America in Distress

Further, did you know that 3 terrorists per day are crossing from Canada into the Land of the Free?

I know there are some of you who will read this and actually sympathise with the little Hitlers that efficiently execute (not quite literally just yet) the authoritarian rules and regulations of a state gone insane. Which begs the question, what the fuck are we going to do with you people? You never learn!

Well your adoring acquiescence is all well and good, but let’s hear from you when your shopping trip doesn’t go according to plan as in the case of the gent in the video below who had the nerve to ask that criminal question which the state will never tolerate, “Why?”

Yeah, go on, hide behind your sofas and condemn each and every victim using the tired old establishment motto, “If you have nothing to hide…”

If your privacy means so little to you, if your liberty is a thing for others to control, if your favourite response is, “three bags full sir”, or , “how high?”, then good luck and don’t come crying when the inevitable consequence of your complacency unfolds and starts biting you in the arse.

Holy hell, we thought we had it bad in the UK but we ain’t seen nothing yet. I thought we all fought a war to make sure this kind of stuff was assigned to the history bin.

Actually that’s just me being deliberately naive, that war was fought to enrich a very few people at the expense of the rest of the planet – life and limbs included. But you don’t believe that, do you? You think the war was fought to stop the spread of fascism.

Man, you’ve got to laugh.

Anyway, here’s the video. Is it fake? I doubt it, it’s more a sign of the times and a reminder of times past. And a klaxon blaring 24/7 that the majority ignore because they believe the fox will leave them be if only they show enough deference and cowardice.

It wasn’t you this time. Let’s see who it is next time, okay?

Leading to War is a film that indicts Bush and his warmongers by using their own words and their own blatant lies. It covers the period following September 11th, 2001 leading up to the onset of the illegal aggression against Iraq.

From the film makers:

How does a government lead its people to war? How does it communicate to its citizens – and to the wider world – the reasons and rationale for initiating military conflict? What rhetorical devices and techniques are employed? And how is a nation brought to support the profound decision to wage war against another nation?

LEADING TO WAR is comprised entirely of archival news footage – without commentary, without voiceover – presented chronologically from President Bush’s State of the Union address in January, 2002 (the “axis of evil” speech), and continuing up to the announcement of formal U.S. military action in Iraq on March 19, 2003.

This compressed, chronological view offers a unique opportunity to examine the media record from a historical perspective, allowing the material to speak for itself.

Looking back on it, it’s both terrifying and comical how so many people were duped by such a wafer thin argument delivered by a gang of utterly unconvincing thugs.

It’s also worth noting that this whole recent business in the UK about whether the war was legal or not is rendered irrelevant as you hear Bush admit on camera that the policy of his administration was regime change in Iraq – a war crime as defined without ambiguity in International law.

Bush’s little helper, Tony Blair, makes a couple of appearances, cutting an absolutely pathetic figure and reminding us it is not only Americans who can be stupidly naive.

The film is free to view online and available with subtitles in a large number of languages. Worth a watch.

Ignorance is Bliss (David Shankbone)

Further, Americans live in a democracy and enjoy liberty. Americans worship a Christian God who is a God of love. Iranians are enslaved under a tyrannical and backward religion that is founded in violence.

Americans do good, they help police and protect the world, they liberate those who are enslaved. Iranians do evil, they sponsor terrorism and conduct secret programs to build weapons of mass destruction.

Americans live affluent lifestyles because they have worked hard to build a modern economy. They live in big houses with modern amenities. They drive luxury cars and wear fine clothes. Iranians are poor because their culture is medieval and their economy archaic.

Americans are intelligent and attractive, they are healthy and have great teeth. Iranians are simple folk. They are either old goat herders or young, indoctrinated terrorists. They dress in rags and funny headdress. They are dirty, unhealthy and have very poor teeth. And they speak a silly language and always have an AK-47 in their hands, even when they sleep.

And if I haven’t insulted your intelligence by now then I guess you watch a lot of western mainstream media. And I guess you’re wondering why I’m bothering to state the “obvious”.

For the rest of us there is grey space between the black and white. The documentary “Wake Up Call (2008)” lives in that grey space.

The film is a compilation of clips from several non-mainstream sources, spliced together by commentary or reflective messages. The format works well. The topics covered are diverse with each segment being informative enough to give an introduction to the subject. Credits to the original material are provided to allow for follow-on research.

Have a watch. Laugh at the parts you find incredible, think about the parts that ring true in the light of recent global developments. Perhaps the speakers don’t draw all the right conclusions or are a little hysterical in places but can you really say the circumstances being described are not real? Can you say those circumstances are not with us today?

It may have been possible to brush this material off very easily a decade ago, but the world has changed and is starting to look at least similar to the picture being painted in this film. Coincidence?

“Wake Up Call” is not a New World Order for Dummies guide. It’s a vehicle to encourage you to take a look at the world from a different perspective to the one being forced on you each day by the mainstream media. Watching it won’t hurt you, you don’t have to switch off at the first clip that doesn’t appeal – just wind forward. There’s something in there for everyone.

Watch through to the end to be rewarded by a great sequence taken from the animal kingdom. The clip tells us clearly that even the meek, if they cooperate, can conquer the mightiest predator. It gives us a hope that eventually, we will find our way.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, second in command of Al-Qaeda?

As time moved on and “The War Against Terror™” (TWAT) unfolded and collapsed into disaster, certain influential individuals began to break ranks by questioning the characterisations of Al-Qaeda being used by Washington and London to build a case for war against Afghanistan and then, most controversially, Iraq.

They claimed the shadowy, pervasive and lethal terror network sold to the public as a clear and present danger and used as justification to launch major aggressions against Afghanistan and Iraq had been hyped beyond recognition.

A handful of journalists and researchers who preferred to do their own leg-work rather than be spoon-fed by the politicians discovered discrepancies in the official dogma early in the game. Some produced articles in mainstream newspapers or wrote books explaining the real nature of the terrorist threat. Some went as far as to describe the deep involvement of our own security services in the creation and funding of extremist Islamic groups.

But a large and highly organised Al-Qaeda was required as a vital component in pushing the military adventures of western leaders such as Bush and Blair. The sheer weight of propaganda spewing from the government spin factories overwhelmed any attempts to inform the public of the true nature of the threat they faced.

Even today most people are still hypnotised by tales told by powerful men who exploited the grief of the public following 911 and energised the understandable desire for revenge. But many, to varying degrees and on the strength of what has happened since, have become wise to the fact our governments lie and tend to lie all of the time.

“Baddies” hiding out in secret bunkers in the mountains? We’d scold our children for creating such fanciful excuses for bad behaviour. But not our politicians and business leaders. Surely the world is just a little more complicated than that?

The other side of the story: 911myths.com