Posted on 02/11/2006 8:26:22 PM PST by Prost1
"The International Relations Center is working to make the U.S. a more responsible member of the global community by promoting progressive strategic dialogues that lead to new citizen-based agendas."
http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/?sort=title_tagline
Amererica's Program is topical with intelligent articles. http://americas.irc-online.org/
Excerpt from Right Web.. "Over the past three decades, an informal coalition of militarists, social conservatives, and ideologues has spun a web of power and influence--a network of policy institutes, think tanks, government entities, corporations, and political projects. In the mid-1990s the Project for the New American Century was established as a political project whose objective was to ensure that its own radical foreign and military policy agenda became official government doctrine.
Many of PNAC's founding members joined the Bush administration's foreign policy team, while others continue to hawk their agenda from the positions in nongovernmental institutes that advise the administration...."
From: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftp/3095 "Talking Points #7 Hamas Wins the Palestinian Elections
The Palestinian elections, held under conditions of military occupation, are a flawed exercise in democracy. However, it is likely the results represent a reasonably accurate assessment of public opinion. Someone better tell President George W. Bush to be careful what he calls for, because this is what democracy looks like...."
And for the stunner....It is a leftist site that develops policy positions. It also provides a ready resource for key Republican officials so leftists can have their talking points in order when speaking about "neo-cons"...
If anyone is familiar with this site, please post views and thoughts. This site is clearly above Pelosi's reading ability!
Note the last sentenance cited above. "Someone better tell President ...." which appears to mean that democracy is disfunctional and dictators are more favored.
Of course, Jimmy Carter affirms this! And now, another source.
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