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In reply to the discussion: From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values. [View all]pat_k
(12,882 posts)28. Way back when I saved a report on PNAC
It's entitled The Rise and Demise of the 'New American Century' (2006)
If anyone is interested in an extensive report on neocons, I found a link to that old report:
https://sites.ualberta.ca/~raitken/documents/0606riseanddemise.pdf
It's now on my re-read list. As I recall, it provided some great insights that currently escape me (wish my brain wasn't such a sieve)
From the intro:
The IRC is publishing this special report on the Project for the New American Century, along with an accompanying report on the Committee on the Present Danger, as part of an effort to stimulate more reflection on the dangers of the ideology and political projects of the neoconservatives and their allies.
IRC (International Relations Center) was founded in 1979 by Tom Barry. IRC morphed into other things around 2007 when Barry joined the Center for International Policy.
I don't know what Mr. Barry is up to these days, but he also wrote an excellent 2009 article on our destructive immigration policies and the exponential growth of immigration prisons: A Death in Texas: Where profits, poverty, and immigration converge.
Things were already intolerable then. I still have trouble fathoming the magnitude of the hell we are descending into.
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From its inception, DHS was a corruption of fundamental American values. [View all]
pat_k
11 hrs ago
OP
My elderly father, who was raised as a farm Republican, was absolutely INCENSED by
Jack Valentino
5 hrs ago
#35
I forgot to say my 'late' father.... he died in 2020, at the age of 91...
Jack Valentino
5 hrs ago
#38
I particularly miss him when working on my garden, which is something we did together
Jack Valentino
4 hrs ago
#41
I Wholly Agree - It Was a Corrupt Idea and Violation of the American Credo from the Get-go
The Roux Comes First
10 hrs ago
#5
Yes, the entire reorganization that led to DHS (and that un-American name) needs to be undone.
JHB
9 hrs ago
#11
I remember in the GW Bush days when the government formed DHS and they began infringing
phylny
8 hrs ago
#25
