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| Wolfowitz, Cheney, a US tank in
Kuwait, Bush Jr and Rumsfeld: The military might
to build the new American century will prove
costly |
THERE WAS NO doubt in the investment banker's voice
as he gave his take on his most recent visit to Washington
DC. "We're going to war. This administration wants to take us
to war."
It wasn't last month, it wasn't even in the week after the
September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC. It
was spring 2001 while the US was dealing with the Chinese
government over an incident involving a US surveillance aircraft
and a couple of Chinese fighters.
Euromoney scoffed at the idea. Okay, the administration has its
hawks, but war? Surely that's just bluster? Patiently the banker
replied that he'd been at an event hosted by Empower America, a
right-wing Republican think-tank set up by Jack Kemp, formerly a
senior Republican member of the House...
