HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Human Wrongs Watch

By John Scales Avery, Ph.D. – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Project for a New American Century

The Project for a New American Century was a Washington-based  “think tank” founded in 1997 by William Kristal and Robert Kagen.

John Scales Avery

The basic idea behind the organization was that since the United States had emerged as the world’s sole surviving superpower, the country should increase its military spending and use its military power to promote US interests and values throughout the world.

Global Hegemony through Military Force

In recent years, the United States has aimed at “full spectrum dominance”, military dominance over all other nations, global hegemony through military force, and the construction of an empire.

Human Wrongs Watch

By Richard E. Rubenstein – TRANSCEND Media Service*

For anti-war activists, the preparations for a major war have an aspect that is literally nightmarish. In this bad dream, one watches as if physically or morally paralyzed while a menacing situation approaches step by step until it is too late to avert a foreseeable disaster.

Richard E. Rubenstein

This is exactly how one feels watching the United States government prepare for a military confrontation with China. 

The technical aspects of this preparation remain largely under wraps, except for demonstrative military exercises and occasional impolitic statements like Air Force General Mike Minihan’s remark last January, “My gut tells me that we will fight in 2025.” 

But the civilian aspects of this mobilization are increasingly evident and alarming.