Archive for September, 2001

Blowback

The pattern has become all too familiar. Osama bin Laden, the leading suspect as mastermind behind the carnage of September 11, is no more (or less) “evil” than his fellow creations of our CIA: Manuel Noriega, former commander of the Panama Defense Forces until George Bush père in late 1989 invaded his country and kidnapped him, or Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, whom we armed and backed so long as he was at war with Khomeini’s Iran and whose people we have bombed and starved for a decade in an incompetent effort to get rid of him. These men were once listed as “assets” of our clandestine services organization…..

Why They Hate Us – A Re-Examination

The Chicago Tribune’s September 13, 2001 editorial asks, “Why do they hate us so much?” This is perhaps the most crucial question the United States could now ask itself, as in its answer lies the key to defeating terrorism…..

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