Who attacked the US on 9/11?
By Michael Tivana, May 2005
Is the Bush Administration's foreign policy going to start a world war?
Who attacked the US on 9/11?
Across the globe we have different worlds with divergent answers to this question; and having contrasting views of such an important question are often a precursor to world wars. In America there is the Official Story of the US Government claiming it was Osama Bin Laden, the head of an international terrorist organization, Al Queda, who were the ones that attacked the United States. Then there is the growing concern in the world that the US government attacked the United States in a coup d'états. This view claims Al Queda is a lie, a myth to fool the American public into having an enemy to replace the Cold War threat posed by the Soviet Union.
In World War II the German people firmly believed they were under attack from terrorists and were merely defending themselves against international terrorism. The Communists were the terrorists then as the Muslims are today. Unfortunately for the Germans a large part of the world had another point of view; the Germans were viewed as empire builders and they were stepping on toes in the process. When Germany claimed the oilfields of Africa, countries became concerned and the world reached the tipping point in WWII, all because the people had two opposing views about the same thing - Germany's invasion of other countries was excused and inexcusable at the same time.
On one side we have Arab Islamists Osama bin Laden and Al Queda attacking the US on 9/11 for revenge, because they hate American culture, and they are jealous of America's wealth and power. On the other side people blame Cheney, Bush and the Neo-Cons for attacking the US to gain power to carry out an agenda. Kissinger exposed this agenda in a speech at the 1991 Bilderberg Conference, "Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order, tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told that there were an outside threat...whether real or not that threatened our very existence...when presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the World Government." The agenda to establish a World Government is mentioned again by Brzezinski in his book, "The Chessboard Strategy" and throughout the Project for a New American Century which is now the foundation of the Bush Doctrine and current US foreign policy.
In April, England was watching the "Power of Nightmares", a documentary on Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda. It details the point of view that they are myths created by the CIA and the Neo-Cons to replace Communist Russia and the Cold War. Hundreds of millions of Europeans believe Americans are being told a lie about Al Qaeda and the War on Terror is an excuse to build an empire and a World Government. More and more mainstream Europeans think that if the Bush Administration did not have an Osama bin Laden they would have to make one up to serve their desire to wage war and create their government. This government of the New World Order will be born when we have an international tax system.
In China, the media has painted the United States as a bully nation, as a country that imposes its will on the world and interfering in the "internal affairs" of other nations. At a time when people around the world are feeling bullied by America, at a time when the US needs the world community to help with nuclear proliferation and the war on terror we may be sending John Bolton to be our ambassador to the UN. At a time when the world does not trust the Neo-Cons, America could be sending a Neo-Con to be its chief diplomat to the world forum.
John Bolton - "There is no United Nations. The UN is there to serve US interests and that is all it will ever be."
Logic dictates that it is dangerous to promote gunslinger style diplomacy when America is proposing the invasion of over 50 countries that may be harboring terrorists. The Bush Doctrine's foreign policy projects an attitude that says, "We don't want the world to love us, we want the world to fear us." Is this attitude going to win the hearts and minds of the world community or turn them against us? Our allies, particularly Europeans, remain opposed to America's policies of unilateralism and the normalization of the preemptive strike. All US military actions taken outside the framework of the United Nations are added to a match head that when struck, will be the start of World War III.
Bush set the tone for this war by drawing up sides when he said, "If you are not with us, you are with the terrorists!" And he wants tough guy Neo-Conservative John Bolton to represent this point of view in the UN.
Another sign of a pending large war is in the opinions of people in the world about Americans. The people in the rest of the world distinguish between the American government and the American people, and now we hear the terms "good Americans" and "bad Americans" being bantered about just like the good and bad Germans of WWII.
These times require Americans to think outside the box, and to challenge the official story. Americans now need to demand real evidence for the Neo-Con's hypothetical warnings and their flimsy conspiracy stories. Start by asking the question, "Who attacked the United States on 9/11?" and give it some research. A good dose of skepticism toward the official 9/11 story may save your country.
"Democracy requires citizens who will think for themselves." -- Howard Zinn