Hawks tell Bush how to win war on terror!

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/ ^ | 12/31/2003 | David Rennie

[faludeh_shirazi]

Hawks deliver manifesto to Bush

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By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 31/12/2003)

President George W Bush was sent a public manifesto yesterday by Washington's hawks, demanding regime change in Syria and Iran and a Cuba-style military blockade of North Korea backed by planning for a pre-emptive strike on its nuclear sites.

The manifesto, presented as a "manual for victory" in the war on terror, also calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies.

The manifesto is contained in a new book by Richard Perle, a Pentagon adviser and "intellectual guru" of the hardline neo-conservative movement, and David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter. They give warning of a faltering of the "will to win" in Washington.

In the battle for the president's ear, the manifesto represents an attempt by hawks to break out of the post-Iraq doldrums and strike back at what they see as a campaign of hostile leaking by their foes in such centres of caution as the State Department or in the military top brass.

Their publication, An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, coincided with the latest broadside from the hawks' enemy number one, Colin Powell, the secretary of state.

Though on leave recovering from a prostate cancer operation, Mr Powell summoned reporters to his bedside to hail "encouraging" signs of a "new attitude" in Iran and call for the United States to keep open the prospect of dialogue with the Teheran authorities.

Such talk is anathema to hawks like Mr Perle and Mr Frum who urge Washington to shun the mullahs and work for their overthrow in concert with Iranian dissidents.

It may be assumed that their instincts at least are shared by hawks inside the government, whose twin power bases are the Pentagon's civilian leadership and the office of the vice-president, Dick Cheney.

Such officials prevailed over invading Afghanistan and Iraq, but have been seen as on the back foot since the autumn as their post-war visions of building a secular, free-market Iraq were scaled back in favour of compromise and a swift handover of power next June.

The book demands that any talks with North Korea require the complete and immediate abandonment of its nuclear programme.

As North Korea will probably refuse such terms, the book urges a Cuba-style military blockade and overt preparations for war, including the rapid pullback of US forces from the inter-Korean border so that they move out of range of North Korean artillery.

Such steps, with luck, will prompt China to oust its nominal ally, Kim Jong-il, and install a saner regime in North Korea, the authors write.

The authoritarian rule of Syria's leader, Bashar Assad, should also be ended, encouraged by shutting oil supplies from Iraq, seizing arms he buys from Iran, and raids into Syria to hunt terrorists.

The authors urge Mr Bush to "tell the truth about Saudi Arabia". Wealthy Saudis, some of them royal princes, fund al-Qa'eda, they write.

The Saudi government backs "terror-tainted Islamic organisations" as part of a larger campaign to "spread its extremist version of Islam throughout the Muslim world and into Europe and North America".

The book calls for tough action against France and its dreams of offsetting US power. "We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington," it states. Britain's independence from Europe should be preserved, perhaps with open access for British arms to American defence markets.

[faludeh_shirazi]

PING TO DO THE RIGHT THING RIGHT NOW!!! FREE IRAN!

[thoughtomator]

Amen to that! I'll even accept the charge that it's a Zionist conspiracy if it allows our debt to Cyrus to be repaid in full.

[L`enn]

Damn! There goes the book I was going to write when I got around to it!

[faludeh_shirazi]

Thanks ---- I stand with you .. are you jewish?

[RippleFire]

bump

[Kay Soze]

"The authors urge Mr Bush to "tell the truth about Saudi Arabia". Wealthy Saudis, some of them royal princes, fund al-Qa'eda, they write. "

Werent something like 15 of the 19 hijackers Saudis?

None were Iraqi's.

We have removed our troops from Saudi Arabia and temporarily placed them in Iraq.

W says he will be out of Iraq by Summer.

He should move them to Syria where the WMD's are now at. Now in the hands of even more powerful terrorists.

Right?

[thoughtomator]

I am. And bound by an ancient debt of honor to see Persia free.

[Burkeman1]

Great, I can't wait to read both your posts from the front once you join up.

And this is a dupe post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1048999/posts

[tet68]

Don't worry, the front is coming to us.

It IS a duplicate post though and should be pulled.

[Eala]

PING TO DO THE RIGHT THING RIGHT NOW!!! FREE IRAN!

Iran Azadi!! Bush could make an excellent start by firing Powell and most of the State Department. (But he won't.)

[thoughtomator]

If the US military wanted me with my poor eyesight and small frame, I'd be there in a heartbeat. Unfortunately they didn't want me, so I didn't get to go. I learned how to handle a weapon, just in case circumstances change. In the meantime I can still contribute as a political warrior.

[Eala]

It IS a duplicate post though and should be pulled.

But that's a day old (and I, for one, missed it). I gathered a while back that reposts were sometimes okay, particularly if some time had passed.

[Admin Moderator]

We will let duplicates stand if posted far apart, unless there are many posted. This thread is fine.

[NetValue]

The book seems to not be for sale on Amazon....what gives?

[Burkeman1]

True- sometimes dupes are allowed through if enough time has passed, at least I think I have seen that happen. But Freeper courtesy is to at least check to see if it has been posted before. The threads share the same title even!

[Burkeman1]

Huh? Really?

[BCrago66]

Thanks for the information with all the exclamation points!!!

[11th Earl of Mar]

calls for Saudi Arabia and France to be treated not as allies but as rivals and possibly enemies.

So far, so good. But what is with the "rivals" thing?

[CurlyBill]

Let's Roll!!!