Richard Perle

From 9/11 Encyclopedia:

From an older GROUND ZERO Forum article, originally released at Scoop:
"It was only a matter of time before we could expect the events of last week.." Richard Perle, September 2001 http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i05/05b00902.htm 

Richard Perle had one big reason to let the September 11th attack happen: A war against Iraq. 
The war against the Taliban was only a warmup to achieve this goal as it now seems to be. 
There has been no single day, when he didn't promote this anti-Iraq plan since September 11th,
and he used every possibility to promote his ideas long time before September 11th. 

Perle is currently Head of the Defense Policy Board, Department of Defense which advises the Pentagon. He was promoting the famous "axis of evil" long time before Bush did: On August 6th, 2001 Perle said: "...We're concerned about Saddam Hussein, we're concerned about the North Koreans, about some future Iranian government that may have the weapon they're now trying so hard to acquire - we're in a unique position as the sole super power.." http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/roguestate/interviews/perle.htm 

Richard Perle's career started when at the age of 25, when he worked for Sen. Henry (Scoop) Jackson under Richard Nixon. Later he worked for the Israeli weapons firm Soltam. Perle is manipulating the media and was one of the first, who supported the October Anthrax-Iraq theory. He learned his first skills as assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. Richard Perle then became a represantative of the so called NeoCons. "...'Neoconservatives' are mostly former leftists/liberals who converted to conservatism during the '70's and when Ronald Reagan became President. In domestic policy they tend to be moderate `welfare' Republicans. However, their major concern is foreign policy. They strongly favor US military interventions overseas and becoming the world's policeman. They promoted the first Iraq War and are constantly the instigators for more confrontation with Iraq, Iran, the Sudan, and other Moslem states. They were among the chief instigators of the Kosovo War. In Washington `neocon' views dominate the major networks' Sunday talk shows." http://www.iconservative.com/neoconservatives.htm 

They are specifically represented by Richard Perle, Bill Kristol & Richard Brooks (WEEKLY STANDARD), Paul Wolfowitz, 
Fred Barnes, Morton Kondracke, Charles Krauthammer, Frank Gaffney (former aid to Richard Perle and WASHINGTON TIMES columnist), 
Robert Kagan (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), columnist Cal Thomas, a dispensationalist, and many others. 

Neoconservatives are the dominant force over establishment Republicans in Congress. 
Their top base among think tanks is the AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE ( a policy paper in January, 2001, 
urged American attacks on Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Gaza. Others are the HERITAGE FOUNDATION , 
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER, and BROOKINGS INSTITUTION..." 

Perle has always had complex interests. Perle is known as the "Prince of Darkness", a "master of disinformation who helped win the Cold War". In 1985, Perle and Paul Wolfowitz had been suspected of supporting the Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard selling documents to Russia. In 1995, Mr. Perle teamed with current undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith (former attorney with the Washington firm of Feith and Zell ->) to represent the Bosnian government. According to Richard Holbrooke, the principal U.S. negotiator at the 1995 Dayton peace talks, Mr. Perle and Mr. Feith worked for and advised the Bosnians during the talks. Perle is Director of Hollinger Inc (->), a subsidiary of which Hollinger Digital. They own Onset Technology, which cooperates with spy messenger software of Comverse and Odigo. Hollinger Inc. owns more than 400 newspapers worldwide and controls almost 50% of the Canadian press. 

They are the third largest newspaper chain in the Western world, after Gannett and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Chairman and CEO of Hollinger is Conrad Black who controls about 78% of Hollinger through a private holding company. Furthermore Hollinger owns the Sydney Morning Herald, the Chicago Sun Times and the Daily Telegraph. On the board of Daily Telegraph is Henry Kissinger (->), ex-CIA-Director Woolsey, James, Newt Gingrich, former Admiral David Jeremiah, Dan Quayle, former US-ministers James Schlesinger and Harold Brown. On 26th of October, 2001, Daily Telegraph tried to promote the Iraq-October-anthrax theory: 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2001%2F10%2F26%2Fwirq26.xml> 

Hollinger and their board members, including Henry Kissinger, have connections to Sunday Times, Chase Manhattan Bank, AT&T, American Express, 
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Hasbro and Israeli Yellow Pages. Hollinger owns the Jerusalem Post, too. It's very convenient to follow Richard Perle's strategy, supported by his friends Woolsey,James, Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Armitage. Already on September 20th, four days after the attack Perle tried to blame the attack on Iraq. In a meeting with the Wolfowitz Cabal they discussed a strategy and finally sent a letter to Bush with 41 signatures to continue their strategy. http://24.104.35.12/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/040pvmoi.asp 

One of the supporters of this letter was Charles Krauthammer, who once did psychiatric research for the Carter Administration.
He was a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980. Krauthammer once said: "...
The end of the Cold War has brought about a new world order (->). The United States is the predominant power.." (7/5/01) http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/show_965.html 

Already in 1998, a similar letter was addressed to President Clinton. Paul Wolfowitz was one of the signatories. The current secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld signed the letter. Perle's biggest aim was always to get Saddam Hussein. "The only way to eliminate Saddam Hussein's governance is by organizing a coup d'etat against him..." http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/10/981019-in.htm (October 1998)

"There can be no victory in the war against terrorism if, at the end of it, Saddam Hussein is still in power." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/etc/script.html (November 2001) 

About ABM Treaty: "...ABM treaty. No - it's a relic of the cold war..." Cynically, Perle said after the September 11th attack: "..I don't want to sound callous, because I was among those who thought we weren't doing enough and that it was only a matter of time before we could expect the events of last week.." http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i05/05b00902.htm 

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