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Global Issues - 9/11Americans are still furious about the attacks on our soil and still feel lost and hopeless for the people who died and their families. We wanted something done about it. The U.S. had to go into Afghanistan — but lost track of its original objective, because the President treats it more like a psy-ops mind game and cultural suppression than a criminal investigation of mass murder, creating as much resentment as gratitude among the common Afghani people.
There are also significant questions of conflict of interest since the inevitable outcome of the strategically useless attack was that Afghanistan would be invaded, Bush's oil friends the Saudis will eventually profit, and China will have a stable energy source for its emerging market.
The anger of the American people was then directed by the President into Iraq. But now it seems like Iraq didn't have much to do with 9/11, and Saddam would have been easily crushed at any time if he made direct threatening moves. Although the American people are capable of taking on their new responsibility in Iraq and will live up to that responsibility, many Americans feel upset that a lot more innocent people have died because of the chaos we unleashed in Iraq than Americans who died on 9/11.
It seems the President has lit a fire under our feet, and we can't find any water to put it out. The water is love, and we need to remember: Love is the reason why we were angry. Love is the only thing that will stop the violence.
Even though our civil liberties and our state of freedom do create security vulnerabilities, we are not willing to give them up, because Americans are risk-takers who believe in themselves and their values and face their fears. We will not be bullied into submission by those who want a fascist government in the United States.
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Who profits from the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and the middle east?There's something that I have never understood about the terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center. The individuals who conducted the attack were convinced that what they did that day accomplished something for their cause, but their puppet masters are not that stupid. Destroying two buildings in New York had absolutely no strategic value, and the only possible result of such an attack was that America would invade Afghanistan. (And later by loose association, Iraq.)
Most of the attackers were Saudis, but they took refuge in Afghanistan, so Afghanistan was attacked. Afghanistan is about halfway between Saudi Arabia and China. The Taliban were anti-business and anti-oil... pretty much anti-everything... a stone age mindset in the way of progress. China is the largest emerging energy market. In order to build a pipeline from middle east oil reserves to China, the Taliban needed to be removed. The Russians were in no position to do it again, and China couldn't take on an imperialist role, or the rest of the world would freak out. The Americans were the only ones capable of handling the Taliban, but they would never invade unless they were directly attacked.
Who profits? Who benefits from the stabilization of Afghanistan, Iraq, and the rest of the middle east? Saudi Arabia (eventually) and China. No one is going to be able to prove it, but it's the only explanation that makes any sense. Who benefits? Follow the money... the future money.
What really ticks me off about George Bush is that he's sold out our country, committed our blood and our children's future careers to slavery, but the American people will never profit by it. The war is costing more and more every day. Only George Bush's personal business associates will profit by it. And, Saudi Arabia and China. As for the everyday American, well, obviously George Bush doesn't give a rat's ass, and everything he says is a lie.
WAKE UP, AMERICA. THINK FOR YOURSELF.
Ask yourself why Bush is putting so much pressure on Iran. Iran is the only country in the way of the Saudi and Iraqi oil reserves that might put up much of a fuss about pipelines to China through Afghanistan. In the end, Iranians aren't crazy like the Taliban were. Right now they're just haggling for a better price.
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9/11
Americans are still furious about the attacks on our soil. We wanted something done about it. The U.S. had to go into Afghanistan — but lost track of its original objective, because the President treats it more like a psy-ops mind game than a criminal investigation of mass murder.
The anger of the American people was then directed by the President into Iraq. But now it seems like Iraq didn't have much to do with 9/11, and Saddam would have been a mosquito we could swat if it did ever come down to WMD. Many Americans feel upset that a lot more innocent people have died because of the chaos we unleashed in Iraq than died on that day.
It seems the President has lit a fire under our feet, and we can't find any water to put it out. The water is love, and we need to remember: Love is the reason why we were angry. Love is the only thing that will stop the violence.
> detail, links and comments >>
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