Project for the New American Century

[[File:PNAC logo.png|thumb|PNAC logo]]
{{uspolitics}}{{cquote|[Our views] are [[Gunboat diplomacy|deeply rooted in American history]] and widely shared by Americans.|||Robert Kagan, co-founder of PNAC<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1237310.htm America still capable of military strikes: Robert Kagan], Australian Broadcasting Corporation (So much hilarity in hindsight.)</ref>}}
{{Cquote|Henceforth, the Republic shall be reorganized into the first Galactic [[Empire]]! To ensure a safe and secure society!|||[[Fun:Star Wars|Emperor Palpatine]]}}
The '''Project for the New American Century''' ('''PNAC''') was a massive [[neoconservative]] [[think tank|think tank]], created in 1997 and closed in 2006. Its goal was "to promote [[American]] global leadership" because "American leadership is both good for America and [[American exceptionalism|good for the world]]."  It ended up achieving [[New World Order|very different goals]].

It was highly influential with regard to the [[MIC|development of military]] and foreign policies, especially involving [[national security]] and the [[Iraq War]], within the previous administration of [[George W. Bush]].

Some of our favorite people were involved in this, including:
*[[Jeb Bush]]
*[[Dick Cheney]]
*[[William Kristol]]
*[[Donald Rumsfeld]]
*[[Dan Quayle]]
*[[Paul Wolfowitz]]
*[[Scooter Libby]]

And a whole host of other right-wing [[wingnut|nutjobs]], most of them with convenient connections with the Bush administration.

PNAC has become significant (and entered the public consciousness) due to their presence in [[truther]] [[conspiracy theories]], mostly centering around a comment in Section V of their policy report, ''[http://wayback.archive.org/web/20020923154604/http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf Rebuilding America's Defenses]'', entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force":

{{cquote|''Further, the process of transformation [of the military], even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new [[Pearl Harbor]].''}}

The fact that this is simply being realistic ("change will be slow unless something weird happens") rather than calling for actual action is one of the many things that escapes Truthers.

''Rebuilding America's Defenses'' was released in September of 2000, a year before [[9/11]] happened. The wackos maintain that, considering the date of this document and the quote highlighted above, the Bush Administration had some level of involvement with the events of 9/11, whether it be letting the [[terrorist]]s go through with their plan that day or to putting [[nuke]]s in the basement of the trade center; it really depends on who you ask.

==External links==
*Their website has been shut down, but it can still be viewed via The Wayback Machine: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022123450/http://newamericancentury.org/ newamericancentury.org]

==References==
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[[Category:Think tanks]]
[[Category:United States politics]]
[[Category:Conspiracy theories]]
[[Category:Neoconservatism]]

Categories: Think tanks, United States politics, Conspiracy theories, Neoconservatism