Bill Kristol Blushes After Confronted on PNAC Agenda - Video Download

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Bill Kristol, member of PNAC and editor of The Weekly Standard, was on the Colbert Report last night. This was only the second time I have ever seen the Project For A New American Century (PNAC) mentioned on TV (here was the first).

For those who are unfamiliar, here are some lovely quotes from their document Rebuilding Americas Defenses:

After eight years of no-fly-zone operations, there is little reason to anticipate that the U.S. air presence in the region should diminish significantly as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power. Although Saudi domestic sensibilities demand that the forces based in the Kingdom nominally remain rotational forces, it has become apparent that this is now a semi-permanent mission. From an American perspective, the value of such bases would endure even should Saddam pass from the scene. Over the long term, Iran may well prove as large a threat to U.S. interests in the Gulf as Iraq has. And even should U.S.-Iranian relations improve, retaining forward-based forces in the region would still be an essential element in U.S. security strategy given the longstanding American interests in the region.
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The Air Force presence in the Gulf region is a vital one for U.S. military strategy, and the United States should consider it a de facto permanent presence, even as it seeks ways to lessen Saudi, Kuwaiti and regional concerns about U.S. presence.
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As a supplement to forces stationed abroad under long-term basing arrangements, the United States should seek to establish a network of 'deployment bases' or 'forward operating bases' to increase the reach of current and future forces. Not only will such an approach improve the ability to project force to outlying regions, it will help circumvent the political, practical and financial constraints on expanding the network of American bases overseas.
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Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor.

Ironically, the first thing that Kristol was able to get out of his mouth after being confronted was:

Well, we fought back after 9/11..

and towards the end:

Kristol: He is a war president, he is being judged on the war, that's the truth of it.
Colbert: Nobody wants to be a war president right?
Kristol: Well, he became a war president on September 11th, 2001

I thought Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11? Hrm.

Thanks to crooksandliars.com for the rip!