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Washington Wants Afghanistan by Jared Israel, Rick Rozoff & Nico Varkevisser Tuesday September 18, 2001 at 02:22 AM |
"Does my country really understand that this is World War III? And if this attack was the Pearl Harbor of World War III, it means there is a long, long war ahead." (Thomas Friedman, 'New York Times,' September 13, 2001)
Key U.S. government representatives and media figures have used the bombing of the WTC and Pentagon to create an international state of fear.
This has swept Washington's closest allies (notably Germany and England, though not Italy) into agreeing carte blanche to participate in U.S. reprisals.
It has also served to obscure a most important question: does Washington have a hidden agenda here, a strategy other than hurling bombs? If so, what is it, and what does it mean for the world?