PNACer Won't Vote For Bush!

[JHB]

Francis Fukuyama has left the building!

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040714&hn=10372

Famous academic Francis Fukuyama, one of the founding fathers of the neo-conservative movement that underlies the policies of US President George W. Bush's administration, said on July 13 that he would not vote for the incumbent in the November 2 US Presidential election.

In addition to distancing himself from the current administration, Fukuyama told TIME magazine that his old friend, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, should resign.

In 1997, Fukuyama together with Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Jeb Bush, signed a declaration entitled 'The New American Century Project'. That declaration set the groundwork for the neo-conservative movement.

Fukuyama began to distance himself from the administration during the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The tension between the two came to a head prior to the invasion of Iraq. Fukuyama opposed the war. Fukuyama is still angry at the Bush administration since they refuse to admit to the mistakes they have made. Fukuyama had warned that after the war, Iraq would be dragged into an internal conflict and would export terror to the world.

[bluestateguy]

1. Hmmmm

I remember a few months ago on Capitol Gang Novak saying that the neo-cons are not known for their loyalty. They will desert you in a heartbeat if you are not a winner, he said. Hmmmm...

[billybob537]

2. Why didn't our fearless leader

see this, uuummm could it be his f...ing 30 IQ?

[MattNC]

3. hard to believe he was against the war

especially if you read a lot of his writings.

[DebJ]

4. from what I read of PNAC, I thought they all were war hounds

and couldn't wait to get into Iraq and pass an act like the Patriot Act.

[redqueen]

6. Could be he was against the way it was done

Recklessly, with little chance of anything resembling 'success'.

For them to move forward with their agenda, they'd have to have troops available to move to other areas.

[frylock]

5. did this guy even read the pnac doctrine?!?

War with Iraq is one of the basic tenets of the PNAC agenda. Maybe he was just the "token" asian guy? :shrug:

[shraby]

7. Maybe since he left the fold

right after 9/11 he realized they might have had something to do with 9/11 and didn't want to be a part of it.