Zalmay M
Events (33)
- March 20, 1989 and After: Dick Cheney Becomes Secretary of Defense 1989-03-20
- February 18, 1992: ’Wolfowitz Doctrine:’ Proposal Advocates US as World’s Lone Superpower 1992-02-18
- May 22, 1992: Pentagon Advocates More Diplomacy, Less Confrontation, in New Strategy Proposal 1992-05-22
- October 7, 1996: Future Bush Envoy to Afghanistan Wants US to Help Taliban Unify Country, Build Pipeline 1996-10-07
- January 26, 1998: Neoconservative Think Tank Urges US to Attack Iraq 1998-01-26
- February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein 1998-02-19
- September 11, 1998: PNAC Calls on Clinton To Take ‘Decisive Action’ Against Milosevic 1998-09-11
- May 23, 2001: Former Unocal Employee Becomes Bush’s Special Assistant to Middle East and Central Asia 2001-05-23
- November 11, 2001-December 2001: US Allows Warlords to Establish Control Over Most of Afghanistan 2001-11-11
- January 1, 2002: Ex-Unocal Employee Becomes US Special Envoy to Afghanistan 2002-01-01
- May 30, 2002: Afghan, Turkmen, and Pakistani Leaders Sign Pipeline Deal 2002-05-30
- May 4, 2003: US Immediately Rejects Comprehensive Peace Proposal by Iran’s Top Leadership 2003-05-04
- June 18, 2005: US Ambassador Criticizes Pakistan for Not Arresting Taliban Leaders 2005-06-18
- February 22, 2006: ’Golden Mosque’ is Bombed by Men in Paramilitary Uniforms 2006-02-22
- March 6, 2006: Khalilzad Says Iraq Invasion Opened ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Sectarian Violence 2006-03-06
- April 16, 2006: Cheney’s Staff Powerful, Secretive, and Highly Influential, Reporter Finds 2006-04-16
- May 20, 2006: Permanent Iraq Government Takes Power 2006-05-20
- June 16, 2006: Powell’s Former Chief of Staff: Cheney Runs US Foreign Policy; Former White House Staffer: Bush’s Staff ‘Terrified of Cheney’s People’ 2006-06-16
- January 5, 2007: Bush Shakes Up Iraq Advisory Team 2007-01-05
- February 25, 2009: John McCain Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy for Afghanistan,Tripling Size of Afghan National Army 2009-02-25
- March 18, 2009: Military Commanders Want Iraq Ambassador Confirmed; Republican Senators Blocking Process 2009-03-18
- February 1991-1992: Cheney and Neoconservatives Dispute Decision Not to Overthrow Hussein
- September 2000: Neoconservative Think Tank Writes ‘Blueprint’ for ‘Global Pax Americana’
- 1965: Former RAND Analyst Gathers Young, Nascent Neoconservatives
- November 2003: Appointment of Powerful ‘Neocon’ Ambassador Reflects New US Emphasis on Afghanistan
- 2002-2006: US Does Not Strongly Press Pakistan about Taliban Leaders Hiding There
- Late 1980s and After: CIA Blocks Investigations into Al-Qaeda’s ‘Operational Headquarters’ in US
- 1990-1991: Chalabi Furthers Ties with US Neoconservatives
- Late December 2000 and Early January 2001: Bush Transition Teams Install Neoconservatives in Key Offices
- Late December, 2006: Rumsfeld Derides Iraqi Prime Minister and US Ambassador; Misrepresents His Resistance to Sending More Troops
- Late Summer 1996: Neoconservatives Push for War with Iraq, Reshaping of Middle East to Favor Israel
- Late 2006: US Policy Shift in Iraq Aimed at Rolling Back Growing Iranian Influence
- October 2006: Committee of Iraqis Begin Working on Oil Law under Pressure from US