Future: Tense : The Coming World Order (ISBN 0-7710-2978-0) is a 2004 book by Canadian journalist

Journalist

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 and author

Author

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 Gwynne Dyer

Gwynne Dyer

Gwynne Dyer, OC is a London-based independent Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and military historian.Dyer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and joined the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve at the age of sixteen...

. In it he examines the motivations and consequences of the 2003 U.S. invasion

2003 invasion of Iraq

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 and subsequent occupation of Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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Arguments

In his book, Dyer makes the argument that:

• the U.S. "neo-conservative agenda
  Project for the New American Century
  The Project for the New American Century was an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. that lasted from 1997 to 2006. It was co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by neoconservatives William Kristol and Robert Kagan...
  
  " included the invasion of a country as a demonstration of U.S. military power and a new willingness to operate in defiance of international co-operation and the U.N.;
• Iraq was chosen because it was an unpopular government engaged in human rights violations and obstruction in implementing U.N. resolutions, and that therefore an invasion would elicit a minimum of antipathy from the world;
• Iraq was also chosen because, while it was a potential long-term threat, the invasion would be low-risk as it was considered unlikely that Iraq possessed usable weapons of mass destruction;
• oil was not a motivating factor, as military occupation is not the most cost-effective way to obtain oil;
• undermining the UN's role in international security will result in the kind of security situation that existed in 1914;
• the United States does not have the military assets or economic base to sustain a self-appointed role as the world's 'judge, jury and executioner';

His conclusion is that embarking on a mission of world domination without the ability to sustain it in the long term will lead to a dangerous increase in the chances of a world war.