Monday, October 15, 2012

Romney=Wolfowitz

A vote for Romney is a vote for Wolfowitz.  
Paul Wolfowitz,  who was known by his constant assertion that the proper role for America included the following:
The new American century.
radical neo-conservatism
United Nations not necessary
American MIlitary Domination
US must take pre-emptive military action
Military Action without the support of allies
Aggressive foreign policy 
American Enterprise Institute
Wolfowitz Doctrine is an unofficial name given to the initial version of the Defense Planning Guidance for the 1994–99 fiscal years (dated February 18, 1992) authored by Paul Wolfowitz and his deputy Scooter Libby .  Not intended for public release, it was leaked to the New York Times on March 7, 1992, and sparked a public controversy about U.S. foreign and defense policy. The document was widely criticized as imperialist as the document outlined a policy of unilateralism and pre-emptive military action to suppress potential threats from other nations and prevent any other nation from rising to superpower status.
"While the U.S. cannot become the world's policeman, by assuming responsibility for righting every wrong, we will retain the preeminent responsibility for addressing selectively those wrongs which threaten not only our interests, but those of our allies or friends, or which could seriously unsettle international relations."
"In the Middle East and Southwest Asia, advocated an objective is to become and remain the predominant outside power in the region and preserve U.S. and Western access to the region's oil."

Wolfowitz dismissed the work by Hans Blix of the UN who searched Iraq for WMD and said there were none there.  Blix was told to get out of Iraq before the American pre-emptive invasion began.
Wolfowitz was a major architect of President Bush's Iraq policy and ... its most hawkish advocate.
After serving two years, he resigned as president of the World Bank Group ending what a Reuters report called "a protracted battle over his stewardship, prompted by his involvement in a high-paying promotion for his companion."
Wolfowitz is a power player in the Republican Party.  If Romney is elected, he will be a force that America's international friends will have to reckon with, and he will push our antagonists to confrontation after confrontation.  Just like he did under George Bush.

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