From CommonDreams.org:
What if, similarly, the War On Terror was largely a scam, and the administration was hyping it to seem larger-than-life? What if our “enemy” represented a real but relatively small threat posed by rogue and criminal groups well outside the mainstream of Islam? What if that hype was done largely to enhance the power, electability, and stature of George W. Bush and Tony Blair?
On reading this article, my statement from last week has been altered to the following: “In the day and age when Rumsfeld and Cheney are still running this country, those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it.”
The only problem I have with Hartmann’s analysis is that it makes the connection between today and what was going on in the 70s seem like an expose of sorts, to the point where the average person meets it with realization, disbelief or angry denial. (Some replies received include “The stuff of novels – it would be a best selling political-spy thriller and you wouldn’t have to make up anything sensational!” and “This is too scandalous to be true! I am continuously flabbergasted by the ‘ignorance is bliss’ attitude of Americans.” The political beliefs and modus operandi of chickenhawks like Rumsfeld and Cheney haven’t changed since they appeared on the political scene. So, why should they stop trying to do now what garnered them so much success in the past? Kissinger didn’t go quietly into the night; did we expect these people to? Are we so W-crazed that we don’t pay heed to the puppetmasters of old? (Well, yes, but how can one not want to indict so imbecilic a puppet?)
“Chuckie!!! %@#*@ Chuckie and Mr. Burns is who you elected!”
