The "Bush Doctrine" According to PBS

"As the U.S. stands at the brink of war with Iraq, many are now warning about the potential consequences: the danger of getting bogged down in Baghdad, the prospect of longtime allies leaving America's side, the possibility of chaos in the Middle East, the threat of renewed terrorism. But the Bush administration insiders who helped define the "Bush Doctrine," and who have argued most forcefully for war, are determined to set a course that will remake America's role in the world. Having served three Republican presidents over the course of two decades, this group of close advisers -- among them Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and perhaps most importantly, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz -- believe that the removal of Saddam Hussein is the necessary first act of a new era."

This is the introduction to a PBS Frontline program, "The War Behind Closed Doors". You can view the entire program HERE. The program reviews the Bush Administration's new geopolitical strategy based on the US's status as sole superpower, a strategy started during the Reagan Administration, namely preemption rather than containment. It kinda shoots the war-for-oil theory all to hell while making one yearn for those distant Clinton years.