throughout the world.""This is a philosophical and political question," the GOP aide told the
Military Times
."Republicans generally believe that by fighting the war on terror in Iraq, we are preventing terrorists from spreading elsewhere and are keeping them engaged so they arenot attacking us at home."Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the committee chairman, defended banning the terms sayingin a statement that the Republicans' "objections to our efforts to clarify legislativelanguage represent the typical Republican leadership attempt to tie together themisadventure in Iraq and the overall war against terrorists."The Iraq war is separate and distinct from the war against terrorists, who have their genesis in Afghanistan and who attacked us on 9/11, and the American people understandthis," Skelton said.
WHAT IS THE "WAR ON TERROR?"
Although it's hard to say what the "American people" understand, it is very clear thatSkelton does not understand who is really behind 9/11 and the "war on terror."What the "American people" understand about the nebulous and fraudulent "war onterror" is difficult to gauge, but judging from the disinformation provided by the massmedia, it appears that there is widespread ignorance about what it is and who is behind it.Although 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have drastically changedthe way Americans live and think, there is no evidence, in the media or elsewhere, tosuggest that "the American people" understand what the "war on terror" is, against whomor how its being fought, or who provides the information that decision makers like Rep.Skelton rely on.The incredible scenes of destruction at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,witnessed by millions of television viewers, profoundly affected the sense of peace andsecurity that Americans have long enjoyed.Creating a radical change in how Americans viewed the world was clearly one of thegoals, perhaps the ultimate purpose, of the architectural-level planners of the 9/11attacks. "Interpreting" what 9/11 meant to Americans is where Israeli "experts" onterrorism and the Zionist-controlled media played the key roles.One month after 9/11, for example, Newsweek's Arlene Getz interviewed Shabtai Shavit,
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