The New American Century

Dr. Robert Bowman (presidential candidate (D) 2004):
The cabal of non-conservatives at PNAC - and I think you all know what that is - who planned this war - Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Libby, Perle - this cabal knew the American people would not stand for a war against Iraq unless there was, as they put it in their own document, "a new Pearl Harbor." 9/11 supplied that.

Norman Mailer (author):
[with Clinton as POTUS] When the Cold War ended, there were people fuming on the right, thinking, "This is the golden opportunity, now that Russia is out of the way, for America to take over the world, and we're not doing anything about it. These damned liberals, these salt-heads are keeping us from doing what is our godly mission."

[last lines]

Narrator:
[In Iraq] After the $ 20 billion meant for reconstruction were stolen, children don't even have enough water to drink.

Narrator of archive footage:
Not content with robbing people of their freedom and their lives, the Nazis tried to make off with the symbols of their culture.

Narrator:
In 2003, it was the Iraqis who showed the world the remnants of their immense artistic heritage, which had been destroyed or stolen by the Americans.

Narrator:
Some of the most famous archaeological sites were also destroyed for no apparent reason.

Narrator:
At a time when humanitarian groups were not allowed into the cities yet, it appears that art-dealers and merchants with a close relationship to the Pentagon had free access to and from the country.

Narrator:
Entire libraries from all branches of knowledge were emptied in a matter of days. Whatever was not stolen was burnt and turned to ashes.

Narrator:
360 tons of $100-bills were physically transported to Iraq in single packages worth a few million Dollars each. As soon as they arrived the packages were stacked in the basement of Saddam's former residence.