People vs Total War Inc.

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The Commission came to the following conclusions:

1.. The PNAC program consists of three main components: 1.. to establish US hegemony in the new century, relying primarily on military and technological superiority; 2.. to prevent the emergence of any competing global or regional powers by imposing what is sometimes termed a "Pax Americana"; 3.. to exercise pre-emptive action against all perceived threats to American "interests" and security.

2.. A significant number of signatories to PNAC's 1997 founding Statement of Principles" became senior members of the current US administration, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. The adoption of those principles by this administration is evidenced by official White House documents such as "The National Security Strategy" of September 2002. These principles have been put into action through the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

3.. According to a clear majority of States and a large consensus of legal experts, the invasion of Iraq constitutes an act of aggression, a breach of one of the most fundamental norms of the international legal order. This demonstrates that the implementation of policies emanating from PNAC and endorsed by the current administration runs counter to the principles of the UN Charter and undermines the United Nations itself, which bears the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

4.. The invasion of Iraq has resulted in more than 10.000 civilian deaths. With each passing day of occupation, the number of victims grows, as do the gross violations of humanitarian law and human rights, such as arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and deprivation in regard to basic needs. The situation of the Iraqi people has clearly deteriorated and the promises of democracy and freedom have proved to be illusory. The constant use of the words "democracy", "freedom" and "human rights" in such a context amounts to a complete perversion of those terms.

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