Who are the Terrorists we are supposed to be killing?

War is about killing the enemy. As Patton pointed out, a soldier in war is not supposed to die for his country, he's supposed to make the other poor bastard die for HIS. In the so-called War On Terror, therefore, it is our patriotic duty to kill or apprehend the terrorists that threaten our country. The problem is, the terrorists aren't who most people think they are.

Angel of Mercy eloquently points out here and here, that there isn't really a war on terror against the muslims and there never was. Just the other day We got that hard evidence here to back that up.

But there IS a War on Terror going on right now. It's just that the terrorists aren't who most people think they are and we aren't fighting the right people if we want to stop terrorism, as you'll see on the flip side.



As AOM points out, the Sham War On Terror began with Ronald Reagan in the 80's.

The War on Terror™, Chomsky notes, is not a spanking new, turn-of-the-milleniumm invention, cooked up in secret by Beelzebub Cheney and his band of subservient demons. No, it was first declared at the very outset of the ruinous administration of Ronald Ray-Gun. Amongst flimsy allegations of Soviet "state-sponsored terrorism" along with dangerous strategic proximity to US borders, ol' Ronnie declared a state of national emergency because "the policies and actions of the government of Nicaragua constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the...United States." The degree of fear-mongering, absurdity and deceit in that one statement alone set a whole new standard. (Which has since been surpassed in hearts and spades...but he gets an A+ for effort. In truth, Nicaragua is somewhat smaller than North Carolina--with a mountainous central highlands--and had, at the time, about half its population. "Extraordinary threat." Have I got a bridge for you..!)

Bad Actor and his Secretary of State, George Schultz, maintained a steady stream of inflammatory rhetoric, claiming repeatedly that the war against international terrorism would form the core of their foreign policy as, indeed it turned out to do. (One of the ways they achieved this was by training and funding an extraordinary terrorist network which carried out massive atrocities in many countries; I'm referring to the Mujahedeen which became alQuaida...you may have heard of them.) The campaign against Nicaragua was waged from within--by sending money and munitions to the Contra terrorist army--and from without, by mining harbors and blowing fuel dumps to Kingdom come. This campaign left tens of thousands dead which is more of the population, in per capita terms, than the number of Americans killed in the Civil War and all wars of the 20th century COMBINED. Think about that. Official orders, which emanated from the White House, were given to attack "soft" or civilian, targets. You know, like markets, public utilities...and hospitals. As a result of this barbaric and multi-pronged assault, the country is ruined perhaps beyond recovery and it remains to this day, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere.

Nicaragua's response was not to return violence for violence, but rather appeal to the World Court. They prepared and presented their case and the Court issued a summary judgement condemning US terrorism against what had been essentially a peaceful, plentiful sovereign nation and demanding an immediate cessation of military action and a payment of reparations. The US did nothing, not even acknowledge the decision. Nicaragua then approached the Security Council of the United Nations where a binding resolution to uphold international law was brought to the floor. The US vetoed it, along with Israel...and the war against Nicaragua was escalated. To this day, America remains the only nation on the planet to have been convicted of international terrorism by the World Court.

You get all that? A Republican President was found guilty of terrorism all the while claiming tiny little Nicaragua was the evil terrorists. Boy, what an excellent formula for gross miscarriage of justice they'd conceived of.

Have they continued to use this formula for their own ends? Look at post 9-11. Or as AOM says:

The shuck and jive our blighted administration has been handing the electorate ever since we invaded Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001 has been "much ado;" flash and distraction and misdirection so we don't notice how much cash they're stealing and how our civil liberties are being spirited away from us. These rotters have squandered American blood and treasure for no purpose other than to secure physical control over petroleum reserves and critical pipelines for their delivery. Just ask yourself: Where's Usama Bin Laden RIGHT NOW..?

The truth is plainly before our faces. Since the fear of 9-11, Bush has tossed the Constitution in the toilet. He holds people in jail indefinately without charges by simply calling them "enemy combatants". The Patriot Act wipes away our political freedoms in exchange for "security" (ie, safety from sudden death due to terrorist attack). Yet, if we are so keen to keep our country secure, then why did this happen outside a nuclear power plant:

State police said the men drove up to the Beaver Valley Power Station in a tractor-trailer on Tuesday night to pick up two large containers of tools for a contractor for whom they worked. Security guards stopped the men for a routine inspection, but they drove away, police said.

The guards became suspicious and called police, who pulled the truck over about a mile from the plant. A state trooper got a warrant to search the vehicle and found a duffel bag, which he said contained $504,230 in mostly small bills.

The driver denied knowing anything about the money or who gave it to him, so the trooper seized it, police said.

A spokesman for the FBI confirmed that the Joint Terrorism Task Force responded to the situation in conjunction with state police, but he said they don't think terrorism is involved. He would not give any other details.

The men, who are from Houston, said they picked up the bag in Chicago and had no knowledge of its contents, according to police.

Investigators think the cash may have a drug connection. A police dog picked up the scent of drugs in the sleeper cab of the truck where the bag was found, police said.

Both men were detained and later released. No charges have been filed.

The men were released? Why? Who were they? Well the post-gazette is a bit more enlightening:

Police broadcast a description of the truck and Sgt. Davis pulled it over after spotting it on Route 168 south, near the Shippingport Bridge. He said the truckers were polite, but the passenger had no identification and said it had been stolen from the truck the night before.

"Your ID is stolen but not that bag of cash? Red flags were popping up all over," Sgt. Davis said.

So let's get this straight: A guy with no ID comes up to a nuclear plant with a duffel bag of half a million dollars and the police let him go because "they hadn't broken any laws." But regular citizens like you and I can be held indefinately, without charges, simply because the government wants to? And we are supposed to believe there really IS a War on Terror? Well alright then, just who are these supposed terrorists?

Let's take a look at the official military definition of terrorism:

It is the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to obtain political or religious ideological goals through intimidation, coersion or the instilling of fear.

On 9-11, what political or religious ideological goal was acheived? Or should I ask who's ideological and religious political goals were obtained? Not Al Queda's.

Or to put it another way: Since 9-11, WHO has been stripped of their rights through intimidation, coersion and the instilling of fear? That's right, you and I.

So who's been terrorizing whom? Just who are the terrorists we are supposed to be killing?