(note: took the last 2 paragraphs out of the middle of the article to get your attention if the title didn't already) Peace.
February Friday 3rd 2006
Preparing the World For Another 9/11
Signs of the Times Joe Quinn 03/02/2006
What are we to make of the "furore" surrounding the publishing of anti-Islam cartoons by Dutch and French daily papers? The intent seems clear enough - to portray Islam, and therefore all Muslims as fanatic terrorists, and to provoke Muslim groups to confirm for the world that this portrayal is accurate - which is exactly what has happened. Flag and effigy burning has ensued in Pakistan, Indonesia, and the Palestine territories. In Iran, hundreds of thousands of worshippers staged a protest demonstration against the insulting cartoons, shouting "Death to America," "Death to Israel" and "this insult will not remain unanswered."
But who benefits from "furore"? -snip-
Since 9/11, the modern American intelligence apparatus has grown to be extremely pervasive (and invasive) with a level of homeland surveillance that is probably unprecedented in any country in recent history. The official explanation for this widening of the eye of ’big brother’ is that it is necessary to protect Americans from further terrorist attack. In the case that a real threat of nuclear attack from a foreign nation existed - be it a conventional rocket attack or an improvised ’suitcase nuke’ attack - and to carry out the attack that nation had to circumvent American defences - including the massive integrated surveillance network - American citizens could feel confident that such an attack could and would be thwarted.
The problem, however, is in our understanding of the nature of the attacks of September 11th 2001 and the real reason for the subsequent ramping up of surveillance. To the unbiased and unemotional eye, the 9/11 attacks bear all the hallmarks of an inside job and, as such, the massive increase in the power and reach of the U.S. state and military intelligence apparatus that resulted from the 9/11 attacks cannot have been intended to provide the means by which the American people could be better protected. A much more logical explanation is that the overhauling of US intelligence agencies, clampdown on civil liberties, co-opting of the judiciary etc., all of which has been implemented by same people that orchestrated the 9/11 attacks, is designed to allow these very same people the freedom to carry out another terror attack on the American people if an when they so choose. -snip-
http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=10211(note #2: I personally do not believe there would need to be a nuclear terrorist attack for the PNAC Bush Neo-Cons as they see it to wage war with Iran. But the psychology of this article rings truthful in American Society as I see it. An interesting read) Peace. :)
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