Robert Scheer on Terrorism
"The Global War on Stealth Underwear" -- There is no “war” against terrorism. What George W. Bush launched and Barack Obama insists on perpetuating does not qualify. Not if by war one means doing the obvious and checking a highly suspicious air traveler's underwear to see if explosives have been sewn in.

Chris Hedges on Hashmi and the Decline of the Rule of Law
"One Day We’ll All Be Terrorists" -- The gravest threat we face is not from Islamic extremists, but the codification of draconian procedures that deny Americans basic civil liberties and due process.

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My comment; 

Underneath all of the above, there is a general fear, which generates anger alongside it. The anger and fear are projected outwards against targets, which change with the blowing wind. Fear is mostly irrational and illogical.

One year the target of our fears are Communists. The McCarthy trials are one result, and the Cold War was another, while Vietnam was a projection. The next year Communist China and Vietnam are our best friends and most favored trading nation. Huh? Who creates this insanity?

Next year fear makes us act against 'terrorists' who threaten us with shoes. This creates the need to make everyone take off their shoes, FOREVER and ever, all based on FEAR. 

Now fear makes us suspicious of people wearing underwear on airplanes. This will either generate everyone on airplanes having to undress, or a law will be passed against anyone wearing underwear. Or will we do strip searching of everyone boarding an airplane? This is the ONLY ways to catch people like this.. 

What law will be passed if a terrorist brings a bomb on board an airplane stuffed up their rectum? It has been done in Saudi Arabia.... for real.  How silly will we be and how many rights and freedoms will we give up for the insanely small chance of one mad bomber doing something on an airliner? 

Meanwhile we ignore the huge numbers killed daily by Big Pharma drug negative side effects and doctors 'mistakes', the equivalent of a 747 crashing every day, killing everyone aboard. We hyper focus on the speck in the eye, but ignore the logjam in the eye, thus becoming not just blind, but deaf and dumb as well. 

Fear and anger generate mistrust, which alienates people and brings dictators to power. Dictators say; give me all of the power and I will FIX this all for you... Over 50% of the US population in surveys is willing to give up ALL of their freedoms just to combat terrorism.. What happens to democracy if all freedom disappears and dictator takes over?

By passing more insane fear motivated boogy man laws against drugs, terrorists, homeless people and by violating nations sovereignty/bombing whoever we want whenever we want globally, we give away more freedom, more liberties, and more rights. 

All US citizens have all become terrorists, worse than any terrorist we could ever imagine, just in the pursuit of some imagined fear inspired image we have in our minds. We have killed many more millions of innocent people in our pursuit of terrorists, than terrorists ever could. Any this makes sense?

Unless we dig out and confront the fears and prejudices we have inside of us, the fight against terrorism will never be won.. There is no 'winning' against terrorism. Anyone saying that does not even understand the problem. We have become our own worst enemy. There is nothing to fear, but fear itself. 

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