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General Motors is the quintessential icon of US industry.
The largest carmaker.
Maybe that is irrelevant in predatory free market capitalism.
Although Industrialists do enter politics.
Until that time, we do not hear a whisper.
Has Bill Gates or Steve Jobs whispered anything about the wars?
And where did the big industrialists cast their strength?
No doubt they buckled under and figured their industries would at least profit from the war.
Maybe Conrad Black did not play the game, A media Mogul who went to jail for six & half years.
Anyway Bush wars = declining Dollar = higher Oil Prices = end of US industry.
The America I remember rioted.
And that is not true right now.
Thursday, 3 July 2008 09:49 UK
‘Bankruptcy’ fear hits GM shares
General Motors shares have fallen to their lowest level in more than 53 years amid concerns about the carmaker’s future.
Investment bank Merrill Lynch warned that GM needs to raise funds and that bankruptcy was “not impossible”.
GM has suffered from falling sales as US consumers have cut back on spending and record fuel costs have seen them switch to smaller, more efficient cars.
GM’s shares hit a low of $9.96, before closing down 15% at $9.98 on Wednesday.
The share price touched its lowest level since September 1954, when the stock hit $9.92 during trading.
GM shares have fallen 60% so far this year and Merril Lynch predicted that the shares could fall even further.
“We believe there is potential downside in the stock below $7 and that bankruptcy is not impossible if the market continues to deteriorate and significant incremental capital is not raised,” said analyst John Murphy.
Merrill’s had previously predicted a value of $28 for GM’s shares.
Sales fall
Another analyst, David Healy from Burnham Securities was less pessimistic about GM’s prospects.
“My own opinion is that they’re unlikely to file [for bankruptcy],” Mr Healy said.
“But the conditions in the auto industry are so tough for everybody right now, especially for GM, and that’s why people see this as plausible.”
General Motors suffered a big fall in US sales in June, down 18.5% compared with the same month in 2007.
The figures, however, were still better-than-expected and its sales fall was less than rival Toyota, which reported sales that were 21.4% lower.
All of the major carmakers in the US have experienced a shift in consumer demand from sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles as petrol costs have spiralled.
Last month, GM announced the closure of a number of plants in North American and Mexico that make trucks and SUVs.
Rival Chrysler said it would close a minivan factory and Ford announced a significant cut in production.
An open letter to all Israelis (& their sympathizers) over 40.
Why over 40? By then the reality of spin & lies by the media has become apparent. Before the 40’s principles and convictions may be strong. But there is no understanding of the strength of an enemy.
For those that are over 40 and still identify with principles and no understanding of the adversaries strength, then you are the Jews greatest enemy.
You speak with the hubris to conquer.
With the logic that some sacrifice is required to achieve the greater goal ( of biblical truth ).
And what keeps you afloat is an ability to subdue the weak, whether they be Palestinians, Iraqis or your own independent thinkers.
Incidentally the overwhelming military advantage you have had vis a vis the Palestinians, Iraqis and Afghans proves nothing, least of all your ability to wage war on an equal.
And the independent thinkers can be routed by framing and deciept, this is what you have been reduced to. Your ideals are based on a belief that spirituality is ethnic. That you are continuing a long line of ancestry. And for this it is necessary for everyone to sacrifice. But you can only control through interference in a person’s private life, and this art you have perfected.
Is it from the bible? A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Well everyday less and less people are reading the mainstream media.
The big question remains, are you going to make the peace, or end the days in a glorious fireball.
For all the attention you give to making a dissidents life impossible, there are good chances you’ll be able to eliminate them all. And just in time, just when the buttons are being pressed.
Or you yourselves could ask to what end is your personal and collective energies leading.
Is there no way to negotiate a withdrawal from the ever expansionist neocon direction.
God helps those that help themselves. God is not going to help anyone wielding a big stick.
And you use your pseudo liberalism to further your aims, by the use of Gays and people of mixed ethnic origin.
What about considering less control?
You’ve had more control than the earth has ever witnessed before, and all that lies before us, is a collective sense of unfolding gloom and doom.
Even the economic system is proving untenable. And the world is holistic, and the whole logic is up for questioning. And if you question it: Spirituality, Ethnicity, Financial systems, then maybe you’ll find a solution.
Today right living has become, showing allegiance and doing the ritual. Nothing more nothing less.
Just punishing those that don’t.
The nightmare that is the NeoCons.
Continue eavesdropping and interfering, after all it is for your ancestors that you do it!
And enjoy all the ’stitching up’ that is your daily fare.
We are releasing all Lebanese prisoners. The shebaa farms you can have. We’d love to buy some of your water. And all Lebanese are welcome to visit Israeel without a visa, yes even Nasrallah. Now we also have a lot of excess cement which you are welcome to have for free for rebuilding, and we’d like to help locate the cluster bombs.
Now to Syria: please, here, take all the Golan heights, maybe some of the settlers would like to stay under Syrian jurisdiction, that is up to them. We’d like to buy some of your oil! And Syrians are welcome without a Visa, maybe we can do some student exchanges.
Now to Iran, your Nuclear issues are no longer a pivotal concern for Israel. We want to make an unconditional peace with you. And we are frankly exhausted from hating you, and formenting more of it. And yes we’d like to buy some of your oil. And visas will be available online.
And that’s it, end of wars.
Iran will help America go home from Iraq at least.
Whatreallyhappened is linking to a BBC article quoting the UN on the US use of torture, and detaining people on ships in the Indian ocean.The UN says: “amounting to enforced disappearances”.
The most heinious of crimes.
Now there is a powerful lobby emerging against this:
The BBC, the UN, McClellan, Carter and many more.
Whether it was authorised by Bush Rove Rumsfeld or whoever.
Are we to believe these are first time offenders?
Adult men suddenly got the idea 7 years ago?
It was because of 9/11?
Or in the murky waters there is a history of this?
Self examination is all that can save us. Looking at our own leaders.
The UN is saying the US is not responding to requests for information for over a year. And will start to investigate without US cooperation if necessary.
Its beginning to make Nixon’s debacle look like a picnic.
Russia really doesn’t want the US’ missiles in Eastern Europe. It has been so vocal about this for so long.
One could surmise there have been behind the scenes bargaining.
“Stop helping Iran and we won’t put the missile in Europe”, an American could say.
“Don’t put the missiles in Europe and we won’t help Iran so much”, a Russian might say.
Well it just goes to show, a NeoCon can only make an enemy.
There are obviously people in Washington who think provoking Russia is wise.
The decision makers in Washington are probably only looking at Gazprom, if Washington can’t get a cut on Russian oil, there is no sense in cooperating.
And so it goes from top to bottom, a trickle down philosophy that might sound familiar.
Of course Israel must feel informed of Russian workings. There are a million Russians in Israel.
The aspiration of defeating Iran is a false messiah. Everyone is united in this focus. Beg borrow steal lie for the cause. It did work in bringing down the Soviet Union. These are now different times with different challenges. And it is better to build foundations than sabre rattling.
This is just the first paragraph, the link below will go to the full article.
It is the fact of being harrassed that made me post the link to his web site. Because there is not widespread dissidence in Israel, might be out of fear of harrassment.
Last summer, the Pappe family packed its belongings, rented out its spacious house in Israel and moved to Britain. Ever since his support of an academic boycott on Israel’s universities became public, historian Ilan Pappe, 54, has felt like public enemy number one. Pappe says he had received death threats by phone almost on a daily basis.
It could down every sea going vessel within a few hundred miles. It has sunburn missiles to which NATO admits there is no defense. They did have a range of 250 kilometres, either landbased or airborne launched. And their range may have been extended. This is the type of missile that Hizbollah successfully used on the Israeli navy in 2006.
Iran would be obliged to destroy US (and UK & French?) bases nearby. Iraq Bahrain Turkey Oman (and many others). And Iran most most probably does have more than a million missiles.
Dependency on Syria could not be taken for certain, but at this time it is most likely that Syria would assist in attacking Israel, and of course Hizbollah would assist.
It has been written that Iran purchased ICBM’s from Ukraine (5 or more). Iran has launched its own satellite. Which means it has rocket technology.
And western intelligence speak of 600 hundred kilometres of tunnels.
Iran will without doubt see the source of its adversarial problem as Israel, and will surely strike Israel.
Now what does the US (and Israel) have?
The US has failed in all attempts at warfare. It has rarely faced an organised Army, anyway not without bleeding it dry for ten years with sanctions.
Israel did fight an effective war in 73. That was 35 years ago….
There are still thousands of Russians in Iran, assisting in the development of Nuclear power. Russia is firmly allied with Iran, even though it has supported non violent UN resolutions. And China’s trade with Iran is also huge.
If we are depending for advice on the Israelis, who are reputed to be the most clever and valiant fighters, and who got is so completely wrong two years ago in Lebanon. And who have supported the US’ wars. What will happen with Iran? It will all go wrong like everything else under Bush II has.
The moral to the story: the Zionist fervour was functional and successful until they got too much power.
Presumably Iran has particularly good intelligence gathering in the countries near it and will know when the US is priming its missile launchers.
And what do the clever Israelis, and Anglo Saxons do? They work for defence, instead of inventing ways of helping people and thereby enriching their nations, they are consumed by considering ways of killing and distracting those that might have noble aspirations.
America, will you sink already?!
Waging war on Pakistan’s tribal area.
About to start a naval blockade on Iran.
Trying to set up a missile system in Lithuania.
Wooing Georgia and Ukraine into NATO.
Ya you got support at the UN for your resolutions.
But don’t you think Russia and China and Iran are aligned? Talking all the time.
You have bankrupted your own country. Nor is the UK in good shape.
Practiced genocide and torture.
The world doesn’t need you.
“Washington must learn from its past mistakes or face a valiant nation that is not afraid of ridding the region of their presence once and for all,” said Larijani on Wednesday.
The US actions do not make sense, they are simply self defeating.
And your allies: UK France Italy Canada Dutch, none of the people support the warring.
Which makes for a boss no one likes.
Now don’t get me wrong, American people are great. Then the question is: ‘what has gone wrong?’
Could the Jews stop the wars & the destruction of the planet?
Yes at the drop of a hat they could.
The ones at the top have the brains and the power.
Perhaps they are worried about their own necks, meaning stopping the wars would be an admission of guilt.
This unabashed craving for hegemony, to conquer others will be the undoing.
Underneath the faulty hubris must be a messianic call.
In the end the Jewish empire will collapse. Because they couldn’t care less about lives. And they couldn’t care less about an individuals liberty. And that includes other Jews and Israelis.
So much blood, for what?
And all signs from Tel-Aviv and Washington are for ‘more of the same.
The Universe will teach the NeoCons that they are humans too. Even if they thought they were chosen.
For the time being they will listen to noone, even though it is obvious the entire world (except for chosen mercenaries and the totally corrupted) is opposed to the White House policies.
Sarkozy, as usual, confused everyone by saying, “We cannot give in to torturers.”
Des Browne, the British defense secretary, hailing the Afghan campaign as “the noble cause of the 21st century”.
Now why would the Americans allow supposed Taliban to escape. One reason would be the possibility of tagging the escapees, and then knowing where they are.
Another possibility is with the supposed success of the awakening councils in Iraq, it is deemed better to negotiate with the Taliban.
And the Taliban were allowed to kill the Afghan guards (these must be the most hated traitors in the Taliban’s eyes).
Maybe the rout of the Taliban today in areas near Kandahar was also stage managed.
It is impossible to know, but the final quote on this post certainly suggests the US allowed the jail break.
But I’ve left out the really spectacular news, the attack by Taliban militants on the main prison in southern Afghanistan late Friday, exploding a car bomb at the main gate in a multi-pronged assault that freed over 1000 prisoners, including 400 suspected Taliban. The complex attack included a car bomb, suicide bombers who entered the prison, and rockets fired from outside it. “All the prisoners escaped. There is no one left,” said Kandahar President
The article ends on this note:
Only by killing virtually the entire population will the US plan for Afghanistan succeed. Is this the objective?
US role in Afghan prison attack
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:39:43
Abridged extract
US-led forces have played a part in a Taliban attack on an Afghanistan prison that set hundreds of militants free, some reports speculate.
Experts in regional affairs believe that Taliban militants attacked the Kandahar prison with the green light from US forces.
They say it is questionable - how could the militants dare attack the prison with US-led troops stationed just northeast of the jail?
The sources also noted that although clashes between Afghan security forces and the militants lasted for several hours, US-led troops did not intervene.
Ordinary people share the idea, asking how is it possible that hundreds of militants could attack a government prison, detonating more than 800 kilograms of explosives and foreign forces show no reaction.
They say the blasts were deafening and awakened everyone in the region. No one can claim not being aware of the attack.
Showing no reaction proves that foreign forces had a role in the escape of more than 1000 inmates, 400 of them Taliban, from the prison.
The US looks set to pass laws imposing a naval blockade on Iran. I guess this is in retaliation for Teheran’s opposition to the occupation treaty the US wants with Iraq.
Tehran has survived this far through being clever, it might well back down (if only temporarily) from Uranium enrichment.
Time might create a friendlier Obama presidency or time might increase Iran’s weapon capability.
There are Press releases from the Iranian web site presstv suggesting a willingness to negotiate.
It would be hard to imagine Tehran putting up with a naval blockade! Each war discovers a new weapon, In Lebanon the anti-tank weapons (albeit 1970’s vintage) and the anti ship missiles. In Iraq the roadside bomb.
Maybe with a blockade there will be a non explosive slow missile that just leeches on to a ship, and drills a hole so that it slowly sinks.
A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.
H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran. It also “demands” that the President impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.”
There is also evidence that for every dollars worth of oil imported from the Persian Gulf region the Pentagon takes five dollars out of the Federal budget to ’secure’ the flow of that oil! This is a clear indication that the claim that the U.S. military presence in the Middle East is due to oil consideration is a fraud
If he wanted to audit Fort Knox, that means something fishy is going on.
I think he has officially withdrawn from the presidential race.
But anything is possible, there are 5 and a half months left.
And people who rock the boat, disappear, often with heart attacks.
I wouldn’t count him out of the running. He seems to have a sense of how far he can go.
But Fort Knox being filled with Hershey bars could upset some people.
Ron Paul has made the preservation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights a centerpiece in his campaign for the Whitehouse and has said in the past that he would ‘repeal the police state’ referring to the Patriot Act.
Paul hammered the Federal Reserve monetary system for creating money out of thin air and said that true inflation was being covered up. He also said to volcanic cheers that he wanted to Audit Fort Knox.
Paul linked freedom to prosperity. We can’t afford empire, empire costs money and we are going into debt to finance the war. Paul criticized the cost of ‘maintaining empire’ referring to the U.S. global military presence.
“It was the Republicans who helped engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9/11,” he asserted.
In a September 2003 article for The Guardian newspaper, Michael Meacher, who served as Tony Blair’s environment minister from May 1997 to June 2003, shocked the establishment by calling the global war on terrorism “bogus.” Even more controversially, he implied that the U.S. government either allowed 9/11 to happen, or played some role in the destruction wrought that day.
Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine, who was commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security until 1984, is quoted on the ‘ Patriots Question 9/11 ‘ Web site as saying, “I look at the hole in the Pentagon and I look at the size of an airplane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon. And I said, ‘The plane does not fit in that hole.
One [9/11] commission member (Sen. Max Cleland) resigned, saying the White House did not disclose enough information.”
On Democracy Now’s radio show in March 2004, Cleland even went as far as to say, “This White House wants to cover it (the facts of 9/11) up.”
Meanwhile, those who do not fight the war, but fund it, are forced to pay both the immediate costs, as well as seeing their long term purchasing power erode, as the twin pillars of debt and inflation are foisted upon the backs of current taxpayers and future generations.
The danger is when the noose appears, war with someone will look more attractive.
Are we all to suffer (at least in income) for a few waywards at the top? The Financial Times has just done a piece on 9/11, and so has Switzerlands largest selling daily (Blick).
June 18, 2008 Global Research Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11”
by Prof. David Ray Griffin This article painstakingly goes through the details of peoples movements and raises some questions. Tim Russert has died too.
The US fired a missile and killed 11 Pakistani soldiers last week.
The US has described this as unfortunate. Presumably decisions were taken at higher command levels.
The expectation no doubt is to pressure the Pakistan Govt. to acquiesce. Certainly the decision knowingly ups the ante.
Wondering about the people on the ground: Pakistani soldiers, Taliban, ISI, Tribals, sympathisers, etc. Perhaps they will find common cause in revenging the attacks.
The US’ policies and advice in Pakistan have only weakened Musharaf.
It is strange that by any gauge the US is overstretched yet is chooses to militarily expand into the tribal areas of Pakistan.
The war of conquest continues.
Many news reports speak of the possibility of the Taliban winning.
Given the history of the independence of the tribal areas. The power of the mountains to ward off invaders. And the canniness of the Afghans to have survivable supply routes no matter what.
One can only guess the motive? Destabilise Pakistan? It has Islamic Nuclear bombs anyway, which is unacceptable to many in the west.
Some have suggested the US would like a front on Iran from Pakistan. Well second guessing a bubble wrapped and illogical elite becomes impossible.
Apparently Afghanistan has a lot of resources….
China has excellent relations with Pakistan (and Iran), the Chinese have only to pick up all the pieces after the NeoCon strategies.
China ends up a superpower before its time.
It is the seventh year of warring, and the NeoCons are still going in the same direction.
Over 90% of Pakistanis are oppposed to US policies. And the US wants warfare between the Pakistani Army and some of its Pakistans citizens….
Why isn’t Israel making a peace agreement? Because security has not said the time is right, they still see threats to the security of Israel.
Well maybe they can’t see the wood for the trees, especially with all the intelligence gathering. The Israelis are buried in information. In the future there could be a sense of a missed opportunity.
In the year of 2008 what were they doing? They were talking about talking about peace. With no attempt to alleviate the daily suffering.
In the end there was more war, because security was not satisfied.
With faulty policies, security will never be satisfied. Even with a whole nation of policemen
eavesdropping and following and surveilling all perceived threats.
The only security solution is to have a guard at every public place, and to listen in on everyone in the world.
Or change tack, compromise, seems to me more attractive than war and every one being a policeman.
I think there has been some kind of earthquake at the very top, perhaps in the intelligence agencies, and the Pentagon. As if a lot has been decided in advance, like:
Diminished NeoCon/Zionist influence.
The US will not start a war with Iran.
Of course agreements can change and can be broken.
These are just some of the newsitems that made me wonder:
McCellan paved the way for Bush to accept guilt.
An Israeli in the US charged with espionage he did decades ago.
Top USAF personel replaced.
Israeli in S. Africa says she was spying.
And it would seem that Bush’s visit to the UK is highlighting Britains desire to leave Iraq.
Amidst the vaccuous Bush presidency Israel cannot find its center, it doesn’t know how to deapartheid its policies.
Nor how to cope with seeming dethronement (some will say it is only seeming).
To repeat this Blogs theme: The internet has rapidly altered the worlds consciousness, this trend will strengthen.
…If you can’t beat em join them…
Anyway this weeks subject of Uri Avnery’s weekly piece is: An Apology, he writes a script for a Prime Minister to say to the Israeli parliament:
On behalf of the State of Israel and all its citizens, I address today the sons and daughters of the Palestinian people, wherever they are.
We recognize the fact that we have committed against you a historic injustice, and we humbly ask your forgiveness.
[...]
We shall evacuate the Israeli settlements, which have caused so much suffering and iniquities to you, and bring the settlers home,
Will it be black Monday (on Monday). Even if the Dollar is crashing and banks are failing.
Life will continue, the States may begin to be like Argentina after the crash. Barter will get stronger.
The rest of us will continue, albeit with some uncertainty.
The press, the president and officials will say it is just a blip. But it is the beginning of the end for Free Market Capitalism, (and monopoly money) and for the Multinational that is not beholden to a country.
What went wrong? Messianic instincts! The idea of shaping a legacy was so powerful, bigger than any individual’s common sense. And so at the height of power, people over extended themselves.
The NeoCons could see this threat of recession as an opportunity to further their war aims, but a sudden crash could derail war intentions because it will cause social unrest in the US.
Increasingly out on a limb is how authority looks, like in a bubble wrap. Like Nixon was. And in the midst of a revolution based on the internet. People all over the world sharing knowledge and attitudes.
One of these Mondays there will be a crash.
All the major traders will be recognised as rogue traders, without any concern for cum uppence day. The worst part is: in the end everything was contingent on Iraq.
Now the western financial system is sinking at the bottom and at the top.
These people are in no condition to go to war. They might know how to start a war, with multiple maps and plans. But they have no clue as to what the enemy can do, nor do they know who all of the countries that would join the enemy are. Nor could they be relied upon to make a sane judgment in a crises. Whatever supporters they think they have, they do not include the populations of any country, except perhaps Israel.
The NeoCons have lost, it has manifested in the economy. How much more folly are we going to allow?
Barak yesterday stated that Hizbollah are fortifying their positions.
Actually every armed force in the world is fortifying their positions.
Baraks incredulity is a bad omen for Israel. Hamas is also fortifying, and the US is fortifying the PA.
So let us try and understand what he is saying:
Everyone hate this out of control enemy.
Or it is impossible for an enemy of Gods chosen people to arm themselves.
Or prepare for war.
Or my world has gone upside down..
It is hard to understand what he is trying to say.
It is the same belief system that ordered the Israelis to go to the Litani river.
And the same indomitable sense that complained the Syrians are arming Hizbollah.
The answer is “Get real”.
Or forget about the childhood triumphs.
In 1978, Bush and Osama bin Laden’s brother, Salem bin Laden, founded Arbusto Energy, an oil company based in Texas.
Several bin Laden family members invested millions in The Carlyle Group, a private global equity firm based in Washington, DC. The company’s senior advisor was Bush’s father, former President George H.W. Bush. After news of the bin Laden-Bush connection became public, the elder Bush stepped down from Carlyle.
Interestingly, on Sept. 11, 2001, members of the Carlyle Group - including Bush senior, and his former secretary of state, James Baker - were meeting at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., along with Shafiq bin Laden, another one of Osama bin Laden’s brothers.
While all flights were halted following the terrorist attacks, there was one exception made: The White House authorized planes to pick up 140 Saudi nationals, including 24 members of the bin Laden family, living in various cities in the U.S. to bring them back to Saudi Arabia, where they would be safe. They were never interrogated.
Five years later, and we’re still asking questions. We may have lost our innocence but we’re also losing, thankfully, our ignorance.
By Cindy Rodriguez
Denver Post Staff Columnist
Article Last Updated: 09/12/2006 12:57:26 AM MDT
Cindy Rodriguez’s column appears Tuesdays and Sundays. Contact her at 303-954-1211 or crodriguez@denverpost.com.
An interview with Osama bin Laden was published in a Karachi based Pakistani daily newspaper, Ummat, on September 28, 2001. The following are extracts related to 9/11
Usama bin Laden Says the Al-Qa’idah Group had Nothing to Do with the 11 September Attacks
I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle……
Whoever committed the act of 11 September are not the friends of the American people. I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed. According to my information, the death toll is much higher than what the U.S. Government has stated. But the Bush Administration does not want the panic to spread. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; the people who are a part of the U.S. system, but are dissenting against it. Or those who are working for some other system; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive. They can be anyone, from Russia to Israel and from India to Serbia. In the U.S. itself, there are dozens of well-organized and well-equipped groups, which are capable of causing a large-scale destruction. …..
Then there are intelligence agencies in the U.S., which require billions of dollars worth of funds from the Congress and the government every year. This [funding issue] was not a big problem till the existence of the former Soviet Union but after that the budget of these agencies has been in danger. They needed an enemy. So, they first started propaganda against Usama and Taleban and then this incident happened. You see, the Bush Administration approved a budget of 40 billion dollars. Where will this huge amount go? It will be provided to the same agencies, which need huge funds and want to exert their importance. Now they will spend the money for their expansion and for increasing their importance. I will give you an example. Drug smugglers from all over the world are in contact with the U.S. secret agencies. These agencies do not want to eradicate narcotics cultivation and trafficking because their importance will be diminished. The people in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Department are encouraging drug trade so that they could show performance and get millions of dollars worth of budget. General Noriega was made a drug baron by the CIA and, in need, he was made a scapegoat. [...] What is this? Is it not that there exists a government within the government in the United Sates? That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks.
Source: Ummat, Urdu-language daily newspaper based in Karachi, Pakistan - Friday, 28 September 2001 - pages 1, 7. Source: BBC Monitoring Service
If the US won in Iraq it would mean more wars.
It would be the proof that imperialistic wars can work.
The US would continue selling it’s wealth to the highest bidder. And the military industrial complex would pursue more profit and adventures.
All the contractors like Halliburton, would dictate foreign policy. And furnish the presidents speechwriters.
They must assume foreign resources can feed the US population.
It seems true the US casualty rate is diminishing. But they are official figures. There are plenty of resistance videos circulating showing attacks that are never reported.
Not that I look at them, once is enough.
Imagine the big wigs trying to make strategic decisions, when the economic system is tottering.
There must be plenty of dissent at the top. There must also be 60 and 70 year old men who have never known any other way to be other than to conquer.
In conclusion, the likelihood of the US reaaching a peaceful occupation inIraq seems like zero. Israel still has armed resistance amongst a proportionally much smaller enemy, and that is after 60 years. And Syria, Iran or any other adversary can always up the armed ante.
