Reply #13: I agree with most of your theory

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But I don't think that they believe civilization will be destroyed.

What they fear more than anything is peace and equality. The opposite of civilization being destroyed -- they fear its progress.

When the traditional oil-based economy is done for, and people develop sources of energy that cannot be monopolized, they are in trouble.

When people on earth go for long periods of time without a military war, they lose money. They make money when there is war. They are the military-industrial complex that Ike warned us about.

And, as laid out for us by PNAC, they see an opportunity, probably their last, to make a global power grab, because the European Union, the development of China, etc. are all threatening their dominance.