David,

>We do have a Secretary of State and a President who listens to many opinions. It's not going to be decided by just a lowly Assistant Sec of Defense.

Jim can better clarify this, but think he was refering to "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America".

It was told in a brazilian TV documentary ("The long way to war") that "The National Security Strategy of the United States of America" (http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html) is heavily based on a plan by Wolfovitz (I'm not sure if they're talking about the "Defense Planning Guidance"). The interesting thing is that such documentary was made in the US, not by brazilian people.

An interesting link: "The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert operations" (http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Chin110702/chin110702.html).

Wolfovitz can be a lowly Assistant, but he plays a big role in the cabal, and the cabal plays a big role in the US government, AFAIK.

Fernando