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Re: [casi] Perle .."mistakes have been made"



LeFigaro original article -Richard Perle interview. pg
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20030828.FIG0225.html

IRAK Dans un entretien exclusif au «Figaro», le mentor intellectuel des
néoconservateurs américains estime que des «erreurs ont été commises»

Richard Perle : «L'administration de l'Irak par l'ONU est une mauvaise idée»

Ancien sous-secrétaire à la Défense du président Ronald Reagan et, à ce
titre, père du programme de la «guerre des étoiles», Richard Perle est
considéré aujourd'hui comme le «penseur» du mouvement des néoconservateurs
aux Etats-Unis. Née au milieu des années 70 dans l'entourage du sénateur
Jackson, cette idéologie s'est fait connaître en se démarquant de la
diplomatie traditionnelle, fondée sur l'équilibre des puissances et la
realpolitik. Les néoconservateurs sont des «unilatéralistes» : ils estiment
que le meilleur des mondes possible est celui où l'Amérique utilise sa
puissance pour imposer partout ses vues et son modèle d'organisation
sociale, quoi qu'en pensent les autres nations.

Les néoconservateurs dominent actuellement le Parti républicain. En 2000,
Richard Perle s'était engagé pour le candidat Bush aux élections
présidentielles, mais, en 2001, il a refusé tout poste ministériel, afin de
garder sa liberté de parole. Il avait en revanche accepté la présidence du
Defence Policy Board, l'influent organisme consultatif du Pentagone,
comptant notamment Henry Kissinger parmi ses membres.

En pleine guerre contre l'Irak, Richard Perle, accusé par certains journaux
de conflit d'intérêts, a dû démissionner de son poste de président, tout en
restant membre du Board. C'est dans sa résidence secondaire du midi de la
France que le mentor intellectuel des néoconservateurs américains, qui
achève actuellement l'écriture d'un essai sur la guerre en Irak, a reçu
l'envoyé spécial du Figaro.

Propos recueillis par Renaud Girard
[28 août 2003]





----- Original Message -----
From: "ppg" <ppg@nyc.rr.com>
To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 4:58 PM
Subject: [casi] Perle .."mistakes have been made"


> Unbelievable.  Yesterday Bremer concedes it will take $$ billions and
years
> to restore Iraqi infrastructure, and today Perle says- whoops, so sorry-
but
> it's not our problem - "mistakes have been made"..but we're outta here.
> (except for some low-sulpher wells and our military bases)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/leet  Reuters
>
> Perle Cites Errors in Iraq, Urges Power Transfer
>
> PARIS (Reuters) - Richard Perle, a leading Pentagon adviser and architect
of
> the U.S. war to topple Saddam Hussein, said the United States had made
> mistakes in Iraq and that power should be handed over to the Iraqis as
fast
> as possible.
>
> In an interview with the Le Figaro daily newspaper to be published
Thursday,
> Perle defended the U.S.-led war in Iraq and restated his belief that
France
> had been wrong to lead international opposition to the conflict.
>
> "Of course, we haven't done everything right," said Perle, according to
the
> French text of the interview. "Mistakes have been made and there will be
> others.
>
> "Our principal mistake, in my opinion, was that we didn't manage to work
> closely with the Iraqis before the war, so that there was an Iraqi
> opposition capable of taking charge immediately," he said.
>
> "Today, the answer is to hand over power to the Iraqis as soon as
possible,"
> he added.
>
> Perle resigned in March as chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board
> over alleged conflicts of interest, but remains an influential figure in
> neo-conservative circles.
>
> He also renewed criticism of President Jacques Chirac's refusal to back
the
> war. Chirac wanted more time for U.N. inspectors to search for any banned
> weapons.
>
> The United States and Britain said Saddam had deliberately foiled the
> inspections and failed to provide evidence that it had scrapped its
> chemical, biological and nuclear programs.
>
> "You have to understand that since September 11, the United States cannot
> allow the most terrible weapons in the world to be in the hands of the
worst
> regimes in the world," Perle told Le Figaro, referring to the 2001
hijacked
> airliner attacks on U.S. landmarks that killed some 3,000 people.
>
> Washington and London used the weapons charge, dismissed by Iraq as a
> pretext to wage war, to justify military intervention against Saddam. To
> date, no such weapons have been found.
>
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