Reply #10: They are powerful because they are wealthy. They own the media and thus the message.

[TooBigaTent]

Americans will not wake up to the truth because not enough people have been hurt (or even inconvenienced) by their actions. The bad things happen to other people (who probably deserve it anyway in their "minds").

If people think that $4 or $5 gas will light the fuse, they are mistaken. We complained at $1.00 and $2.00 and $3.00 too.

As with Vietnam, only many thousands of dead children coming back to America will shake up the population enough to end the war. But even that will not cause a seismic shift in the politics and values of this country.

Not until they are totally removed from the scene will their influence end. And they will fight with everything they have to hold on to power.