Terrorized by 'War on Terror'

How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America

By Zbigniew Brzezinski


Sunday, March 25, 2007; Page B01

The "war on terror" has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration's elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, on America's psyche and on U.S. standing in the world. Using this phrase has actually undermined our ability to effectively confront the real challenges we face from fanatics who may use terrorism against us.


The damage these three words have done -- a classic self-inflicted wound -- is infinitely greater than any wild dreams entertained by the fanatical perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks when they were plotting against us in distant Afghan caves. The phrase itself is meaningless. It defines neither a geographic context nor our presumed enemies. Terrorism is not an enemy but a technique of warfare -- political intimidation through the killing of unarmed non-combatants.



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Such fear-mongering, reinforced by security entrepreneurs, the mass media and the entertainment industry, generates its own momentum. The terror entrepreneurs, usually described as experts on terrorism, are necessarily engaged in competition to justify their existence. Hence their task is to convince the public that it faces new threats. That puts a premium on the presentation of credible scenarios of ever-more-horrifying acts of violence, sometimes even with blueprints for their implementation.


That America has become insecure and more paranoid is hardly debatable. A recent study reported that in 2003, Congress identified 160 sites as potentially important national targets for would-be terrorists. With lobbyists weighing in, by the end of that year the list had grown to 1,849; by the end of 2004, to 28,360; by 2005, to 77,769. The national database of possible targets now has some 300,000 items in it, including the Sears Tower in Chicago and an Illinois Apple and Pork Festival.


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Nobody is saying that.

Yeah, but thankfully it's all a leftist conspiracy. That's what Washington, Madison and Jefferson were really saying.

Lucky for us though, our bi parisan policy of [FONT=Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]interventions without end[/FONT][FONT=Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif] will bring honor, respect, peace, goodness and prosperity the way [/FONT][FONT=Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]it always has in the past.

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We've been giving the enemy the business since 1898, and business has been good! People choose to be regulated. Viva la Edward Bernay's!

Governments just don't do that, never have, never will. It's unheard of in history. But, just out of curiosity "let's see what leading conservatives have to say:"

Yep, keep your eye firmly planted on the socialists folks, nevermind the creeping fascism. You used the word conspiracy three times in 11 lines. Bravo.





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Yeah, I know but I don't feel bad about it. Not when all these people believe the same as me. And more are being added to the list everyday.

100 Senior Military, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Government Officials Question the 9/11 Commission Report - http://patriotsquestion911.com/

Around 130 Professors Question the 9/11 Commission Report - http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html

Over 100 9/11 Survivors and Family Members Question the 9/11 Commission Report - http://patriotsquestion911.com/survivors.html

Over 70 Entertainment and Media Professionals who Question the 9/11 Commission Report -
http://patriotsquestion911.com/media.html

Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth are constructing their site now - http://ae911truth.org/

Scholars for 9/11 Truth and Justice - http://stj911.org/index.html

Pilots for 9/11 Truth - www.pilotsfor911truth.org

Group of scientists, engineers and other professionals - http://physics911.net/

Many highly qualified legal scholars believe that the attacks may intentionally have been allowed to happen or even been actively aided and abetted by elements within the United States government:

John Loftus (Former Federal Prosecutor, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan; former U.S. Army Intelligence officer; currently a widely-sought media commentator on terrorism and intelligence services). See http://www.patriotsquestion911.com/#Loftus

Francis Boyle, PhD, LLD (Professor of International Law at the University of Illinois, Champaign; a leading practitioner and advocate of international law; Boyle was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, the American implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention; Boyle served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International (1988-1992), and represented Bosnia- Herzegovina at the World Court. He holds a Doctor of Law Magna Cum Laude as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science, both from Harvard University). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Boyle

Richard Falk (Professor Emeritus, International Law, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University; in 2001 Falk served on the three-person UN Commission on Human Rights for the Palestine Territories, and previously, on the Independent International Commission on Kosovo). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Falk

Burns H. Weston (Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Director, Center for Human Rights, University of Iowa; Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science. Honorary Editor, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Weston

C. Peter Erlinder, former president of the National Lawyers Guild. See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Erlinder. and http://www.911truth.org/article.php?story=20041026093059633.

Mark Conrad (Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Troy University; associate General Counsel, National Association of Federal Agents; Retired Agent in Charge, Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs, responsible for the internal integrity and security for areas encompassing nine states and two foreign locations; former Federal Sky Marshall; 27-year U.S. Customs career). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Conrad

Horst Ehmke, PhD (Professor of Law, University of Freiburg; former Minister of Justice (West Germany)). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Ehmke

William G. Weaver, JD, PhD (Director of Academic Programs, Institute for Policy and Economic Development, University of Texas, El Paso, specializing in executive branch secrecy policy, governmental abuse, and law and bureaucracy; former U.S. Army Signals Intelligence officer; author of several books on law and political theory). See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Weaver

Gerry Spence (famed trial attorney). See http://www.interlinkbooks.com/BooksN/New_Pearl_Harbor.html

William Veale, Former Instructor of Criminal Trial Practice, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley 11-year teaching career. Retired Chief Assistant Public Defender, Contra Costa County, California 31-year career. See http://patriotsquestion911.com/professors.html#Veale

"When you grow up in the United States, there are some bedrock principles that require concerted effort to discard. One is the simplest: that our leaders are good and decent people whose efforts may occasionally warrant criticism but never because of malice or venality... But one grows up. ... And with the lawyer's training comes the reliance on evidence and the facts that persuade... After a lot of reading, thought, study, and commiseration, I have come to the conclusion that the attacks of 9/11 were, in their essence, an inside job perpetrated at the highest levels of the U S government." SOURCE

 

Welcome aboard GLL!

See? What'd I tell ya Dragoon, more being added everyday.

 

It is Gritz my mistake.

 

I try to measure my beliefs by all the available evidence. I understand where you're coming from though. There's just to much of that evidence to be able to ignore it all without having to quickly find a reason to do so. When I think back to when I first joined BB I have to laugh. I was told I was nuts to think there was a ideology called neoconservatism. I was a nut for saying America Canada and Mexico were to be merged into a North American Union. I was a nut because I didn't believe that invading Iraq would be a cakewalk like we were being told. I was a nut because I questioned the existance of those huge cave bunkers that "Al Qeada" formerly known as a CIA database of the Arab "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan were supposed to be living in. Remember that? Rumsfeld and the MSM talked of them for quite awhile, had cool computer graphics and everything.

Well, guess what? Turns out the neocons were real and so is the NAU. Iraq has been anything but the promised cakewalk and there were no giant cave complexes in those Afghani mountains. I'm sure more things that I was called nuts for believing will be accepted for what they are shortly. I don't need to convert people Dragoon. The truth does that. All anybody can do is keep showing it until it can't be ignored any longer. Here's some more of it.