IN 1997 THEY GOT TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDED MEN like Wolfowitz, Libby, Jeb Bush, William Kristol and others to set up a think tank which they called The Project for the New American Century.
They deplored the fact that the USA had not taken advantage of the fall of the USSR and the fact that the USA was not positioning itself to be the dominant country in the 21st century .
They asserted that the USA and the world would be better off under American leadership. They advocated amassive build-up of our military and agressive foreign policy.
In 1998 they even went to Clinton to sell on their philosophy which he did not buy.
They went on to become the principal advisors to GW Bush when he became President. Since GW Bush had basically no experience in foreign affairs, it would be reasonable to assume that the philosophy of the Project for the New American Century would be expressed in the US foreign policy under GW Bush.
Who can argue with a plan to make the USA the most powerful country in the world in the 21st century?