Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Fri, 07/08/2005 - 06:15.
Of course the professional paranoia crowd has wasted no time in jumping to its own predictable conclusions. Here's a sample from the Collective BellaCiao website, which fashions itself as a voice of the pan-European radical left.
The bombing of the London Underground was a false-flag operation designed to keep the West mired in war. Don’t believe otherwise.
Only one word sprang to mind when I heard about the bombings that claimed the lives of dozens of Londoners today - convenient.
Is there anything convenient in death, or in thousands of lives destroyed from catastrophe? No - and words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the men and women changed by today’s events. But governments with skeletons in their closets have a great deal to gain from a national tragedy bolstered by "terrorism."
As I sit in my office today, I hear the whispers of co-workers now utterly convinced our war on terror must continue. Despite American and British involvement in the Middle East birthing wave after wave of rebel forces, the Bush doctrine is now justified in the minds of millions. Petty grievances such as the Downing Street Minutes, the President’s flagging support and Karl Rove’s treasonous outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame are unimportant. A shadowy conglomeration is out to kill us.
Sound familiar? It should - the same emotional ploy was used to great effect on Americans in the wake of September 11th. Question nothing, particularly your cries for vengeance or that nagging feeling in the back of your head. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Unlike four years ago, however, I refuse to accept that the attack on London was anything less than a false-flag operation designed to enrage Western "civilization" against the Middle East. Why? Because there is no reason for "terrorist" groups to attack England. As recently as this week, the Ministry of Defense announced that plans were being drafted that would pull British armed forces from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the British effectively admitting they’re throwing in the towel, the only motivation to stay could come from an attack that compels the forces to stay and fight "global terrorism."
Blah blah blah. Funny, we thought the UK was preparing to send more troops to Afghanistan, while only considering a phased partial withdrawal from Iraq over the next 18 months. But more to the point, there is no evidence presented here whatsoever—just pure speculation. Yet the tone is utterly dogamtic, and utterly intolerant of dissent from its own a priori assumption. These guys are no more helpful than their mainstream-media counterparts. Less helpful, in fact. At least the media are presenting some inadequate shreds of evidence in support of the assumption that Islamic terrorists are behind the attacks. The conspiranoiacs, as usual, don't even offer that—just smug, empty condescension.
Mind you, that doesn't mean it wasn't a "false-flag operation"!
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Of course the professional paranoia crowd has wasted no time in jumping to its own predictable conclusions. Here's a sample from the Collective BellaCiao website, which fashions itself as a voice of the pan-European radical left.
Blah blah blah. Funny, we thought the UK was preparing to send more troops to Afghanistan, while only considering a phased partial withdrawal from Iraq over the next 18 months. But more to the point, there is no evidence presented here whatsoever—just pure speculation. Yet the tone is utterly dogamtic, and utterly intolerant of dissent from its own a priori assumption. These guys are no more helpful than their mainstream-media counterparts. Less helpful, in fact. At least the media are presenting some inadequate shreds of evidence in support of the assumption that Islamic terrorists are behind the attacks. The conspiranoiacs, as usual, don't even offer that—just smug, empty condescension.
Mind you, that doesn't mean it wasn't a "false-flag operation"!