairs. John has stated that the UN “is valuable only when it directly serves the United States”. He has links to the John Birch Society; a group of conservatives that oppose the UN because they believe it wants to impose a world socialist order. They were also against the civil rights movement as they believed it was ‘communist inspired’. Given that background we were not surprised when John said; “There is no such thing as the United Nations. If the UN Secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference.”
I am warning you George, by the time John is finished with his wrecking ball even Bin Laden will be proud of his handiwork.
John does not like Kofi Anan, he does not like Mohammed El Baradei, Head of the Atomic Energy Agency, and he certainly does not like Hans Blix, Head of the UN Inspection Agency. He does however like Agosto Pinochet and Ariel Sharon.
He talks about corruption at the UN and I think that you need to be very careful here. Maybe you should let him know that what happens at the UN is petty cash compared to the deal you had with the Texas Rangers. Dick and Don also need to be careful given the $8 billion in contracts granted to Halliburton since the start of the war in Iraq. Then of course there is Enron and Ken Lay, and Boeing defense contracts. Finally, John himself was instrumental in covering up evidence in the Iran-Contra affair.
The phrase ‘pot calling the kettle black’ definitely springs to mind.
John insists that the US should be the only permanent member of the UN Security Council, and that developing countries should focus on opening their markets, rather than on such things as birth control and the environment.
George, if you allow me to be frank, I would say that this con, forgive the abbreviation but neo or otherwise a con by any other name is still a con, is not an entirely charming man. Some have even opined that he is a genuine genetic abnormality who in the greater interest of humanity should immediately donate his body to science. Otherwise, they fear that the UN, the very structure that maintains a semblance of sanity in international affairs will be totally destroyed.
Then again, this is precisely what these cons want.
So I guess the next time you go to war, be it Iran, Syria or North Korea – your choice, John will address the UN Security Council as follows: “It is my ceremonial duty to advise y’all that we are going to war. You may or may not wish to vote on it, but we don’t think it matters either way. Now if y’all don’t mind, I am going home to watch as Fox News cheers us on.”
Now to Mr. Wolfowitz – he too greatly concerns us. If John is a con then Paul is not only a con; he is also a son of a con. We know that the so-called Bush doctrine of pre-emptive action was actually written by Paul. He famously said; “Intelligence about terrorism is inherently murky, and the US must be prepared to act on less-than perfect information”.
This is what I call the bomb-now-make-up-the-excuses-later policy. Funnily enough, that is exactly what happened with Iraq – not surprising since Paul was the main architect of that aggression. Now that other con, John Negroponte, is your Director of Intelligence, the ability to execute such a policy will be greatly enhanced.
Paul has served as advisor to both BP Amoco and Northrop Grumman, one of the largest defense contractors in the US. This is a striking example of what I call the mutually dependent relationship – where there is oil there are guns. I can see it now – a World Bank executive walks into Paul’s office, requesting approval for a loan to some poor country. Paul takes out his neocon checklist – I call it the Ten Con-mandments, you being a born-again Christian and all that. The Ten Con-mandments are as follows:
1. Do they have oil for US?
2. What have they done for US lately?
3. What is in it for US?
4. When they pray, do they clasp their hands and say – give US this day our daily bread?
5. Do they love US?
6. Do they love little US (i.e. Israel)?
7. Do they say – ask not what US can do for you, but what you can do for US?
8. At Christmas when there is nothing for their kids, do they tell them – it was Toys or US?
9. In the war against terror do they pray – God deliver US?
10. Do they believe – if God is for US then who can be against US?
Obviously, if the answer to any ONE of the above is NO, then the poor country is declined the loan and normally that would be the end of that – with one minor exception. If they do have oil, then the matter is passed over to John. John will then make his little ceremonial speech to the UN, the bomb-now-make-up-the-excuses-later policy is invoked, and so on and so forth.
So, there we have it, a simple and elegant solution to global problems. As John Paul prepares for heaven, John and Paul prepare for hell. Yes, it is religion George, but not as we know it. However, there is no doubting the nature of the belief system at work. PNAC is committed to establishing American global military superiority and overthrowing regimes “hostile to US interest and values”, as well as “preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles”.
This is what is stated on their website. Now that you have placed them in pole position to execute their grandiose plans – God help the rest of us.
Yours truly,
Jonathan Ledwidge (Author, A Mannequin for President)
www.amannequinforpresident.com
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