Love Americans, Hate America?

Love Americans, Hate America?

"Love Americans, Hate America" is the title of an excellent blog by Amar C. Bakshi at the Washington Post. There is a limit on the length of “Comments”, which is perfectly understandable and reasonable. Fortunately for me, my blog is, well ... mine; -- so I can prattle away until I'm done. The following is a comment I submitted that exceeded what the WP deemed reasonable by a few hundred words; at least.

I agree with them, by the way.

[Originally submitted Oct 27,2007]

by: 00 Buck

Love (Ourselves), American Style
One of the reasons US History as presented to American high-school and post-secondary undergrads has become so “revised” is the “publish or perish” imperative imposed on university professors, PhD candidates, and 'distinguished' scholars.

Follow the Money
Book publishers put considerable pressure on academia. “New Editions” and “Revised Editions” generate considerable profits; -- causing earlier editions to be replaced by the millions. At the university level, this specious 'depreciation' rate severely limits “after-market” opportunities for students to economise by selling and purchasing their texts second hand.

The pressure to produce “new and improved” texts begs the question since they must, by inference, be substantively different from those they would succeed. What a school board or university faculty might be disposed to approve is influenced by marketing strategies. But, to an even greater extent, it is often driven by whether or not the author happens to BE a faculty member or, as is often the case, associated with the State or Municipal School bureaucracy.

I invite testimony to the contrary, but the history curricula of secondary and post-secondary institutions and the inventory of campus book stores is evidence of a “closed shop” WRT American authors and publishers. It would be no small novelty to the average student or history buff anywhere in the USA to discover an account of the War of 1812 penned and published in Britain or Canada. That is why, even among 'educated' Americans, few are aware that the massed forces who sallied forth from thence to invade Canada were rather ingloriously repulsed; which defeat proved to be an “education” in discouragement sufficient to allay notions of trying it again. The Yankee mantra of “We never lost a war.” should be qualified with “... that we admit to in print.”

To the Victor go the Spoils
Of all the perks of war, perhaps the one most unequally apportioned among the combatants is the right to draft the official brief of the hostilities with an appendix of condignly agreeable interpretations and authoritative sounding endorsements.

To Americans, they won the Second World War. To the Allies in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, America's involvement in WW II resembled a conscriptee forced into the ring in the tenth round of a fifteen round 'knock-down', 'drag-out'. The outcome was predictable. But for the Johnny-come-lately “ringer” to assume all the credit for the victory is preposterous; -- even though the bookies (American Financiers and Capitalists) did make a killing on a rigged fight.

Human Nature
The personal history of a nation in many respects is like unto a personal resumé. Anyone who has operated on their own cv a few dozen times over several decades (by way of 'perfecting' it) knows that the latest edition is better; 'improved' as it were by the twin virtues of maturity, --and hindsight. Also, those “References:” who might have been eligible for consultation on findings of fact have almost certainly faded from the picture; 'long-time'.

I'm not so much persuaded that Americans' understanding of history, especially their history, is the result of intentional “whitewashing” or propagandizing so much as it is merely a phenomenon characteristic of mundane human behavior; --folks just struggling to get by, get grades, and get tenure in capitalist economy.

Nevertheless, the result is a populace whose self-image and sense of importance is hugely distorted and whose image of other people and the histories of other nations is depreciated and ignored.

Perhaps nowhere has this ignorance been made more starkly apparent than what happened during the invasion of Baghdad.

Artifacts of Human Civilization, some dating back 5000 years, were treated like so much pawn shop inventory and either destroyed or left for looters. Much of it will never be recovered; lost to history and mankind, --considered 'justifiable' collateral damage in America's quest for oil. The cultural value of the contents of the Smithsonian Institute, the American Museum of Natural History and the Library of Congress together pale to insignificance in comparison. But the architects of the Iraq War lacked the intellectual collateral to know, much less care, about what they were doing. Perhaps they were also unaware that Iraqis actually do have a word for 'philistine'.

Current Events
In the real world, most Americans do not have the luxury to invest much 'quality time' in continuing education. To keep abreast of what is going on requires a certain amount of prioritizing and sacrifice. Making informed decisions about what the country is doing is not as straightforward as it could be, -- a circumstance greatly exacerbated by the failure of ACME (American Corporate Media Establishment) to meet its responsibility to prioritize issues and to persistently educate the public on their significance.

One virtue that is at a premium in the vetting of current events history in America is “Independence”.

MSM outlets have all agglomerated into corporate entities with boards of directors, fund management investors and 'big stake' shareholders who expect big bonuses and maximum returns on invested capital. Editorial policy that might adversely affect confidence in “Corporate America” in general, and circulation 'cum' advertising revenues in particular, is tantamount to (in current vernacular) “cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.” or “counter productive” WRT superordinate corporate goals and objectives.

Corporate goals and objectives are also hitched to those of the reigning political party. Without massive corporate financial support, neither Party has a chance of fielding candidates with sufficient backing to have any chance of winning. And candidates with empathy for, and commitment to, the interests of Corporate America are the ones who will cultivate relationships beholden to, not independent of, the geese who deposit the golden eggs in their war chests.

This 'hitching' is a dynamic relationship. To get elected, a candidate needs support. Once elected, the health (profits) of those who invested in their candidate depends on good will, and favourable policy. The summary dismissal of Phil Donahue, Dan Rather, Mary Mapes etc., is a fair indication of what consequences might befall even the most influential and established journalists who run afoul of this Administration's Policy.

This 'hitching' is not lost on Putin.

During his 'téte à téte' with Bush Feb 24, 2005 it was reported in the WP that: “It's not clear how well Putin understands the controversy that led to the dismissal of four CBS journalists over the discredited report on Bush's National Guard service. Yet it's all too clear how Putin sees the relationship between Bush and the American media – just like his own.” Vlad had a very good understanding. The message these dismissals sent to corporate publishers and editors in the US was unmistakable: “No matter how far up the masthead or how senior, any [of your] journalists might be, if they incur our displeasure they can look forward to unemployment or a career as a free-lance stringer; and PDQ too.”

The surreptitious, strategic leaking of items to the WP, the NYT and various TV 'pundits' has also brought ACME into disrepute. The White House has been finessing them to play 'à la' that differentially gifted in-bred savant in “Deliverance”; earning some newspapers the unfortunate nick of “The Banjo Press” because they 'idiotically' just 'played along', --didn't take the steps necessary to discover just who actually started the dyadic polyphony.

Beyond the Fishbowl
Those of us living abroad have a different view of what the Bush/Cheney era has wrought in the USA. Most Americans still see the spectacle of 911 as the genesis of a Global War on Terrorism; -- a Holy War against any ideology, nation, or loosely held affiliation whose interests conflict with America's. This is the pervading dialectic, literally engraved in American neurologics.

BUT IT'S A DISTORTED VIEW.

The 1997 Manifesto titled “Project for the New American Century” was an official declaration of American foreign policy for the next 100 years. It represents the culmination of geopolitical and economic ideology fomented in the fore brain of DicK Cheney back in 1992, and underwritten by Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, and a political science sycophant-hack pretending to at least 2 orders of magnitude beyond his skill set who goes by William Kristol, --just to name a few contributors.

• From the Project’s founding “Statement of Principles”
  http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

June 3, 1997

"American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century.

• We aim to change this. We aim to make the case and rally support for American global leadership.

“As the 20 th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the
world’s most preeminent power. Having led the West to victory in
the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge: Does
the United States have the vision to build upon the achievement of
past decades? Does the United States have the resolve to shape a
new century favorable to American principles and interests?”

The US didn't so much win the Cold War; the Soviet Union just lost first. The economic, political and social upheaval that befell the Former SU is just around the corner for America. There was little or no warning about the collapse in Russia. There has been ample warning about the prospects for the USA, but it is not in the interest of Corporate America, the MSM, the Military Industrial Complex, and the current Administration to allow this spectre to resolve in American consciousness.

“Our aim is to remind Americans of these lessons and to draw their consequences for today. Here are four consequences:

• we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;

• we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

• we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;

• we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.”

The key words in this “Statement of Principles” are: Global, Political, Prosperity and Interests. The 77 page, 45,000 word Document they preface is a working paper advocating the build-up of American military forces and capabilities in anticipation that President Clinton would soon be out of the way.

One writer described the evolution of this working paper thusly:

"The blueprint for our current foreign policy was being written back in 1992 by then-Defense Secretary, Dick Cheney. His writings set out a new doctrine that called for U.S. power in the twentieth century, to be that of an aggressive and unilateral approach that would secure American dominance of world affairs by force if necessary.”
-- by: Mary Louise

http://www.prisonplanet.com/analysis_louise_010603_pnac.html

What has become known as “The War on Terrorism” began with the dissemination of a series of manifestos among nations and peoples around the world. The attack on the Twin Towers was a predictable response, a consequence to to a 'de facto' unilateral declaration of war against any nation, any people, any affiliation that might be deemed an impediment to America's glomming on to anything of value to its economic interests.

These and various supporting corollary texts repeatedly stipulate in that the US reserves the right to intervene militarily (i.e. wage war) “preemptively” if it feels it is in its interest to do so. The invasion of Iraq on what is clearly understood to be 'trumped up charges' and unabashed duplicity makes apparent this policy is in effect. The reluctance of the American public to do anything about it, the absence of a 'vox populi' demanding such articles be rescinded, and for censure, impeachment etc., is perceived as tacit approval, making Americans liable, by default, to bear the consequences.

The US hadn't defeated communism in 1987; it simply became what it hated, --usurping its implicit objective of world domination and boasting that, as the self-proclaimed victor, it might now accomplish global suzerainty by any and all means at its disposal.

As the US once felt justified in thwarting the spread of Communism, so must O. B. Laden have felt justified in engineering his heinous act of September 11, 2001. Nevertheless, the US had specified the “Articles of War”, laid out the rules, “served notice” as it were. Bin Laden & Co. took note and responded in kind.

Instead of learning from the disaster, --learning what it's like to feel threatened by a violent, arbitrary, and ideologically driven cabal, the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld Administration persisted in incorporating and codifying the rhetoric and policy that Americans hated most about Communist ends/means rationalization; lies, secrecy, invasion of privacy, rescinding of human rights, torture, duplicity, unabashed violations of domestic and international laws and treaties, and intimidation, -- the basic ingredients of state sanctioned terrorism. The President's [Bush's] National Security Strategy of September 14, 2001 http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nssintro.html
is a mocking testimony to just how far America(ns) had come to sanction the very evils they were born and bred to hate.

“In the 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a small number of rogue states that, while different in important ways, share a number of attributes. These states:

• brutalize their own people and squander their national resources for the personal gain of the rulers;
• display no regard for international law, threaten their neighbors, and callously violate international treaties to which they are party;
• are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction, along with other advanced military technology, to be used as threats or offensively to achieve the aggressive designs of these regimes;
• sponsor terrorism around the globe; and

• reject basic human values and hate the United States and everything for which it stands.”

The ideologies of “Divine Right of Kings” (“L'Etat, c'est moi”) and “Manifest Destiny” resulted in disastrous consequences for France, The Third Reich and The Former Soviet Union. Yet this Administration would have America proceed headlong down the same rat hole. “Mien Kampf”, “Das Boot”, “The Prince” and the “Communist Manifesto” could have been the inspiration for Cheney's schemes and treachery. The American Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights --the "Charters of Freedom" most assuredly could not.

For my part, I would happily shoot a 'Cruise' or two up Osama's wazoo. Not because he violated what America had come to stand for; before 2001; but because he, and his “coalition of the willing, (aka al quada), are analogs, 'dopplegangers', ghostly incarnations of prevailing American egoism and zietgeist.

Bush and Cheney just didn't get it. Bin Laden was mocking them by imitating them.

“THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY” "Perfect Disaster” “Build you Own Tornado"

The Boundary Bay Morning Steamer
Boundary Bay, B.C. (bbmornsteamer@dccnet.com)
Originally Posted:
Thursday, March 16, 2006 as:
“THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY”
"Perfect Disaster” “Build you Own Tornado"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/16/AR2006031600491.html

by; 00Buck

You have to see it. In an inspired example of the layout artist’s craft, The Washington Post today [Mar. 16, 2006] counter-posed the outline of Bush’s, “National Security Strategy”, with a promotion for the Discovery Channel’s Six Part Series, “Perfect Disaster”… “Build you Own Tornado". This stroke of journalistic genius qualifies as sublime,... or Freudian; or both; --a masterpiece.

The Post’s text & picture ‘coup de l’oeil’ shreds the flimsy, contrived veil that the Bush Administration had hung outside it’s domed temple to obscure Bush's real ambition and the rationale for the invasion of Iraq.
The text betrays his determination to destroy any person, any people, any nation, any principal, any convention, any law, that inconveniences (poses a potential threat to) American interests …even if it means laying waste as it has done, in the Cradle of Civilization, despoiling it’s cities, depreciating its artifacts as nothing more than trinkets to amuse the local looters, all the while ignorant of its 5000 year history, languages and cultures, and exultant about, “smart-bombing”, its homes, buildings and infrastructure to rubble, destroying Iraq’s economy, its domestic security and doing untolled damage to regional stability…all on bogus, hearsay charges that there was an outside chance the leader might be a potential threat; despite assurances to the contrary from competent UN observers actually on the ground.

None of the 911 crew came from Iraq; either.

In the US, no agency of any government can lob ordinance at a person’s residence, smash in, ransack and set fire to it, allow the contents to be looted, and shoot and/or imprison the occupants without a warrant. Come to think of it, they can’t even do that with a warrant; --as of this writing anyway! But when it comes to someone in a different country, with something potentially worth having on the property, American style justice degrades to unabashed, barbaric tyranny. I wonder if there is a phrase in Farsi that says, “The Philistines are back; and this time, it's personal”.

Where was Bush’s righteous rhetoric and national call to arms for Rawanda, Sudan, or any of a number of other oppressed and impoverished (no oil) nations he had to pick from? The tears of these peoples sank like drops of water to the bottom of a barrel of oil. Perishing millions were just statistics.
These and corollary utterances over the last 5 years, remove any doubt that the US has fashioned itself into a Terrorist Nation,…the ‘non plus ultra’ of the ilk; -- on the cutting edge of terrorist ideology.

This Bush, “Doctrine of Prevenge”, betrays a mindset that justifies destruction of friend and foe alike. It is a pernicious manifesto that makes the hate-mongering of Hezbollah and the Palestinians seem to skitter away like so many ‘dust devils’ by comparison.

Bush’s credo is precisely captured in this 'strategy' for global intimidation. It is a brazen threat to any defenseless country with opinions of its own; especially opinions about Yankee economic influences and interference in its affairs, … a credo backed up by its existing commitment to convert thousands of its own citizens into de facto suicide missionaries, its willingness to expend trillions of dollars of its citizens’ capital, and smarmily forsake the spirit and letter of its own constitution (a genuinely decent thing about America) in order to deprive any individual and any nation of its rights, freedoms, security, dignity and sovereignty. The US violated the UN’s charters of rights, ignored its proscriptions about what constitutes justification for war, just as Germany flaunted its power when it violated the Treaty of Versailles, prohibiting it from building up arms.

Like the Gestapo (Feb. 10, 1936), this Administration has positioned itself above the law, and may Heaven help anyone willing to risk being labeled a threat to national security, and branded as a traitor or a terrorist if they object. The backlash that is destined to follow this proclamation will not easily be dismissed as just more, “America Bashing”, or squealing from alarmist malcontents or political adversaries. The, “Doctrine of Prevenge”, is official policy;… the, “Reichstag”, speech of 1939; edited for Americans, and aimed at Arabs and anyone else who gets in the way.

Undoubtedly, spin doctors on Capitol Hill are already weaving patches into the fabric of the veil; contriving ways to depreciate those who would take this Strategic Policy Statement as further justification to attack the United States… and undoubtedly many Americans will get sucked into the spin cycle just as they have done for the last 70 years.

But comparable, “Fact Sheets”, being prepared in every OTHER country on the planet will not likely bend to these suasions; or render assessments in ambiguous rhetoric;… the Bush message can’t be ‘misinterpreted’ to seem to justify violence, by virtue of its own reasoning, IT IS JUSTIFICATION FOR AN IMMEDIATE CALL TO WAR AGAINST THE US by any nation or affiliation that perceives the US as a threat.

To those for whom Bush’s premises seem reasonable, whether Christian, Jew, Muslim or Atheist, if the US is perceived as posing a threat to any nation’s style of government, its preferred religions, its economic interests or its sovereignty, even it’s cherished privileges, the office and the mouth of the President has published good and righteous reasons for that nation to lay a thermonuclear egg in a Manhattan High Rise Coop and blow the living crap out of NY and the American economy. This would render it’s world power status, its potential threat to all nations, on a par with Paraguay for the next 50 odd years. What’s sauce for the goose …! Sanctioned by the official government seal, the US is now demanding the world play by its rules, “Bush’s Law”… may God help us!

The will and purpose of the Presidents Strategy is clearly to bruit a statement of intent; America’s intent to purge the world of irritants (defenseless ones that is), purify the globe to make it suitable for further economic hegemony …invade when desirable (remember Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1939?)…confiscate (occupy) property…create concentration camps (Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and assorted locations in Europe and elsewhere) ...gas, cremate (Shock & Awe, the Bomb!) …dehumanize foreign citizens … all the while arrogating unto itself the absolute and unassailable right to do so on any trumped up charge it can conveniently suborn.

“The Beer Hall Putch”, “Mein Kamf”, the “Reichstag” speech, all put forth vile contemptuous doctrine. Civilized Humanity dismissed it all,-- just couldn’t swallow it. It was seen as sheer madness, the ravings of a lunatic, destined for political and literary oblivion. That was a big mistake.
The invasion of Iraq was executed with even less justification than the invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland. Like Adolf, George has emboldened himself by proclaiming victories (Pyrrhic though they be) and now he feels free to disclose his rationale (?). His “National Security Strategy”, is codified doctrine, anointed by proclamation to be righteous, and fit for the masses to embrace and take comfort in.

As was Hitler, Bush is also supported by arms manufacturers, oil companies, the industrial war machine (Halliburton, Carlisle Gp., KBR et. al) and corporations enticed by the prospect of seizing immense wealth. Bush’s Presidency is become a carbon copy of the career of the most vilified human being of the Twentieth Century. If history is correct, G. W. is just about as intellectually gifted; too.

Hollywood, and the publishing industry’s reluctance to provide fact-based educational material to American students (if it makes the US look bad)… has led the Nation to a sorry pass. Americans have an astoundingly warped view of their own history and of themselves as a people; a people now as ‘ripe for the pickins’ for the likes of George W. as Weimar Germany was for Heir Adolf. Bush & Co. is as out of touch with reality as a, “dry drunk”, 'jonesing' like crazy for want of a swig.

Prove me wrong; the majority of Americans still think The US won the War in Europe and liberated the continent from fascist tyranny. Yanks can’t understand why everyone else on the planet is pretty much disgusted with this exagerated claim, considers them boorish and moronic, and isn’t in the slightest bit impressed by incessant Yankee haranguing about what a magnanimous and glorious performance it gave in that theatre. No one would diminish the sacrifices in blood and life made by American Service men and women. It's just that 'Americanology' ignores the heroic sacrifices of everyone else.

Here’s the problem, or part of it: for those who are less imperfectly informed than Americans born after WW II, these much vaunted assertions about American virtue and sacrifices as portrayed by the media (comic books included), by Hollywood celluloid heroes, by blatant propaganda, and especially as articulated in what passes as History in American school books, leaves everyone else clinically queasy, pawing our pockets for Gravol.

Here is one reason why:
Jan 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens Jews during “Reichstag” speech.
Sept 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland.
Sept 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
Sept 5, 1939 - United States proclaims neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland.
Sept 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins.
Dec 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree.
Dec 8, 1941 - United States and Britain declare war on Japan.
Dec 11, 1941 - Germany declares war on the United States.

During the 27 months after Britain and Canada, (or, “Canukistan”, as former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan would prefer Americans call it!) declared war on Germany, the US assumed the position of “armed neutrality”. What buds!
Europeans and the Allies could go straight to the Devil as far as The US was concerned and President Roosevelt made no bones about it. American industry did, however enjoy lucrative business exploits, indenturing Britain, Germany and Italy for arms, oil, electronics, appliances, nylons (and other explosive materials) etc., for more than 2 years. US multinationals such as Phillips, Dupont and Shell were making a killing (after their own fashion) and were proud of it. When other Allied Nations annually recite the phrase “Lest we forget” at cenotaphs, be assured, they haven’t forgotten. Only in America is American venality forgotten, world history rendered a palimpsest by collective denial, -- literally overwritten in American cultural history.

Contrast this ‘sorry-ass tale’ of selfish preoccupation with what happened when Japan attacked Pear Harbor; -- a remote American ‘get-away’ in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. 99.9% of the world’s population couldn’t have found it in Rand McNally with a magnifying glass. Nevertheless, in less than 24 hours, Britain and Canada declared war on Japan!! They (we) didn’t wait 27 months to see how we might ghoulishly work our American friends’ calamity to our economic advantage.
When Hitler trampled Czechoslovakia and Poland, two vital nations with centuries of history and importance to the Western World, there was no galactic proclamation from The Hill about, “A day… that shall live… in infamy.” But damage to a tiny, quasi-American port on a nearly invisible island was instantly magnified to blasphemy; as if the very foundation of Divine Creation had been shaken.

Three days after Pearl Harbor, even Hitler could stomach American hypocrisy, venality, and greed no longer. GERMANY DECLARED WAR ON THE UNITED STATES; a fact so outrageous it is believed to be heresy by many Americans. It does not sit well when they are first acquainted with it. The US did not initiate hostilities against, “The Third Reich”, and strong evidence exists that it wouldn’t have ventured into the fracas as long as there was still money to be got by staying out of it. Vainglorious striding about the Earth as under appreciated saviors of Western Civilization, makes Americans look foolish and rather dim of wit.

When the US was finally dragged into the war kicking at the goads, a war Germany was already well on the way to losing all by itself; it did so just in time to pretend to the lion’s share of the credit, --- and the spoils.

The only way out of Germany’s crippling debt in the 1920’s was for Hitler/Germany to declare war; “World War”;… yet the Reich’s debt pales to insignificance when compared to the current 8 trillion dollars the US is “officially” [1] in arrears … $26,000 for every man, woman and child legally in the country based upon the last census. The Government's own tally puts the lie to this. The actual Federal Fiscal Exposure is over $46 trillion. [2]

The illusion of current prosperity is simply the effect of mortgaging the future at a rate of $2 billion a day. The collapse of the American Automotive industry is imminent, and with it the collapse of confidence in the US Dollar and the Stock Market. What is on the horizon might well make events following Oct. 29, 1929 look like a high-dive played in ‘slow-mo’. One might think this is not the time to go looking for trouble. But one is not Bush & Co, is one?

Bush’s, “Security Strategy”, makes the United States ideologically and militarily indistinguishable from Germany in the months leading up to WW II.
The arrogation of counter-constitutional executive privilege, and now this, “Doctrine of Prevenge”, are calculated to generate increasing paranoia within, and to inspire unprecedented enmity, fear and hatred among foreign peoples already retching over American foreign policy. In the minds of the Bush Administration, by inciting attacks on US soil they might well provoke the justification they need to demand even more power, to insult the spirit of Constitution even more egregiously, and to justify hegemony on an even greater scale.

George, Dick, Donald and their tribe are positioned to exploit this ‘last ditch effort’ for its potential to incite hostilities before the economy collapses, a collapse that threatens their security by taking with it the billions and billions they and their lot have extorted, embezzled and exploited while presiding over the destruction of what was the most powerful nation on earth.
This is the stuff and substance of Bush’s, “Security Strategy”, a Tornado (Blitzkrieg); “A Perfect Disaster”. The WP’s layout is not only ingenious and sublime, it is prophetic.

[1] http://zfacts.com/p/461.html
[2] http://www.gao.gov/financial/fy2005/05gao1.pdf
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548
December 14, 2005
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STATEMENT
p. 28