Inconsistent Leadership. The political right wing has never acknowledged the US Constitution as a benevolent document. They view it as a threat.

William Kristol, one of the founders and leaders in PNAC. (Source: Public domain)

June 3, 1997: PNAC Think Tank Issues 
Statement of Principles (click here)

PNAC (Project for a New American Century)

Statement of Principles (click here)

We aim to make the case and rally support 
for American global leadership.

As the 20th century draws to a close, the 
United States stands as the world's 
preeminent power. Havingled the West to 
victory in the Cold War, America faces an 

opportunity and a challenge:... 

...Cuts in foreign affairs and defense spending, inattention to the 
tools of statecraft, and inconstant leadership are making it 

increasingly difficult to sustain American influence around the world. 

And the promise of short-term commercial benefits threatens to 

override strategic considerations. As a consequence, we are

jeopardizing the nation's ability to meet present threats and to deal 

with potentially greater challenges thatlie ahead....

...Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw 
their consequences for today. 

Here are four consequences: (There is that number four again. Just
thought I'd point that out.)

• We need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to 

carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed 

forces for the future;

• We need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge 
 regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• We need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom 

abroad;

• We need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in 

preserving and extending an international order friendly to our 

security, our prosperity, and our principles

...Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not 

be fashionable today. But it is necessary if the United States is to build 

on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our 
greatness in the next. 

Signators 

Elliott Abrams

Gary Bauer 

William J. Bennett 

Jeb Bush

Dick Cheney 

Eliot A. Cohen 

Midge Decter 

Paula Dobriansky 

Steve Forbes

Aaron Friedberg

Francis Fukuyama

Frank Gaffney

Fred C. Ikle

Donald Kagan

Zalmay Khalilzad

I. Lewis Libby 

Norman Podhoretz

Dan Quayle

Peter W. Rodman 

Stephen P. Rosen 

Henry S. Rowen

Donald Rumsfeld  

Vin Weber

George Weigel

Paul Wolfowitz