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My Plot to Destroy the Washington Monument | 27 comments (27 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Where are the Terrorists?... Home Watching TV (none / 1)

It is a set up. I will say this again.

It's observable....THERE HAVE BEEN NO ATTACKS IN THE US BECAUSE THERE ARE NO TERRORISTS!

There are no terrorists who have the desire or means to attack America. No one is that interested.

You can't tell me that if there were terrorists, they couldn't enter the country and blow up themselves in a crowded place or blow a bomb up in a crowded place. THis hasn't happened because there isn't anybody to do it.

The back pack explosions in Britian and Spain are home grown and `really not worth the coverage they got....these are two incidents....it doesn't happen everyday and it hasn't happened at all here because it has no financial backing and no one willing to execute the plan.

by Stu Piddy on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 11:12:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

They don't have to (none / 1)

because they've already won.

They've caused Americans to live in fear of another terrorist attack -- even those who live thousands of miles away from any potential target. I saw one of those damned DHS spots this morning, with the kids asking, "If there's an attack, what should we do?" Just as the children of the '50s and '60s lived with the idea of "duck and cover" in the event of a nuclear attack (when the true solution was "duck your head between your knees and kiss your ass goodbye"), today's children are being raised in a culture of fear.

They've given this misAdministration the excuse needed to throw out the Constitution, the goal the neo-cons have had in the back of their minds for years. The United States is turning into the totalitarian regime that the "insurgents" of the American Revolution fought against.

They can sit back, relax, and chortle how they've brought the Great Satan to its knees, just by being out there...and American voters continue to pull the lever for "security" at the expense of "freedom"...

I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised People all over this world are getting organized -- Wilco

by Cali Scribe on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 11:35:00 AM EST
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Re: They don't have to (none / 1)

Why is it that probably only half of Americans and their kids are scared the way it was back in the 50s and 60s? Even with 9/11 most of that shock-terror has seemed to have worn off. There are some alarming details to the 1993 WTC attack that don't make the mainstream. Trial evidence/testimony shows that a major player in that was under some agencies' control and it was supposed to be neutralized before the actual attack. Reading accounts of the attack in the near time afterwards shows several references to the 'Pearl Harbor like attack'. 1992 was a critical time for the foundations of much of what we've seen. Evidently the public wasn't scared enough then and it would take a much more spectacular event.

Still, there's a fundamental difference between those who fear the threat presented by the govt and those who perceive the threat as a result of the govt. The same groups who accept all of the govt claims of the existing terror threat are also those who seek external control of their lives. Conservatives might say they want small govt but it seemes clear that they want the govt to limit choice by law. These same people seek the control that organized religions and church offers. Those people are about 52% and willing to sacrifice everyone's liberty for their false sense of security.

A greater point gets lost. Although some of these accused sleeper cells had contacts with groups prior to 9/11, they didn't pursue that extremism and actually tried to distance themselves from it after 9/11. The Lackawanna 6(7) are a good example of this. Instead of trying to prove a nonexistent threat, the authorities should be claiming a victory of the American spirit.

by rumi on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 12:22:05 PM EST
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Re: Where are the Terrorists?... Home Watching TV (none / 1)

Britain, Spain and 9/11 are all more similar to an organized criminal network than any type of religious extremism.

The boys are just taking care of business amongst themselves and the collateral losses are unfortunate.

by rumi on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 12:31:51 PM EST
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My Plot to Destroy the Washington Monument | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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