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Originally posted by sycamore
I fully realize that this may have been the single most notable event in US history. I realize that almost 3000 people died. But why IS such a big deal being made of the six-month anniversary?
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Pearl Harbor was, by far, the most notable event in US history. But two things have happened. 1) the bottom of what the firemen called "The Pile" has been reached. 2) The Administration is trying to justify unilateral attacks, anti-missile defense systems, a massivie military buildup, and even nuclear missile retragetings.
Gen Zinni is in the Israel to negotiate peace? No. He is there to separate the Palestinian Israeli conflict from a unilateral attack on Iraq. Keep pushing the WTC attacks to justify an attack on Iraq. A six month anniversary is just another way of promoting war.
Saddam exists because many in the George Sr administration screwed up. Those political types failed to perform their jobs. Now they are trying to correct their mistake by finding an excuse to attack Saddam.
This is how we got into VietNam. First we attacked a soveign nation. When that did not work, we created a Gulf of Tonkin incident to justify open attack by full American forces. Saddam is there whether we like it or not. Had George Sr officials (Cheney, et al) been doing their job, the uprisings would have deposed Saddam upfront. But when Swartzkopf accepted Iraqi surrender, he had no - read absolutely NO - guidelines from the Politcal incompetants in Washington. Now those same political types want to correct their mistake - with a unilateral attack on Iraq. It is, in part, why we are building new military bases from Bulgaria to Kazakistan.
George Jr's administration is so out of touch and so moved to make this unilateral attack that they don't hear the entire Arab world demanding he address the Israel situation. Instead George blames the victims - the Palestinians - for the violence. He blames the Palestinians for not cracking down on violence even when Israeli aircraft and tanks instead attack Palestinians police stations and government officials. George Jr. supports the extemist Sharon who is singlely the reason for the second intafada which started Septemer 2000.
Be scared of the current administration with it Office of Strategic Information and other extremist titles like Office of Homeland Security. Restrictions even on biological research are popping up everywhere with rhetoric that we are at war. We were more at war between Aug 1 1990 and 2001. The justification for further security has now diminished - but Geroge Jr wants to attack other nations. This extremist President is using every propaganda tool available to get us to accept a unilateral attack on Iraq. An so we have more reasons to look at Ground Zero - to make us foam at the mouth for the next attck on the "Axis of Evil" - another idea from the politically insecure.