There is no doubt that the events in New York and Washington DC on September 11th 2001 changed the world in ways many are still trying to comprehend. The scenes broadcast across much of the world are etched into the minds of many people. The planes, the twin towers, the pentagon. Then there were the declarations of a “war on terror” with Osama promoted as the prime leader, the invasion of Afghanistan, then the subsequent invasion of Iraq and the overthrowing of Saddam Hussien. Oh, and lets not forget the anti-terror laws that were passed in many countries. Laws which have raised many concerns from civil and human rights groups due to their ambiguous nature and being a means for possible abuse (if not already abused).
Now there is no doubt that there are questions needing to be answered in relation to 9/11, with a commision set up to establish answers to these questions. The commission produced a 585 page report that was meant to answer the questions. But as per usual there are people that do not trust the government and those whom are enveloped in its power structures. So the report has recieved much scepticism, and debate continues and will continue for years to come. The claims by Bush and his cabinet that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, which was the basis in which the Iraq invasion was justified, had come unstuck and it has been proven quite convincingly that the intelligence used was clearly flawed.
Now no reasonable person would deny that govenrment intelligence is flawed, just as is human intelligence, but this is common when it is related to war or conflict. Transparencey in government and the military is almost non existant, as releasing information almost always falls under the guise of compromising “national security”.
We will always be confronted with events where the public is given limited information, particularly when mainstream media sources, where many attain their information and subsequent view of the world from, are owned by the big six media conglomerates.
As for the “war on terror” it is just another PR campaign spun up by those wanting to justify their ideological crusade. And Afghanistan and Iraq, well, the US armed and trained the Taliban in fighting against the soviets and Bush senior was a good buddy of Mr Hussien before the gulf war in 1991. But that is common knowledge now.
Then there are the groups that profit from war. The arms industry is a very profitable area of business. The biggest arms manufacture is of course a US based company Lockheed Martin. However there are many other companies that are involved in profiting from war. Anup Shah of globalissues.org provides some good info on this.
Now I would think people should of become more suspicious after Dwight D. Eisenhower raised concern of the connections between the arms industry and government in his 1961 farewell speech. Right?
Then there is also suggestion of investment companies involved, with the Carlyle Group being one of the more common ones whose co-founder David M. Rubenstien sits on the board of one of the major organisations that influences US foreign policy (the other board members and their links are also worth looking up). Conflict of interest? Maybe, but this type of affiliation is rife in the upper echelons of power, part of the world system. But do we need to just accept it and go on with our lives?
I wont even start on state terrorism, I’ll leave that for another blog.
m3
