When I saw the barely hidden smirk on Dubya's face as he addressed the nation in the wake of the twin towers destruction it was obvious to me that his handlers (Cheney et al) had engineered this debacle, and he was delighted that they had pulled it off. Hell, it's right there in their manifesto, the Plan for a New American Century (PNAC), along with their means for implementing it: (excerpts)
"This report proceeds from the belief that America should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by maintaining the preeminence of U.S. military forces."
"...the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor."
For awhile Dumbya's plan to invade Iraq was met with dissent, peace marches, and the like. I believe that the oligarchists who authored the PNAC document neutered this opposition by installing Obama into the oval office. It was at that point that the opposition elected to take a nap which lasted 4 years and continues today. They persistently ignore (or maybe accept) the continuation of foreign invasions, domestic surveillance of the citizenry, drone bombings and torture. It is astonishing to me how quickly and completely this collective blindness took hold of the entire populace.
When I saw the barely hidden smirk on Dubya's face as he addressed the nation in the wake of the twin towers destruction it was obvious to me that his handlers (Cheney et al) had engineered this debacle, and he was delighted that they had pulled it off. Hell, it's right there in their manifesto, the Plan for a New American Century (PNAC), along with their means for implementing it: (excerpts)
"This report proceeds from the belief that America should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by maintaining the preeminence of U.S. military forces."
"...the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor."
For awhile Dumbya's plan to invade Iraq was met with dissent, peace marches, and the like. I believe that the oligarchists who authored the PNAC document neutered this opposition by installing Obama into the oval office. It was at that point that the opposition elected to take a nap which lasted 4 years and continues today. They persistently ignore (or maybe accept) the continuation of foreign invasions, domestic surveillance of the citizenry, drone bombings and torture. It is astonishing to me how quickly and completely this collective blindness took hold of the entire populace.