President Bush Will Nominate ZALMAY KHALILZAD As The New U.S. Ambassador To The U.N. (PNAC)

[Divine Discontent]

Breaking ABC News on top! http://abcnews.go.com/


Interesting choice... PNAC'er! sighhhhhhh Congress can stop this, right?

"Zalmay Khalilzad, the most senior Pashtun-American and highest-ranking Muslim to serve in the Bush administration,<1> became the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in November 2003. He headed the Bush-Cheney transition team for the Defense Department in 2000 and has been a Counselor to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. <2>

He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.

In September 2004, Khalilzad was charged with trying to influence the October 9 Afghan presidential elections." from http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zalmay_Khalilzad




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[madeline_con]

1. Great, one of the PNAC signers. n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. methinks PNAC membership or at least agreement with goals is

the gatekeeper for any access, appointment or traction with this president. Or at least with Darth Cheney.

[Roland99]

8. Well, Bolton was a co-founder!! This will only change one thing at the UN....

one less cartoonish moustache.

[Joe Bacon]

35. Oh, Dennis Praeger, what do YOU have to say about that???????????????

GASP! And I bet he's gonna hold a Koran when he gets sworn in too!

Not a peep from Dennis and his Moral CompASS must be off line!

I wonder why?????

:rofl:

[Greeby]

2. Meet the new PNAC'er, same as the old PNAC'er

:eyes:

[Avalux]

4. No surprise. PNAC.

:hi:

[GeorgeGist]

5. Failure in Afghanistan...

Failure in Iraq.

Perfect choice Mr. Boosh.

[meegbear]

6. And, by gum, the Democratically controlled Senate gets to hold hearings ...

this'll be interesting.

[Morgana LaFey]

33. I'll be interested in seeing if said Dems know anything ABOUT

PNAC, let alone care.

Each day, I so hope my cynicism can be shown to be overwrought.

[CoffeeCat]

7. Here a PNACer...there a PNACer....everywhere a...

PNACer...

Does anyone else find it interesting that Junior is sooooo loyal to the perverse PNAC secret-spy club, but
that he wasn't one of the signatories? Jeb was. So were many others in Junior's administration (Darth, Rumface,
Wolfie, etc).

However, Junior never signed on.

Does anyone else think that this is odd?

What is the most likely explanation for Junior not being a visible member of the PNAC thug brigade?

[bonito]

9. They pull his strings

He's their puppet as if no one can see the strings.

[Marie26]

10. Typical.

All the other neocons have left the Administration in disgrace. Scraping the bottom of the PNAC barrel now.

[DoYouEverWonder]

36. Bush is definitely digging down into the bottom of the barrel

to find more incompetent true believers to promote his delusions.

[Divine Discontent]

11. "Zalmay Khalilzad served as an advisor to the giant oil company Unocal during the Taliban rule" n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

16. “Accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs.”

Now, that's diplomacy!

[Amonester]

21. "And we don't even Pay the bombs, we Get Paid tenfold to

pass no-bid contracts to our war-profiteering friends who have-more (and don't Really need more than they already have), and we Pass the overcharged bills to the American disappearing middle-class's and the impoverishing working-class's taxpayers' grand-grandchildren!

Get That Clear??" (Insert arrogant smirkin' chimp icon here)

[Kagemusha]

12. This had been widely anticipated

For all the wrong reasons, of course...

[seafan]

13. PNAC member considered for powerful UN post by UN Sec General Ban Ki-moon.

One Mr. Zalmay Khalilzad. Got to keep it in *the family*.

Khalilzad Tipped as New U.N. Undersecretary General

Published 2007-01-05 00:59 (KST)


Zalmay Khalilzad, who is currently the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, is being tipped for a top U.N. appointment by the new Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

An Afghan and Muslim by birth, Khalilzad is being considered for the post of Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, one of the most powerful jobs in the U.N., that usually goes to a British diplomat, according to reliable sources in Washington and New York.

Both the U.S. and Britain are currently competing for the post. So far many of Ban's appointments have been from the Third World. To give the Americans their slot in the top rungs of the U.N. ladder by appointing a U.S. citizen born in the Third World would be an extraordinary move.


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For a PNAC refresher:

Statement of Principles, Project for the New American Century (PNAC)

June 3, 1997

American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century.

We aim to change this. We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership.

snip

We seem to have forgotten the essential elements of the Reagan Administration's success: a military that is strong and ready to meet both present and future challenges; a foreign policy that boldly and purposefully promotes American principles abroad; and national leadership that accepts the United States' global responsibilities.

snip

But we cannot safely avoid the responsibilities of global leadership or the costs that are associated with its exercise. America has a vital role in maintaining peace and security in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. If we shirk our responsibilities, we invite challenges to our fundamental interests. The history of the 20th century should have taught us that it is important to shape circumstances before crises emerge, and to meet threats before they become dire. The history of this century should have taught us to embrace the cause of American leadership.

Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today. Here are four consequences:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global
responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;

• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;

• we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.

Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today. But it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in the next.



Elliott Abrams-- Gary Bauer-- William J. Bennett--

Jeb Bush-- Dick Cheney-- Eliot A. Cohen--

Midge Decter-- Paula Dobriansky-- Steve Forbes--

Aaron Friedberg-- Francis Fukuyama-- Frank Gaffney--

Fred C. Ikle-- Donald Kagan-- Zalmay Khalilzad--

I. Lewis Libby-- Norman Podhoretz-- Dan Quayle--

Peter W. Rodman-- Stephen P. Rosen-- Henry S. Rowen--

Donald Rumsfeld-- Vin Weber-- George Weigel--

Paul Wolfowitz--

[fooj]

14. His name is beside Scooter Libby's on the PNAC doc.

I checked and the website HAS NOT been scrubbed.

[sabra]

15. rumored for awhile now... he did such a "heckaofajob" in Afghanistan and Iraq

why not? :sarcasm:

[rebel with a cause]

17. But he's a Muslim!

Where's Representive Goode? Calling Mr. Goode. Calling Mr. Goode. :sarcasm:

[BestCenter]

32. So's Fareed Zakaria

and there continues to be buzz about him being a future Secretary of State- a Muslim Henry Kissinger, if you will.

[never cry wolf]

18. Will he take his oath on the Koran?

I sure hope so!

[yojon]

19. How does he keep coming up with these people??

There must be a finite number of rectoids available yet they spawn like hydras.

[Nihil]

34. Check behind you ...

Everyone was born with an arsehole but it would appear that some have
gone AWOL recently as they've been turning up in all kinds of places ...!
:think:

[redqueen]

20. K&R

Think enough people know about PNAC yet? I don't think so.

[Amonester]

22. How about making sure the "new" Congress will inform...

the general public about these war-profiteering War Criminals?

I know, I know. I'm dreaming.


"the process of transformation,
even if it brings revolutionary change, is
likely to be a long one, absent some
catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a
new Pearl Harbor."
http://www.newamericancentury.org/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

[fooj]

23. When he is in for confirmation hearings they need to ask him about the PNAC.

If they don't...they won't be doing their jobs.

[redqueen]

25. Agreed. Many of us should remind them of this.

:)

[fooj]

29. Absolutely.

[Straight Shooter]

24. What will the right winger-dingers think of our representative being Muslim?

Will they start screaming that he won't have the U.S. interests at heart? Who has bush shoved aside in order to nominate this clown?

I also thought that PNAC was supposed to be on its deathbed. Yeah, right.

[Generator]

26. Tangled webs as always

http://www.truthout.org/docs_01/01.14A.Zalmay.Oil.htm

ZALMAY, THE SOOTHSAYER

Khalilzad's critics point out that Zalmay, who gave a speech upon his arrival in Kabul condemning the Taliban, had at one time, as a paid adviser to oil multinational Unocal, courted and defended them. Indeed, Khalilzad has changed his tune so often that one analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, Anatol Lieven, said, "If he was in private business rather than government, he would have been sacked long ago."

But Khalilzad has long and consistently argued that America ignored Afghanistan at its peril. In an article that appeared in the winter 2000 issue of the Washington Quarterly, co-authored by Rand colleague Daniel Byman, Khalilzad and Byman issued a stern warning about Afghanistan being "a haven for some of the world's most lethal anti-U.S. terrorists" who "pose a threat to U.S. soliders and civilians at home and abroad, to the Middle East peace process, and to the stability of our allies in the region." The two recommended taking measures to weaken the Taliban and support the Northern Alliance.

As Jacob Weisberg pointed out in a recent article on Slate News, "What's remarkable about Khalilzad's recommendations ...... isn't just how tragically prophetic they look in the light of Sept. 11. It's how closely they track the Bush administration's emerging Afghan policy."

~ And truthout haters this was from DEC 2001-long before what's his name. I think it's fascinating that the same old same old never goes away and this was known once again years ago.

[LynneSin]

27. This is a set-up just like the Meirs nomination

If this guy has a criminal history especially with voter fraud, he should not hold the post. However, if the Democrats block it then the repukes will claim that it's the democrats that are anti-Muslim. Same thing with Meirs - she was appointed so at least Bush could say he appointed a woman to replace Sandra Day O'Conner, I think even he knew she wouldn't pass

[judaspriestess]

28. Is dennis prager aware of a *gasp* Muslim

serving for chimp

[goforit]

30. The iron grip of the PNAC never ends.

[rateyes]

31. Maybe the Christian Religious Rightwingnuts will

protest this one, seeing as how he is a practicing Muslim. We don't need any more PNACers representing US interests, for damned sure.