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Neoconservative Influences on US Policies

235 events in this timeline

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  1. 2001-10-29 October 29, 2001: Neoconservatives Say War with Afghanistan Must Spread Throughout Middle East; Even US Allies Like Egypt and Saudi Arabia Not Safe from US Aggression
  2. 2001-10-29 October 29, 2001: Neoconservative Scholar: ‘This Is Total War’
  3. 2001-11-14 November 14, 2001: Neoconservative Foreign Policy Adviser Perle Says Iraq War Should Alert Other Nations: ‘You’re Next’
  4. 2001-11-14 November 14, 2001: Perle Says It Is Only ‘a Matter of Time’ Before Iraq Acquires Nuclear Weapons
  5. 2001-11-18 November 18-19, 2001: Perle: US to ‘Absolutely’ Go After Iraq for 9/11
  6. 2001-11-20 November 20, 2001: Neoconservative: US Must Realize It Is Involved in ‘World War IV’
  7. 2001-11-24 November 24, 2001: Neoconservative Pundit Says Decision Has Been Made to Overthrow Hussein
  8. 2001-11-26 November 26, 2001: Defense Official Asks for ‘Team B’-Like Assessment of Terrorist Intelligence
  9. 2001-11-29 November 29-30, 2001: Neoconservative Group Encourages Bush Administration to Invade Iraq as First Step to Dominating Middle East
  10. 2001-12-07 December 7, 2001: Neoconservative Michael Ledeen Argues in Favor of Perpetual War against the Muslim World
  11. 2001-12-09 December 9, 2001: Defense Officials Attend Secret Backchannel Meeting with Iranians
  12. 2001-12-12 December 12, 2001: Washington Learns about Secret Meeting Involving Iran-Contra Figures
  13. 2002-01-30 January 30, 2002: Former Iran-Contra Figure and Pentagon Officials in Douglas Feith’s Office Told to Cease Unauthorized Activities
  14. 2002-02-05 February 5, 2002: Pentagon Neoconservatives Use CIA Report on Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal to Bolster Allegations of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Program
  15. 2002-02-11 February 11, 2002: Former CIA Director Arranges Meeting Between Defense Intelligence and Iraqi Defector
  16. 2002-04-23 April 23, 2002: Neoconservative: US Should ‘Pick Up Some Small, Crappy Little Country and Throw It against the Wall’
  17. 2002-07-31 July 31, 2002: AEI Scholar Says Bush Has Already Decided to Attack Iraq, Partly Because of ‘Strong Suspicions’ about Iraq’s Possible Connection to 9/11
  18. 2002-08-06 August 6, 2002: Prominent Neoconservative Wants to Turn Middle East into ‘Cauldron’ of Violence
  19. 2002-09-04 September 4, 2002: Neoconservative Michael Ledeen Advocates Overthrow of Iraqi, Iranian, Syrian, and Saudi Arabian Governments
  20. 2002-09-04 September 4, 2002: Former Navy Secretary Says Neoconservatives Will Put US in Iraq For Decades
  21. 2002-09-11 September 11, 2002: Conservative Author: Neoconservatives Combine ‘Pigheadness’ with ‘Near-Total Lack of Military… Experience’
  22. 2002-10-07 After October 7, 2002: State Department Neoconservative Bars Dissenting Analysts from Attending Meetings on Iraq
  23. 2002-10-07 After October 7, 2002: Administration Neoconservatives Purge Intelligence Community of Undesirables
  24. 2002-11-12 November 12, 2002: Neoconservative Writer Recommends US Invade Iran First
  25. 2003-02-05 After February 5, 2003: Wilson: Powell’s UN Presentation Unconvincing, Final Proof of Complicity with Administration Neoconservatives
  26. 2003-02-13 February 13, 2003: Neoconservative Ledeen Says Iraq Invasion Could Be ‘War to Remake the World’
  27. 2003-02-13 February 13, 2003: Wilson: Imperial Vision of US Neoconservatives Driving War with Iraq
  28. 2003-02-25 February 25, 2003: Neoconservative Foreign Policy Adviser Says UN Weapons Inspectors Being ‘Seriously Deceived’ by Iraqis
  29. 2003-03-09 March 9, 2003: Neoconservative Calls Journalist ‘Terrorist’ over Accusations of War Profiteering
  30. 2003-03-12 March 12, 2003: Neoconservative Policy Adviser Announces Lawsuit against Journalist over Accusations of Profiteering
  31. 2003-03-17 March 17, 2003: Neoconservative Foreign Policy Adviser Accused of Conflicts of Interest, War Profiteering
  32. 2003-03-19 March 19, 2003: Neoconservative: ‘Iraq Is a Battle, Not a War’
  33. 2003-03-20 February-March 20, 2003: Stories About PNAC Global Domination Agenda Gets Some Media Coverage
  34. 2003-03-25 March 25, 2003: Neoconservative Michael Ledeen Does Not Believe US Casualties Will be an Issue if War Goes Well Because ‘We Are a Warlike People and… We Love War’
  35. 2003-04-10 April 10, 2003: Neoconservative Says It Is Time for Pro-War Supporters to Celebrate
  36. 2003-09-26 September 26, 2003: Neocon Organization Hosts Khomeini
  37. 2003-11-14 November 14, 2003: Neoconservative Magazine’s Attempt to Revive Iraq-Al-Qaeda Link Is Immediately Discredited
  38. 2003-12-19 December 19, 2003: Neocon Says Bush Administration Should Work for Regime Change in Iran
  39. 2004-01-06 January 6, 2004: Khomeini Pressured Into Returning to Iran
  40. 2004-06-04 June 4, 2004: American Enterprise Institute Scholar Defends Ahmed Chalabi
  41. 2005-04-03 April 3, 2005: Former CIA Operative Suggests Tie Between Michael Ledeen and Forged Niger Documents
  42. 2005-11-18 November 18, 2005: Neoconservative Demands Dismissal of Charges against Libby
  43. 2006-01-12 January 12, 2006: Syrian Exile ‘Wants to Be the Next Chalabi,’ Warns German Security Expert
  44. 2006-09-14 September 14, 2006: Think Tank Scholar Still Maintains Iraqi Government Was behind 9/11 Attacks
  45. 2007-09-14 September 14, 2007: Disgraced Media Source Has Neoconservative Ties
  46. 2007-09-24 September 24, 2007: Discredited Neoconservative Performing Research for Defense Department
  47. 2007-09-24 September 24, 2007: Gingrich: Blow Up Iran’s Gas Refinery
  48. 2007-10-28 October 28, 2007: Presidential Candidate Giuliani’s Foreign Policy Adviser Says US Must Bomb Iran; Would Take ‘Five Minutes’
  49. 2007-12-04 December 4, 2007: Neoconservative Attacks NIE on Iran, Says Intelligence Community ‘Covering their Derrieres’
  50. 2008-04-20 April 20, 2008: Neoconservative Writers Dismiss Pentagon Propaganda Operation as Business as Usual, Challenge New York Times’s Patriotism