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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Noam Chomsky: "Was there an alternative?"

from asia times online.....

"The United States, first under George W Bush and then Barack Obama, rushed right into Bin Laden's trap ... Grotesquely overblown military outlays and debt addiction ... may be the most pernicious legacy of the man who thought he could defeat the United States - particularly when the debt is being cynically exploited by the far right, with the collusion of the Democrat establishment, to undermine what remains of social programs, public education, unions, and, in general, remaining barriers to corporate tyranny. 

That Washington was bent on fulfilling Bin Laden's fervent wishes was evident at once. As discussed in my book 9-11, written shortly after those attacks occurred, anyone with knowledge of the region could recognize "that a massive assault on a Muslim population would be the answer to the prayers of Bin Laden and his associates, and would lead the US and its allies into a 'diabolical trap', as the French foreign minister put it"...........READ MORE 

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