IN 2002, the Australian intelligence agencies, then working to the Howard government, were informing their US counterparts of a disturbing occurrence within Australia. A man of Iraqi origin, who enjoyed both Iraqi and Australian citizenship, was assembling the components of an unmanned aerial vehicle here. He had also sent away for aerial navigational information regarding Washington, DC, and other parts of the US.
There was a serious concern that this might be part of a preparation for a terrorist attack in the US, just as much preparation for the 9/11 attacks occurred outside the US.
The intelligence agencies hatched the idea of approaching the Iraqi to see if he was indeed working for the Baghdad government and whether he could be turned as a source. Whatever his ultimate intentions had been, the Iraqi did not end up providing information about Saddam Hussein's government. more..http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24362383-7583,00.html
The War on Terrorism is a Lie
ReplyDeleteThe war on terrorism is a lie because terrorism is not an enemy, it is a strategy.
Terrorism is a strategy employed by weaker states and non-state actors when fighting an asymmetric war against a more powerful opponent.
No state or non-state actor enters a conventional war against an enemy it has no chance of defeating conventionally.
Since the U.S. has declared that it will maintain military superiority without challenge, it has done everything in its power to do just that. The US defense budget for 2008 is some $700 billion. There is no single state or non-state actor on this planet that can defeat the United States in a conventional war.
Therefore, any single state or non-state actor that finds itself at war with the United States will be forced to fight an asymmetric war. That is, they will be forced to employ terrorism.
Therefore the war on terrorism is a war against anyone at war with the United States. Therefore the war on terrorism is a lie. It is not a war on terrorism at all, but a war to promote and defend US imperialism.