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January 28, 2006
The Danger of Terrorism is Real
It hits me every so often when I shake myself out of my usual pessimistic cynicism that I have overlooked a basic reality of the world today. Namely that the danger of terrorism is real.
We as a society have been lied to by the Bush administration and their neo-con allies and have had our very real fear of terrorism manipulated for political advantage so many times that we forget this basic truth: Al-Qaida et al is out there and they do want to hurt us.
Bush has arguably used and abetted the fear that we are in thrall to for his own expedient political advantage and profit. And so have his political opponents. But then along come legitimate news stories like this one.
My first thought was that this whole business was quite likely a CIA disinformation scheme. But what if it isn’t? And probably it isn’t either given that the societies of Latin America hate Bush and his perfidies more than any other place in the world outside of the Middle East. Paranoia, like patriotism, is the last refuge of scoundrels. And this is so because it is so very effective.
I have no answer for what to do about it either.
Posted by Ali Massoud at January 28, 2006 11:58 AM
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From the story:
U.S. officials have long feared al Qaeda could take advantage of corrupt government officials and weak institutions to launch an attack from south of the border.
Care to guess which country outside of the middle east receives the most US foreign "aid" money?
Whoever said Colombia, report immediately to the Homeland Ministry Re-education Centers.
Posted by: Libertas Infinitus ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.strike-the-root.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif){kind=small}
at January 29, 2006 09:29 PM
If Bush's poll numbers continue to sink, I wonder how long it'll be before the brain-trust decide on a Reichstag Fire kind of incident to re-galvanize the "security moms" back into the GOP fold?
Reichstag Fire
Posted by: Ali_Massoud at January 30, 2006 05:56 PM
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