[a lot is made of the fascist think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC) but why is it "new" American century? Because Henry Luce wrote an editorial for Life Magazine urging the US to enter WWII in 1941 because it would finally be able to rule most of the world by the end of it, & he called it "The American Century" - NSay]
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