Things I didn't know about America in 2002
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Explanation:
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When the events of 9-11-2001 took place, I was well
aware of many things that, I thought, qualified me as a knowledgeable citizen
of the USA.
For example, I knew (not long
after, at least) that Ariel
Sharon's arrogant strut on the Temple Mount / Haram al Sharif on September
28th, 2000, was a cynical provocation, and caused the Second
Intifada, and that whereas in the 20 months prior, five Israelis had been
killed by terrorism, in the twenty months following 440 Israelis had
died from terrorist activity. These
figures derive from an Excel spreadsheet which was on the web for several
years, the URL of which was http://www.terrorvictims.com/victims979.html. This has since been removed. Fortunately, I have saved a copy, which is
now posted here,
(with my arithmetic notated).
I also knew that the US
military's Missile Defense system, the so-called Star Wars, had been a more or
less total failure. The idea of
"hitting a bullet with a bullet" was demonstrably not working. I was a big New York Times reader, in those
days — I even had a t-shirt given to me for commenting on their "new"
web site in the late 90's that read "Mind Over
Chatter". Guess what? I refuse to wear it now, except to sleep in,
because I have seen thru the lie. But in
those days, multiple engineers and physicists, the leader being Theodore Postol
of MIT, had calculated the ineffectiveness of this system, and indeed, proven
that the "Patriot" missiles fired in the first Gulf War also missed
their mark, based on CNN footage, for at least 65% of the shots. [see below regarding why I now see this as a fraudulent
issue, and a sleight of hand.]
I thought I was close to the
truth. Then I heard an
interview on Fresh Air with Stephen
Kinzer about his then (July
28, 2003) new book All
The Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of
Middle East Terror. When I came
face to face with the ineluctable facts (which I might have known even
in 2000, if I had bought the NYT every day) that my country had deceitfully
and lavishly overthrown a legitimate democratically elected leader of Iran and
installed a military dictator, entirely for the purpose of preserving a grossly
unfair oil concession (BP, then called Anglo-Persian), my heart sank thru the
floor. Prime Minister Mohammed
Mossadegh, Time's man of the year in 1951, made a heartfelt plea in perfect
French to the UN, asking Britain to give his wretchedly poor country 30% of the
proceeds instead of 5%. They harshly
rebuffed him. He nationalized the oil,
but had to hire foreigners to run it, so little had been taught to natives in
50 years.
The
British Foreign Office asked Truman to overthrow him, but Truman would none of
it. Clement Atlee, the Socialist, wasn't
interested either. But when Churchill
returned to Downing
Street, and
Eisenhower was elected in the States, things changed. Churchill, still a hero of mine, but a
dyed-in-the-wool imperialist, believed socialism was fine for Britain, but the colonies had to be treated forcefully. Eisenhower, who almost ran as a Democrat, may
not have been quite "in the loop" (the Wikipedia article,
always a good source for general survey, says "In his memoirs, Eisenhower
writes angrily about Mossadegh, and describes him as impractical and naive,
though stops short of admitting any overt involvement in the coup.") But the "Cadillac Cabinet", led by
the Dulles Brothers, were hot for the chase.
[this page is in process of completion . . . .]
Beam
weapon? I have been very reluctant to countenance
such explanations, as have a majority of the 911Truth community. But when I saw these photos, I had
to take a second look.