>>>When has anyone in the administration stated that they can and should use any mean necessary to do that?
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>>I've cited it before and can't find it right now.
>>It was a position by Wolfowitz when he was NSS Advisor (I believe) in the Bush I administration. It was deemed too dangerous/controversial at the time and so was watered down to fit the times.
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>>But when 911 happened, Wolfowitz was there with the old plan and it has all appearances of being carried out today.
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>The draft of the 1992 Defense Planning Guidance, to which you are referring, did not say anything about using any means necessary to maintain the U.S. position in the world. Weren't you just compaining earlier today about the U.S. administration misleading people?

I guess it depends how one reads things. Here's an excerpt:There is no mention in the draft document of taking collective action through the United Nations.
The document states that coalitions "hold considerable promise for promoting collective action," but it also states the U.S. "should expect future coalitions to be ad hoc assemblies" formed to deal with a particular crisis and which may not outlive the resolution of the crisis.
The document states that what is most important is "the sense that the world order is ultimately backed by the U.S." and that "the United States should be postured to act independently when collective action cannot be orchestrated" or in a crisis that calls for quick response. from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/etc/wolf.html