What’s Behind the London Attacks?

July 9th, 2005 at 21:34 Björn Hallberg

The Simon says …

Only one word sprang to mind when I heard about the bombings that claimed the lives of dozens of Londoners today – convenient.

Is there anything convenient in death, or in thousands of lives destroyed from catastrophe? No – and words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the men and women changed by today’s events. But governments with skeletons in their closets have a great deal to gain from a national tragedy bolstered by “terrorism.”

As I sit in my office today, I hear the whispers of co-workers now utterly convinced our war on terror must continue. Despite American and British involvement in the Middle East birthing wave after wave of rebel forces, the Bush doctrine is now justified in the minds of millions. Petty grievances such as the Downing Street Minutes, the President’s flagging support and Karl Rove’s treasonous outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame are unimportant. A shadowy conglomeration is out to kill us.

I feel like I’m sitting in my apartment watching the World Trade Center collapse all over again.

Everything is the same, right down to the previously unheard of Islamic group (The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe? Are you kidding me?) taking credit – even though the translation falls apart under scrutiny and the Q’uran is improperly cited. Considering the only Al Qaeda cell to ever be uncovered was a front for the Mossad, you’d think the perpetrators could at least come up with a clever new booga-booga name to grab headlines. Their arrogance is startling.

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