Uh-oh . . . . . oh dear . . . . . ummmm . . . okay . . . . listen . . . . it's just . . . you know . . . .
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a simple . . . leetle . . . question I have.
I am
not going to vociferously demand that anyone explain to me how Tower 7 at the WTC fell.
I am not going to ask anyone to credibly explain how Mohammed Atta's passport landed and was found almost immediately, not far from Ground Zero.
I am certainly not going to insist that anyone show me the airplane in the "new footage" which was released again, a couple of weeks ago.
There's a whole host of things I'm not going to be doing.
Specifically:
I am not going to be making any unsubstantiated claims about the specific authors of the terrorist act of 9/11/01, nor am I going to even momentarily suggest to anyone, that I somehow am clued in to some Truth beyond truth, nor into any magic insights to the whole tragic episode of that day, which has forever changed history. The fact of the matter is, we will probably never know the full truth. The operational specifics of this entire event are likely entirely lost in the shadow of history.
So rather than make unsubstantiable claims, I am only going to ask this question:
Who profited from 9/11/01?
I am then going to submit - for your approval - that it was in fact President Bush, and and the Neo-Con Agenda, which profited from the events of 9/11, regardless of who specifically "made it happen."
"What?" you're saying. "Are you saying that Bush somehow made good off of the events of 9/11?"
And the answer is "Yes. Yes I am."
It's no secret to any one of us here, that Bush's poll numbers skyrocketed immediately in the aftermath of 9/11. He went from around 50% to 82%, almost overnight. His disapproval rating dropped to only 17%!! And his positive ratings continued to rate highly well into the 2002 midterms (see the hyperlink above).
It won't be much of a secret or conspiracy theory either, if I point out that President Jackass and Vice President Dickbag have invoked 9/11 repeatedly, almost with every breath they speak, as the rationale for all sorts of
ridiculous, unconstitutional activities, which have enabled the neo-cons to mainain their grip on power. They have used the symbolism of that day as an excuse for unthinkable policies at Abu Ghraib, and for an increase in the level of secrecy, and the number of lies brought forth for our government, ESPECIALLY when it comes to our War on Iraq.
It shouldn't be much of a secret either that 9-11 played prominently as a catalyst for this debacle, and that most of us now realize, Bush wanted this war from the very beginning of his Presidency. How far you believe the stories about PNAC is up to you. But it's a public group - they have a website, and their membership is well-known. You don't need too be a genius to see that their agenda has been advanced by the attack of 9/11.
It takes even fewer genius-lessons to acknowledge that historically, ruling through fear is a very successful way of getting your way. Regardless of what anyone wants to believe about the actual originators and perpetrators of the 9/11/01 attack; it's hard to suggest that this infamous date hasn't been used to great advantage by the Neo-conservatives surrounding our President. Wrapped in their cloaks of self-righteous Patriotism, and jingoistic religiosity, these fine RepubliCons can remind us all eternally of how gutsy and swaggerly was our beloved Leader, when it came time to call for someone's blood, in revenge.
It was time for the War or Terror - and a grab for resources and dominance that matched up perfectly with the PNAC Agenda; the fantasy-turned-reality cooked up by Dick Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz, in which the world was their magic playland, where they could conquer as they pleased.
And how well it's worked out for the rest of us.
The Neo-Con Agenda was the true winner of the 9/11 event. Not Osama bin Laden, who - indeed - appears to be hiding in a cave somewhere; not the people of Afghanistan, nor Iraq, and not the American people. Not anyone else.
It was Bush and the neocons who profited from 9/11. That is damning enough for me.