Charley Reese on the neocon agenda.

I understand that Reese is a conservative, but he is dead-on. Enjoy.

http://www.antiwar.com/reese/reese11.html

It's clear that the president's brain is occupied by the neoconservatives who surround him. It's clear from their writings and policy statements that the neoconservatives believe the United States can become the dominant power on Earth.

This is a bad judgment that is dangerous and could become lethal. This is why thoughtful people believe it is imperative to defeat George Bush in the 2004 elections. This wrongheaded policy, cooked up by academics and journalists, is not one that will merely embarrass the United States. It is a wrongheaded policy that could have dire consequences for the American people.

This wrongheaded idea that the United States can now dominate the planet rests on a number of fallacies. Let's look at them. (more)