Are We To Blame?

By: Cactuspat

After having received a steadily supplied diet of news accounts and commentary detailing the blatant lies, distortions, and propaganda surrounding Smirk's War Against Afghanistan, Freedom, and Democracy (SWAAFD) - a friend recently deigned to respond with the following flabbergast: "I really am not sure but, it seems that you believe the radical Muslim line that somehow we are to blame for their unwarranted attacks."

This from an individual who's opinion has always been heretofore valued. A person possessed of, IMO, an extraordinary intellect and keen insight. It has lent great pause whilst considering the effectiveness of the CIA/Military PSYOPS warring upon the minds and hearts of my fellow American citizens.

As far as radical Muslim lines go, I don't buy into radical Muslim lines of BS any more than official U.S. government lines of BS, having had the luxury of time to fully research the current situation. It's not clear who really perpetrated the attacks. No verifiable proof of anything has been offered to date. Certainly nothing that would stand up in any court of law anywhere in this country or the world for that matter. All indications, sieved mainly from foreign sources, indicate prior U. S. government knowledge of the "terrorist attacks". This foreknowledge includes news and intelligence reports from the Israelis, as well as the French, Indians, Russians, Czechs, Germans, and British.

As to "are we to blame?". One can only hope and pray that the depraved fascist swine now in control of the U.S. government are not directly involved. In this time of Government/Military PSYOP induced patriotic fervor, the extremists in this country are certainly playing everything possible to their direct advantage. While most mind controlled Americans are wrapping themselves in the flag, the fascists have made startling moves to further consolidate power, destroy our citizen's constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, and perform multiple raids on the Treasury in continuing the largest redistribution of wealth in the nation's history. All this while stifling dissent under the jack boot of blatant propaganda and outright tyranny. But it's far more complicated than just "are we to blame?".

In a sense, it's a half century of failed foreign policy come home to roost. In many aspects you could say a century. Ever since Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick. At least a half century of murder and assassination of foreign citizens and their democratically elected leaders. Fifty years subversion of democratic processes and coercion of sovereign governments worldwide. Fifty years of economic blackmail through mandated "restructuring" administered by the IMF and World Bank. Fifty years of global exploitation of natural and human resources, despoiling the environment and subjugating entire populations to lives of abject poverty and hopelessness.

These flawed policies have certainly provided the environment necessary to spawn extremist movements of the type likely responsible for the 9-11 attacks. And that's discounting the possibility of any direct involvement/complicity of the Executive Ranch or any of the nefarious "intelligence" agencies.