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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....

<p>The United Nations is the tooth fairy of American politics: Few adults believe in it, but it's generally regarded as a harmless story to amuse the children. Since 9/11, however, the UN has ceased to be harmless, and the Democratic presidential candidates' enthusiasm for it has ceased to be amusing.</p>

America vs. Human Nature From the audacious title, to an opening that quotes Thomas Paine's rebuke of the "sunshine patriot," to a proposal for immediately widening the war against al-Qaeda to include Hamas and Hezbollah, An End to Evil is a worthy election-year polemic from Richard Perle and David Frum. The work is clearly meant to help define foreign policy for a second Bush Administration, and it may well do that if sloganeering continues to displace actual strategic planning. Perle and Frum (P-F, for now) are very good at what they do: arguing for a robust exercise of American power...

The results of the Iowa caucuses are being hailed as a victory for the tough-minded wing of the Democratic Party. But how tough really are the Iowa winners? Senators John Kerry and John Edwards, the top two finishers, may have shunned the wild rhetoric of Howard Dean. But they share their party's general unwillingness to think hard or realistically about the war on terrorism. In a December speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Senator Kerry promised to treat the United Nations as a "full partner" in the war on terrorism — despite that organization's inability even to define terrorism,...

Neo-Conservatism, Hard Core Analysis - By Jim Lobe If hard-core neo-conservatives Richard Perle and David Frum had their way, the Bush administration would be issuing ultimatums on virtually a daily basis. WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - In their new book, 'An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror', Perle, the well-connected former chairman of the Defence Policy Board (DPB), and Frum, a former White House speechwriter, call for the administration to, among many other things: - Actively promote, presumably through direct action, the secession of the oil-rich eastern province of Saudi Arabia, unless the Saudi government provides...

Front Page The following are excerpts from the recently released book An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror by hardcore US neo-conservatives Richard Perle and David Frum. Perle is the well-connected former chairman of the US Defense Policy Board, while Frum is a former White House speechwriter. These excerpts deal specifically with Asia. Given Perle's very close relationships with senior hawks in the administration of President George W Bush, these positions probably quite accurately reflect what Vice President Dick Cheney and Pentagon civilians are arguing at the highest levels in the administration. North Korea The South...

Bush Iraq war advisors launch tirade against France 12 January 2004 French opposition to the Iraq war has prompted two of President George W. Bush's Iraq war advisors to recommend limiting US military ties to France and seeking to isolate it in Europe. France's President Jacques Chirac "volunteered as Saddam Hussein's most important ally and protector," Richard Perle and David Frum said in their new book "An End to Evil." The authors, whose promotional tour began Monday, promote a so-called neo-conservative use of US military force to pacify the world. They take aim at countries they said stand in the...

When discussing foreign policy and the war on terror, the press often divides officials into two.groups: hard-liners and pragmatists. "Hard-liners" are actually far more pragmatic and realize that the war on terrorism requires vigorous, decisive action; in contrast, the policies promoted by "pragmatists" are grounded in ideological dependence upon failing international organizations and denial of the realities of the post-September 11 world. Under the leadership of President George W. Bush, two approaches to American foreign and security policy have emerged. One approach is founded on vigorous, decisive action, including a readiness to use military power, against the terrorist enemy. Its...

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<p>Under the leadership of President George W. Bush, two approaches to American foreign and security policy have emerged. One approach is founded on vigorous, decisive action, including a readiness to use military power, against the terrorist enemy. Its exponents are the hard-liners. You know the names: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Abrams, and so on.</p>

Hawks deliver manifesto to Bush Free Iran at ActivistChat.com! 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...

We are still at war - (Filed: 31/12/2003) Following September 11, 2001, George W Bush warned that the war on terrorists and their sponsors would be long and of global reach. Persistent pursuit of such a goal was always going to be hard to maintain, whether because of the softer options offered the electorate by the political opposition or through bureaucratic inertia. Sensing this, two neo-conservatives, David Frum and Richard Perle, have issued a renewed wake-up call in a book to be published tomorrow . "We can feel the will to win ebbing in Washington," they write in An End...

Former Hollinger International Inc. executive Jack Boultbee is suing the company and the special committee of its board for about $16-million, claiming he was wrongfully fired for accepting non-competition payments. Mr. Boultbee, a former executive vice-president, was dismissed in November after he refused to repay about $600,000 (U.S.) in non-compete payments the special committee says were not properly authorized. Three other former Hollinger International executives, including chairman Conrad Black, have agreed to pay back their share of about $32.2-million of unauthorized payments. Mr. Boultbee's statement, filed yesterday in the Ontario Superior Court, claims that he was told by former Hollinger...

NEW YORK - Hollinger International Inc., a newspaper publisher caught up in a widening financial scandal, is looking into an investment the company made to a venture capital fund with links to defense adviser Richard Perle and Henry Kissinger, both directors of the company. The investigation is part of a wider probe at the company which has already resulted in the resignation of several senior executives, including Canadian-born press baron Conrad Black as Hollinger International's CEO. However, Black remains chairman and controlling shareholder of the Chicago-based company, which publishes the Chicago Sun-Times, The Daily Telegraph in London and The Jerusalem...

A Pentagon official widely regarded as the key ideological driving force behind President George Bush's foreign policy has admitted the US-led invasion of Iraq is illegal. Richard Perle, a senior adviser to the US defence secretary, said the US had broken international law, blaming French reluctance to attack Iraq for leaving Washington with "no practical mechanism consistent with the rules of the UN for dealing with Saddam Hussein". "I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing," said Perle in London in comments published by the British media on Thursday. "International law ......

War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal Oliver Burkeman and Julian Borger in Washington Thursday November 20, 2003 The Guardian International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal. In a startling break with the official White House and Downing Street lines, Mr Perle told an audience in London: "I think in this case international law stood in the way of doing the right thing." President George Bush has consistently argued that the war was legal either because of existing UN...

Sun November 16, 2003 04:10 PM ET SEOUL (Reuters) - An investigation by the Defense Department's inspector general has cleared Pentagon adviser Richard Perle of any violation of conflict of interest laws in his private consulting business, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Sunday. Rumsfeld issued a statement to reporters traveling with him in South Korea saying that Inspector General Joseph Schmitz had cleared Perle after a six-month investigation. Perle in March resigned as chairman of the Defense Policy Board, a group of security experts and former government officials who advise the Pentagon, after a published report alleged that he...

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 - The Pentagon's inspector general concluded this week that Richard N. Perle violated no ethics laws or rules when he was leading an influential Pentagon advisory board while at the same timerepresenting two companies in their dealings with the government. But Mr. Perle has become the focus of an inquiry being conducted by Hollinger International, the media conglomerate, where he serves as a director. That inquiry is examining several transactions, including $2.5 million in payments made by the company to Trireme Partners, a venture capital company in which Mr. Perle is a managing partner. The inquiry is...

Hollinger examines Perle investments By Stephanie Kirchgaessner Published: November 12 2003 21:57 | Last Updated: November 12 2003 21:57 Hollinger International is examining investments that were made by Richard Perle, a director on the publisher's board and prominent defense advisor, on behalf of the company. The investigation is part of a wider internal probe at the publisher of the Daily Telegraph and Chicago Sun-Times into some of the company's corporate governance practices, including the payment of nearly $300m in management fees to Conrad Black, chief executive and chairman, and his deputies. That probe, which is being lead by former Securities...