These are some of the guys that started the war.

[Swede]

Add Bush and Cheney. They will all retire wealthy and die in their sleep.

America's top sabre-rattlers

Monday December 17, 2001
The Guardian


Donald Rumsfeld - A veteran of the cold war chosen by the vice-president, Dick Cheney, in the face of opposition from Colin Powell, now secretary of state. His radical policies and abrasive manner initially provoked resistance from the Pentagon generals. But the war on terrorism has made him the most powerful member of the cabinet and he is expanding his influence into foreign policy fields normally managed by the secretary of state.

Paul Wolfowitz - Mr Rumsfeld's deputy, and the foremost exponent of a new war against Saddam Hussein. He is a former academic with a wide-ranging network of travellers and sympathisers, commonly referred to in Washington as the "Wolfowitz cabal".

Doug Feith - The Pentagon's policy supremo and a former director of the Centre for Security Policy (CSP), who has led the charge for a more pro-Israel Middle East policy.

Frank Gaffney - a former defence policy official and Rumsfeld acolyte who now runs the CSP - a thinktank and ideological seminary for young hawks. He advocates the scrapping of the Oslo peace process, the forceful promotion of the national missile defence system, and a settling of scores with Baghdad.

Richard Perle - Known as Ronald Reagan's "prince of darkness" for his distaste for disarmament treaties, and his hawkish attitude towards the Soviet Union. Mr Perle retains an important role in the defence policy board, a Pentagon thinktank which he chairs.

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[babylonsister]

1. Looks like a 'who's who' of PNAC. What a shock. nt

[teknomanzer]

5. Certainly does...

I keep hearing the pundits saying that PNAC is not official policy, and relegating people who point it out as tin foil hatters. This admin is up to its neck in PNACers, and US foriegn policy matches the PNAC doctrine to a tee. I grit my teeth when I hear those types covering for the admin.

[NV Whino]

7. One thing that's always puzzled me...

Why is Dan Quayle's name on PNAC as a signatory?

[wtmusic]

2. The will all retire to prison and die as war criminals should

The glass is half full.

[panader0]

3. I, like all DUers, hope they do NOT retire with wealth

and die in their sleep. I hope they spend every dime on defense lawyers and die broke and in prison. (There's a few more to add to the list)

[Swede]

4. Oh,I hope so.

The list is much longer.

[speedoo]

6. It sure is. Start with powell and Rice. nt