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No, not necessarily invasion. The goal of the PNAC is to be able to invade whatever nation they think needs invading as a part of responding to any crisis that arises.
As an example, they saw Iraq as a situation that required a military response, which is what they got. The results of that invasion have been a blow to the agenda of the PNAC, or so it seems. No one is anxious to invade any more nations, at least not for a while. Even sending planes to Libya as a part of an international response to human rights abuses has drawn fire.

I would have thought that the Vietnam non war would have been enough to disabuse the US of the idea that military power could be used to force other nations to do our bidding, but perhaps that particular lesson hasn't yet been learned.

We are 5% of the population of the world. We have the ability to protect ourselves. That should be enough, IMO.

<blockquote data-quote="PLC1" data-source="post: 170755" data-attributes="member: 301">No, not necessarily invasion.&nbsp; The goal of the PNAC is to be able to invade whatever nation they think needs invading as a part of responding to any crisis that arises.&nbsp; As an example, they saw Iraq as a situation that required a military response, which is what they got.&nbsp; The results of that invasion have been a blow to the agenda of the PNAC, or so it seems.&nbsp; No one is anxious to invade any more nations, at least not for a while.&nbsp; Even sending planes to Libya as a part of an international response to human rights abuses has drawn fire.&nbsp; I would have thought that the Vietnam non war would have been enough to disabuse the US of the idea that military power could be used to force other nations to do our bidding, but perhaps that particular lesson hasn&#039;t yet been learned.&nbsp; We are 5% of the population of the world.&nbsp; We have the ability to protect ourselves.&nbsp; That should be enough, IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PLC1, post: 170755, member: 301"] No, not necessarily invasion. The goal of the PNAC is to be able to invade whatever nation they think needs invading as a part of responding to any crisis that arises. As an example, they saw Iraq as a situation that required a military response, which is what they got. The results of that invasion have been a blow to the agenda of the PNAC, or so it seems. No one is anxious to invade any more nations, at least not for a while. Even sending planes to Libya as a part of an international response to human rights abuses has drawn fire. I would have thought that the Vietnam non war would have been enough to disabuse the US of the idea that military power could be used to force other nations to do our bidding, but perhaps that particular lesson hasn't yet been learned. We are 5% of the population of the world. We have the ability to protect ourselves. That should be enough, IMO. [/QUOTE]

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