Reasonable people disagree on how to prosecute the so-called global war on terror. Pick up any newspaper or turn on any news channel and see for yourself the right arguing that we need to do whatever it takes to eliminate this scourge from the planet, even if that means locking up and torturing Americans, and the left arguing that everything we’ve done in the global war on terror is completely wrong and that terrorists are people too.
It might surprise you to learn that I disagree with both of them, and I think they both suffer from the same problem: a lack of vision.
But wait, how can it be that both the left and the right are wrong?
This essay will necessarily be longer than I would like, and shorter than it needs to be, as there is much ground to cover and many issues to address. And this analysis will perhaps criticize the Republicans more than the Democrats, as the Republicans are currently prosecuting the war on terrorism. But there is a common thread which ties these issues together and puts all of them into perspective. So bear with me as we take a whirlwind tour of the global war on terrorism as it is today.
One problem is this: Many people do not realize the extent and danger of the threat that Islamic terrorism poses. They tend to either underestimate the threat, or overestimate the threat.
Terrorists have been planning and executing attacks on America and American interests abroad since at least 1993, and have held enmity toward the U.S. for decades before that. In 2001, they were successful at killing nearly 3,000 people in lower Manhattan. And thousands of our brothers and sisters in the armed forces have died fighting them in the Middle East since then.
This is, by their own admission, clearly an enemy which means us harm, and will do anything it can to cause harm to Americans. It’s equally clear that we must protect ourselves from this threat. President George W. Bush is fond of saying, “We will fight the terrorists overseas so we do not have to face them here at home.”
Even by libertarian standards, this seems an appropriate strategy for dealing with a foreign threat which not only means us harm, but has the capacity to carry out their threats. (To those of you who disagree, I ask you, since they’ve already attacked us, should we not go after them?) The problem is that this isn’t quite exactly what the U.S. has actually done.
Going after Afghanistan in 2001 was perfectly justifiable and sensible in this light, but after Tora Bora, the next logical thing to do would have been to pressure Pakistan — at that time — to stop harboring Osama bin Laden or face invasion. This being not politically expedient at the time, for a variety of reasons, bin Laden escaped, and now nobody knows quite exactly where he is. Only now is political pressure being put on Pakistan to cooperate in the search for bin Laden. And in the meantime, a highly questionable war in Iraq has taken place.
But does the terrorist threat truly justify the crackdowns on civil rights, the increased “security” and the culture of fear which has sprung up in the last five years?
They mean us harm, but they’ve been mostly unsuccessful at striking here at home, thanks only in a very small part to those crackdowns on civil rights. Most of the terrorist aspirants who have been caught here in the U.S. have been caught not through secret national security letters and spying on Americans’ telephone calls, but through old-fashioned pre-9/11 style police detective work. Why, then, do we need to turn the Federal Bureau of Investigation into a secret police? Or put another way, it was too much secrecy which caused our law enforcement and intelligence agencies to fail to connect the dots; how is more secrecy and fewer civil rights going to solve the problem?
On that note, the Department of Homeland Security, with its color-coded threat advisory system, would have us believe that there is a “significant risk of terrorist attacks” here at home. Is there really a terrorist hiding under every rock and behind every tree? My neighbors received a large envelope from CAIR, an Islamic organization with loose ties to terrorist groups, earlier this week. Are they a terrorist sleeper cell, just waiting for some secret order to go out, fill their delivery truck with fertilizer, and bomb a building downtown? Or, as is much more likely, are they just a married couple living out their lives, like the rest of us?
In 68 B.C., the Roman republic suffered a terrorist attack not dissimilar to 9/11. Its response was to crack down on its people and respond with vast military force. Thus was born the Roman Empire.
Instead of coming together as a community, knowing each other, taking care of each other, and being aware of what is going on in our immediate communities, a hallmark of American strength for centuries, we have been driven apart and made to feel suspicious and distrustful of one another. Not that this started in 2001; it’s been going on for years, but has only gotten worse lately.
Another problem is this: Military force is useless against an idea, even when that idea is an “ideology of oppression, violence, and hate.”
All that military force can do against an ideology is to capture and kill everyone who subscribes to that ideology. And even that can never be successful, as many people will hold the ideology without ever making it apparent to military forces. And when they see an opportunity, they will plant a roadside bomb, or strap on a suicide vest, or just start shooting.
The terrorists have been quite successful at spreading their ideology through creative and effective use of the media, even going so far as to get themselves hired as journalists and photographers so as to manipulate the news as it comes out of Middle East war zones. The Associated Press and Reuters have both fallen for terrorists posing as local stringers in Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere, and have published the terrorists’ doctored photographs and fabricated stories on their newswires, damaging the reputations of those news outlets, as well as news organizations which relied on them for accurate, objective reporting and also got suckered. One terrorist organization has gone so far as to run its own television network.
The U.S. has completely failed to answer the terrorists’ propaganda with better ideas. When it does answer them, those ideas are seen in the Middle East as self-serving and hypocritical. A very on-target but largely ignored Pentagon report (PDF) to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the use of strategic communication puts it plainly:
Today, however, the perception of intimate U.S. support of tyrannies in the Muslim World is perhaps the critical vulnerability in American strategy. It strongly undercuts our message, while strongly promoting that of the enemy. . . .
Muslims do not “hate our freedom,” but rather, they hate our policies. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights, and the longstanding, even increasing support for what Muslims collectively see as tyrannies, most notably Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, and the Gulf states.
Thus when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic societies, this is seen as no more than self-serving hypocrisy. Moreover, saying that “freedom is the future of the Middle East” is seen as patronizing, suggesting that Arabs are like the enslaved peoples of the old Communist World — but Muslims do not feel this way: they feel oppressed, but not enslaved.
Furthermore, in the eyes of Muslims, American occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq has not led to democracy there, but only more chaos and suffering. U.S. actions appear in contrast to be motivated by ulterior motives, and deliberately controlled in order to best serve American national interests at the expense of truly Muslim self-determination. (Emphasis in original)
Is it any wonder that the terrorists have been so successful in recruiting young, impressionable Muslims into their new decentralized networks?
Ultimately, the war on terrorism boils down to a war of ideologies. Which ideology should come out victorious, the Islamic terrorist caliphate of barbaric Sharia law, or the American hegemonic democracy of mob rule, so long as the mob is friendly to the bureaucrats in charge here this year?
This is why the war on terror has been cast as a “long war.” It would be simple to devise a message which praises the virtues of individual liberty, personal responsibility and the economic prosperity which naturally follows, but that isn’t the message the U.S. is delivering, nor is it the message the U.S. seems to want to deliver, though such a message, followed up by matching actions, would end terrorism virtually overnight. It’s not coincidental that that message is almost never delivered within the U.S. either. (But you’re about to hear it.)
The U.S. is not bringing freedom from oppression to the Middle East, and does not seem to want to do so, and that is why this is a long war. Rather, it wants to bring U.S.-friendly “democracy.” But democracy is not a cure-all for bad governments. Witness Lebanon, where terrorist organization Hezbollah got itself democratically elected last year. Witness also Iraq, where the democratically elected government has begun reinstituting some of the same oppressive laws which existed under Saddam Hussein’s regime, such as crackdowns on the press for offending government officials.
Things are so much better in Iraq, now that the people have been able to vote for their oppressors, just like America. How could anyone in the Middle East not want to choose their own oppressors, just like America?
There are two ways this war on terror can go. The first, and the one currently being prosecuted, is with puppet governments installed, or with the appearance of having been installed, by the U.S., which are friendly to U.S. interests but just as oppressive as the governments they replaced, or even more so. The U.S. has a long history of doing exactly this sort of thing. And under this scenario, terrorism will become a daily fact of life, as it has become in Israel and in Iraq, and we will have lost.
The other way, which would completely take the wind out of the terrorists’ sails, is for the U.S. to stop trying to impose itself on other countries. Thomas Jefferson prescribed our ideal foreign policy, one which would keep us at peace so long as we followed it: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.”
To win the war on terror, we as a country must return to our libertarian roots. First, maintain a strictly neutral foreign policy, entangling ourselves in the internal affairs of no other country. This will perhaps be the hardest to accomplish, even with growing support for it, as the U.S. is entangled in the internal affairs of dozens of countries as a matter of policy. But it is the only right thing to do, and no other course of action will eliminate the enmity that so many feel towards the U.S. and the American people, who most of the world perceive, rightly or wrongly, as having control of their government.
Second, the U.S. must clean house domestically. Over the past century, the government has grown dramatically in size and scope, transforming itself while we weren’t looking from a “dangerous servant” to a “fearful master.” We’ve lost control of this institution which was created to “secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity,” and instead of securing our liberty, it violates us at almost every turn.
We have mistakenly entrusted the government to “take care of us,” implementing a vast array of socialist bureaucracies which steal from the productive and give to the lazy, so long as they continue to “vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.” Rather than taking care of each other, as had been our way for so long, so many of us have become uncaring and unsympathetic to those who truly need our help, thinking the government will take care of them. This must end.
We must also turn back the encroaching fascist police state, which in the name of “protecting” us has instead stripped us of many of our rights, under many guises such as the “War on Drugs,” and will strip us of many more in the future should we be so stupid as to allow it. This oncoming police state has not made us truly more secure; indeed, it’s made us less secure. Now people who have never done anything wrong in their lives risk getting killed by roving SWAT teams, who not only won’t even apologize, but are so callous as to require their victims to pay for their random acts of violence, and then if their victims survive, to lock them up in prison. This isn’t the future, unfortunately; it’s now. The War on Drugs, which is really a War on American Freedom, must end.
For these and other reasons, we are on very low moral ground. Before we even think about suggesting ideas to some other country about how to run things, we must restore here the principles of liberty and responsibility which we have, unfortunately, largely forgotten.
One thing you can do is, on November 7, to stand up for these principles and vote a straight Libertarian ticket. Win or lose, every vote sends a clear message. If you vote Republican, you’re sending a clear message that you like perpetual war and you don’t care how much freedom you lose here at home. If you vote Democrat, you’re sending a clear message that you would rather be ruled by terrorists so long as you still get to have your socialist people-control programs, and you don’t care how much freedom you lose here at home. Only by putting your vote in the Libertarian column can you truly tell the politicians that you’ve had enough and it’s time for America to become the shining beacon of liberty she should have been all along.
(This message was paid for by nobody. If you’re from the Federal Election Suppression Commission, please quit your job.)
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It is easy to win debates with strawmen. Name one respected democrat who “would rather be ruled by terrorists”.
How? Respectable Democrats are so hard to find. Virtually all of them hate our freedom and are trying to destroy us from within.
(In fairness, the same is true of virtually all Republicans.)
The war on terrorism cannot be either won by counter terrorism or by
use of force; because the violence perpetrates more violence. this is
the universal truth. Terrorism can only be diluted by creating
conducive atmosphere.
In my opinion, terrorism, insurgency or any other kind of violence
is perpetrated mainly because of economic deprivation, lack of political
space and non availability of meaningful employment.
the immidiate need is to address these three major issues across the
world and spread love and understanding, which will take care of
violenct terrorism.
Too bad all the reasoning is useless because THE WAR ON TERROR IS A TOTAL FRAUD, and the threat of terrorism is just aggravated when not made up by governments.
Every true expert of terrorism knows that al-quaeda before 9-11 wasn’t even an organization.
It’s the oldest story of the world. The Industrial-military complex needs an excuse to keep its business going, authoritarian maniacs needs an excuse to enforce their technological police-state, the media needs the endless threat to sell their newsfeeds of lies.
Until we don’t expose this paradigm reasoning about what to do against terrorism it’s a waste of time.
Best disclaimer ever.
Michael;
You made some very valid points I agree whole heartily with. I would definitely like to see more Libertarian victories and would vote for them if they were at local levels. Ohio is a great case in point would like to but can’t;for instance Peirce is a good candidate governor, but Ken Blackwell has received the thumbs from the Buckeye Institute, a free market libertarian Ohio based think tank and if he loses a known socialist, Ted Strickland, wins. So my vote goes to Blackwell. Not to digress, I have to vote against socialism, albeit holding my nose for some pungent Republicans.
However one main problem not addressed is the Main Stream Media Complex or the Government Media Complex; however you want to call it. The socialist democrats out there will not admit the following; the MSM does work hand in glove with both main political parties and is dominated by socialist. (you might ask yourself why do so many people in this country think Libertarians want to let drugs flow free next to the candy in the corner store; its because of the MSM.)
Whether you think the MSM is against Bush and the GWOT or for it, it does control every shred of propaganda traveling through every medium and it is controlling the war’s course. Bush may not be their anointed one but MSM will still work with the RNC while sipping martinis and chasing little Congressional Pages at Barney Franks’ brothel.
Brian, I’m sorry to hear you’ve decided to waste your vote. Remember that politicians never perceive a vote for them as a vote against the other guy, but exactly what it is: a vote for themselves — and a “mandate” to do whatever the hell they want. If you vote for the lesser of two evils, you’re still going to get evil.
As for the MSM, yes, they do this, and I’ve been thinking about ways to bring the MSM around. This site is just one aspect of that.
Well done. To bad there is no stratagey for actually changing peoples minds on this issue as well. I’m all for voteing for libertarian minded canidates (since i do not believe that there should be political parties in the first place), but the mass is not. The question is how do we really get the message out to people that do not want to hear it. Largly because the believe so intently in lies and misinformation.?!
Straight-ticket voting is easier than thinking…I have voted Republica. I have voted Democrat. I have voted Libertarian. A vote should be carefully considered for each office and based upon what is believed to be in the best interest of the collective. Unconditional partisanship is ignorance.
Arron, there’s already a growing libertarian movement.
Consider Free Talk Live, a syndicated evening radio show (and podcast)! It’s growing with more and more listeners and more and more radio stations all the time. They’ve even won the Podcast Awards two years in a row.
Consider also the Free State Project, which aims to get as many as 20,000 liberty lovers in one place — New Hampshire — and once there, they’ll work to increase liberty, as the early movers already are.
I’m told some Libertarian candidates are polling as high as 8-10% this fall in three-way contested races, which is starting to bring in mainstream media coverage. (Except in Ohio, where the only time the Libertarian gubernatorial candiate can get media coverage is when he calls the other two assholes chicken to debate him, complete with two guys in chicken suits.)
So the message is starting to get out. It’s happening.
It’s really easy when the state you’re in allows straight-ticket Libertarian voting. :)
I am sorry but your argument is flawed at a critical point which is where the islamic propoganda is hitting the strongest. The hatred from Islam isn’t because the US pushed it’s nose into other contry’s buissness repeatedly, nor is it because Israel made a few stupid mistakes and how the whole world treats them as if they are worse then the Nazis.
The Jihad being waged by Islam is a religious war. period. It’s about religious dictators wanting to stay in power, and it is about a religion that brainwashes towrads hatred and oppression. A decent proof is Eqypt, who with some descent leadership, though they disagree with Israel and the US, are able to show thier disagreement not by blowing up buses. The problem is that this is what is causing some of the terrorist factions to attack eqypt now for not being radical enough.
People who blame the US attack on Iraq, though questionable, are blaming a battle in a war which started far before that. Much before 9/11 and even before the Six-Day war in Israel (since when israel has been ‘occupying’ land).
America has no idea how to fight this threat, just like it didn’t know how to fight the war in vietnam,and using the same ‘big boot’ tactics it is making some extremly stupid mistakes. This dosn’t mean that the war isn’t there, nor that the danger dosn’t exsist. My personal belief is that in less then 50 years the world will understand that there is a war going on between Islam and the West/Christianity, and suprisingly, I belive it will start when things in Europe will go up with a bang, literally.
Up here above you in Canada we are beginning to worry about our neighbors. They appear to not be able to or are unwilling to control there dogs. We see your dogs shitting in other neighbors yards and wonder if we are next, maybe the dogs have there eyes on our backyard and its rich digging ground.
Mind you we have a softer but similar problem of apathy at the polls and basically minority groups/dogs getting into power, not really what democracy was supposed to be.
Solution might be to change the democracy out with the untouchables and in with the citizens, more paid civil servants that have binding employment contracts and can be fired for illegal activities and fewer politicians who are by any account immune to the legal system and will change it to suit there needs.
In order to make it work we could use or electronic bank accounts as a voting system that could enable large groups of citizens to vote on issues from local road expansion to invading other countries for profit. That way the civil servants could base there actions on real opinion in gathered in minutes if needed.
A double check could be done to make sure the electronics systems are not being manipulated by doing smaller random physical polls in the streets.
If I trust the system with my money(sort of anyway) why note my vote.
take out a few dollars and vote of a few local and federal issues of your choice, you could have a digg style list of popular political issues and vote on them.
Time for change in the western world and our old democracy is apathetic and corrupt and has very little to do with representing the people on the street.
Who many people do you know that want to bomb, torture and steal from others in order to keep there own family in luxury?
just my thoughts viva the revolution.
Matt in the North.
the most immediate threat to my family’s well-being is the domestic
terror associated with drugs. If you cannot win the war on drugs,
a war in your own back yard, how can you expect to influence events
thousands of miles away?
If domestic spying and money tracing were such great tools, why
have they not slowed the pace of drug crime in our country?
Daniel, let the truth be told!
Michael;
I never said that I was voting for the lesser of two evils. Actually I am voting for the better. The conservative republican is the better candidate, albeit the libertarian is worthy of review. However, I will always vote against socialism. I probably was not clear enough in my response.
But aside from that, stay in the fight; I enjoy your work and the weblog.
Daniel, yes, you’ve stated the issue, I believe. It is not foreign policy, not economic privation, but radical islam itself that is engendering the current ‘bad things’. If one listens to what the clerics are saying (try memri.org, or Laura Mansfield for translations) — certainly this is a war that started a long time ago, well before the USA was a wink in Washington’s eye.
People blowing themselves up is not due to UK or USA policy, I can repeat. If so, then after WWII and the creation of Palestine, why haven’t Jews blown themselves up in German restaurants? Why wasn’t there rampant crime during the Great Depression in the USA? etc etc …
Radical Islam has an entirely different world view, and a lack of rational means to resolve conflict with other faiths (witness the Pope’s recent fiasco). Conversion to religion of peace and love by gunpoint should be explanation enough about who we are dealing with.
Problem for me is, it’s hard to find someone here ‘in the west’ (as I am living in New Zealand that’s a little geographically weird, since I’m about as far east as one can get), but WHO can ‘intelligently’, and necessarily internationally, deal with the worldwide problem of radical islam and nuke-oriented oppressive dictators (North Korea, e.g)?
While I can understand to some extent what, though, does appear to me to be some exaggerated opinion of threat upon civil liberties (don’t even get me started on the ACLU), in the States, I find very hard to resolve what appears to be fears projected upon Republicans. One the whole, all those I am meeting ‘there’ are terribly sane, polite, have a really good sense of humor, and are full of compassion (for, yes, those who can benefit from compassion — for radical islam, compassion is perceived as weakness).
Anyway, these are issues of history, and have nothing to do with Democrats and Republicans, or Libertarians. The US did not create the Koran (for goodness sake!) What the US could use is a little unity and less stupid blame back and forth in the MSM. It looks ridiculous from outside the States, and (as a US Citizen), I realize there really are very good hearted people (even among Republicans). This polarization about value, due to differences on decisions about policy is, at best, fruitless. Everyone is preaching to the choir.
What could help is a unified, international coalition, hmmm, of ‘the willing’. Much of that is in place, which I’m very glad for. Isolationism or some completely neutral stance is not a viable option for any country who is a contributing international citizen — at least not from where I see things.
By the way, there is an egroup, with probably mainly Republicans on it (I haven’t asked), but for those who do see value in ‘a’ war on terror/radical islam, our efforts are to Take Action (not dialog endlessly, not blame, nor to be so intelligently cynical that the only option is to criticize Bush).
If you want to take action, with folks who are interested to ensure that Liberty, internationally, stays or becomes available to as many of humanity as possible, send a email to 910-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Two blog posts have prefaced this, The Emperor is Naked on Gates of Vienna, and on Infidel Blogger. (If you don’t ‘like’ those blogs, then don’t bother — and, my experience? These are severely nice folks who are committed to action, in the realm of politics (all countries), education (a project underway), and in tackling the MSM at its roots, etc. See my blog for links and a few more hints, if you like. The egroup is private; a planning group, not another blog to share what we all already agree upon.
Around the world, in poor and affluent areas, hearts and minds are looking, I think, ‘to be won’, to be won over by a vision that is virtuous and that has at a core liberty and a way to create a beautiful future, together.
Anyway, the 910@ egroup is just some of us who have decided it’s time to coordinate the blogs that are working for these freedoms, which we all DO recognize.
god speed folks, (a non-denominational salutation)
Vicktorya
PS: Sorry for the length! However, I’ve been reading through the Libertarian sites and blogs, and have realized, that as much as I ‘want to be a Libertarian’ – in terms of agreeing with most premises, I’m pretty sure I’m not. In all goodwill.
This guy wants to stop the terror by ending the patriot act?
A new constitution warrior or someone who will pull a Ron Paul, worth
a try oh and #10 in TExas has Badnarik as well.
Neil Evangelista http://www.evangelista.org/
Badnarik http://www.badnarik.com/
GZLFB
It’s a well constructed point. Clever,insightful, BUT
IT’s common knowledge to anyone who lives outside the US.
IT HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR YEARS.
Ask – say – a Canadian, a German, a South African, or South American,
and they can tell you all about it.
What’s mind numbingly confusing for non-Americans, is HOW, HOW,
HOW COME you guys haven’t known this for decades?
We had airline security checks in EU for years, but you had nothing.
I remember watching the news here in early August 2001, and
Osama says “We’re going to attack the US, and it’s going to be a
very high profile target”. First thought.. the empire state building.
Something bigger than last time. A plane?
It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out.
Some bigmouth dude was posting a “just nuke ‘em” message, and I pointed
out to the guy that people are basically the same size the world over,
and therefore, everyone is potentially a target on that basis.
9-11 was awful. I stayed in bed for days, too depressed to get up.
In hindsight, I think your media news reporting, and your educational
systems are way messed up.
In my little experience, I think that Americans know far more about
Geology than Geography, more Americana than history, and that’s a fatal flaw that needs to be fixed. It’s a danger to your security.
Furthermore, I think that a free independent news media needs to be
set up. From what I’ve seen, the Daily Show is where you guys get most
of your news. They need characatures, and scapegoat your politicians.
But guess what?
Who’s the president of China? What about Japan? Germany? Where’s Malawi?
Millions of Africans starved in the 80s, while America campaigned for
jobs at home, and farmer support.
Fair enough, we all have to live, but you guys just don’t get the same
news over there. Everyone gets your info, but you don’t get ours.
That’s a major major disadvantage.
Anyway, I hope America gets it right this time. Really, I do, I do.
The world is a multi-lingual, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, and
multi-political entity, and if you’re stuck with a monocultural
environment, you become more like a modernised Amish-like society.
Just cos you can get Korean food, Wanton Soup, Pizza, Jalfrezi,
Czech Beer, German Sausage, doesn’t mean anything. It’s a false sense
security.
In my humble opinion, I think you need some ears, and listen to the
world. Especially France – instead of bashing them, just listen.
You may not agree, but they give a good counter-argument to
many things. Politically they’re differently set up.
That’s all – no biggie.
Hope that helps.
Em
Great post and good points. Although I think we could all cut through most of the complexity in this situation by understanding that the answer to 9 out of 10 questions is: Money.
The whole world is under corporate rule and the USA is the prime example. The two biggest games on the planet are energy and arms – and the war on terrorism is simply the perfect perpetual battle against an unbeatable foe needed to keep both those industries at the top of the profit heap.
I think Douglas Adams (of “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Fame”) said it best when we was describing the role of the President of the Galaxy. He wrote something like “The presidents job is not to wield power but to distract the public from those who actually do.”
The kind of cash and power that comes with peace is of no interest to arms dealers and oil companies. War is way more profitable. 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to the current administration and their corporate buddies. Check out how much tax payer money the republicans managed to siphon from the public coffers into private hands – directly and indirectly.
These guys must be laughing their asses off at the public billions they’ve made off with.
Lastly, if you ask me, Osama will never be caught. He’s worth infinitely more on the run than he is in custody. It’s way easier to keep selling fear when the boogie man is still on the loose.
“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson… The country is going through a repetition of Jackson’s fight with the Bank of the United States—only on a far bigger and broader basis†– ex-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Investigate New World Order Banks and follow the money for the answers to all this terrorism and the taking away of our rights.
“Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create deposits, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of Bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create deposits.”
- Sir Josiah Stamp, (President of the Bank of England in the 1920’s, the second richest man in Britain)
While your discussion on details leading into terrorism are thorough, but omits a critically important detail. While the term idiology seems to be complete it is actually an illusion to the entire matter of terrorism, hate and fanaticism.
“Why do so many people hate the nation of Israel?” “Why do so many Arab speaking nations simply refuse to acknowlege the mere existence of Israel as a soveriegn nation” Then again, even some European nations also subscribe to this. How can the leader of Iran say the Holucast never happend and still remain in power? Especially when he really means that the slaughter of millions of Jews isn’t a bad thing.
Now ask yourself one more question: “Why are people so interested in accepting the lies over the truth?”
The same forces the motivate terrorists are the same forces that motivate all governments. Greed, Hate of the Jews, and hatred of all things Christian.
Even Christians and Jews are numb to the real sources of the attacks. Any organization that does not acknowledge the existence of God and the sacrifice of His Son on the Cross, becomes and instrument of Satan.
But how would they know? They don’t even accept that God exists, claiming we climbed out of a cess pool and some how, evolved into thinking individuals with brain capacities that defy evoloutionary thinking.
As long as you fight any war to secure your own Rights, you will lose because you’re fighting the war Satan wants you to fight when the real prize is men’s souls.
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