IS
AMERICA A BIGGER THREAT TO WORLD PEACE THAN SADDAM
HUSSEIN ?
CHANNEL 4 (
LONDON ) YES
45% NO 38%
FORSA ( GERMANY
) YES 38% NO 37 % THE
SAME 16%
EUROPEAN POLL ( 15 Nations) YES 46
% NO 32 %
Because of a project of American Peace
that is garnering the outraged attention of the world:
THE
PROJECT FOR A NEW AMERICAN
CENTURY: REBUILDING AMERICAS DEFENSES
|
ØSeptember
2000 Rebuilding Americas Defenses is published, listing
27 contributors including Paul Wolfowitz, Eliot Cohen, John
Bolton, Stephen Cambon , David Cross,
Lewis Libby, Dov Zakheim |
ØØØNovember
2000 Election of G. W. Bush, Paul Wolfowitz , John Bolton ,Stephen
Cambrone ,
|
|
|
Eliot Cohen, Devon Cross, Lewis
Libby and Dov Zakheim given key positions in the
Department of Defense |
MAIN
POINTS OF THE
PROJECT
|
MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION
|
|
ØTransformation
and expansion of U.S. military |
ØØØOn
going |
|
ØRepudiation
of ABM.treaty (p. 52) |
ØØØDone
December 2001 |
|
ØCreation
of global missile defense system (p. 12) |
ØØØOn
going |
|
Ø
Removal from power of adversarial regimes of Iran, Iraq, North
Korea (pp. 4, 75)
|
September 2001 Attack on World Trade Center
ØØØJanuary
2002 State of Union speech mentioning Axis of Evil: North Korea, Iraq and Iran. (Statement somewhat inappropriate at the time
for Iran and that embarrassed its reformist president)
|
|
ØDevelopment
of nuclear warheads to destroy deeply buried bunkers (p.8) |
ØØØMay
2003 Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator is green-lighted by
the House (but not yet by Senate ) This will undermines the Non
Proliferation Treaty |
|
ØIncrease
defense spending to 3,8 % of G.N.P. (pp. V, 75) |
ØØØProposed
military budget for 2004 is $ 379 Billion, exactly 3.8% of GNP
(close to 1/2 of World Military Budget and 10 times the one of
China , 150 times the one of Iraq or North Korea ) |
|
ØMultiplication
of U.S. Military Bases (pp.16,18,19) In South east
Europe, South East Asia, Latin America
|
ØØØThe
U.S. rushes to install troops in Georgia and in Philippines and
military advisers in Columbia |
|
Ø
.and
Middle East . Page 14 one can read :
While the unresolved conflict with Iraq
provides immediate justification, the need for a substantial
American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the
regime of Saddam Hussein
|
ØØØEarly
2003 the Administration propose to invade Iraq, because of
unproven links with Al Qaeda |
Other excerpts from this report that appears to
have become a blueprint for the current Administration
foreign policy :
Today the task is to preserve an international security
environment conducive to American interests and ideals. (p.2)
The challenge for the coming century is to preserve and
enhance this American Peace.(p.iv)
and deter the rise of a new great power competitor
and exploit transformation of war
(p.2)
ABOUT 2000 YEARS
AGO THE ROMANS
HAD THE WESTERN WORLD LIVING UNDER THE PAX ROMANA
TODAY, IS THE
WHOLE PLANET
WILLING TO ACCEPT A
PAX AMERICANA?
The same concept of American Peace had
been drafted in1992 by the Defense Department and immediately
repudiated by G.H.W Bush as violent
critisism had erupted at the first leak of the paper
From its beginning, this Administration
has shown contempt for international treaties and bodies.
(dismissal of Kyoto protocol,
International Criminal Court, Landmine Treaty and many more )
After September 11th, in the National
Security Strategy document published on 09/20/01, the Administration
bluntly speaks of ignoring International opinion, refers to
American internationalism, and declares that terrorist attacks from
independent cells justify pre-emptive strikes on sovereign states.
This ignores the fact that preventive and pre-emptive wars are
illegal under the U.N charter and under international laws
Democracy can only exist under the
rule of law, created by fairly elected legislatures, and generally
accepted by the family of nations.
WHY? BECAUSE
THE DESIRE OF ONE POWER FOR ABSOLUTE
SECURITY MEANS ABSOLUTE INSECURITY FOR ALL THE OTHERS.
Henry Kissinger,
A World Restored
POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS
ABSOLUTELY
Lord Acton
WE, WHO ABIDE BY THE RULES OF DEMOCRACY,
CANNOT ALLOW THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO IMPOSE A PAX AMERICANA
ON A WORLD THAT HAS JUST COME THROUGH A CENTURY OF EXHAUSTING AND
DEVASTATING WARS, MANY OF THEM
INTENDED TO BRING PEACE THROUGH THE FORCE OF ARMS.
THE
UNITED NATIONS WAS CREATED BY THE UNITED STATES AS A MEANS
TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS WITHOUT GOING TO
WAR
AS THE NEW YORK TIMES PUT IT,
THERE MAY STILL BE TWO SUPERPOWERS ON THE PLANET
THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD PUBLIC OPINION
Frederique
Darragon March 12th
2003
