Coming to America: The Civil War ahead?

Richard W. Behan: Triumph of the Petropublicans?:

"The invasions of both Afghanistan and Iraq were undertaken, respectively, to secure the pipeline route from the Caspian Basin and to guarantee access to the enormous inventories of Iraqi crude--in both cases to the colossal benefit of American and British oil companies--and the 'Global War on Terror' is merely an elegant and fraudulent smokescreen.

This is not just another timeworn, trite, and impressionistic rant: it is now a matter of documented fact.

The attacks on the World Trade Towers and the Pentagon in September of 2001 provided the Bush Administration, either by design (the conspiracy theories) or default (the reality ), with the rationales for both invasions. But the planning for each of them was underway long before the 9/11: months in the case of Afghanistan, years in the case of Iraq.

This deception--this crime--is so outlandish and monstrous as to be scarcely credible. That is why, very likely, it isn't front-and-center in public consciousness."

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