A few weeks ago a trial took place in Washington D.C. where retired military & active duty soldiers came together as veterans against war to testify about the evils that the military rules of engagement required they commit. They painted stories of horror upon horror inflicted upon the Iraqi people and how our occupation of their homeland justified the raising of an insurgency. They said that nobody could allow themselves to be subject to the treatment that the Iraqi people had been and are still forced to endure/suffer daily because of the occupation.
Insurgency is a consequence of occupation, as it would be in any nation among any people across the globe mistreated as the Iraqi nation has and had been. Besides, they remember America supported Saddam Hussein. The majority of the public in Iraq knows this and has requested of their national government an immediate troop withdrawal and yet it does not matter. Why" Because America is an Imperial Tyrant bent on preemptive wars of aggression to seize lands rich in natural resources. The Neo-Con PNAC boys have hijacked foreign policy since at least the creation of the National Energy Policy Development Group, chaired by Vice President Dick Cheney.
The group, commonly referred to as the "Cheney Energy Task Force," produced a National Energy Policy report in May 2001 which detailed Iraqi oil production and reserves. In July 2001 Judicial Watch filed a FOIA request and lawsuit against the administration citing grounds that it was not "in compliance with the Federal Advisory Commission Act (FACA), which mandates that certain documents, task force members, meetings, and decision-making activities be open to the public." Judicial Watch, verified that documents turned over by the Commerce Department, under court order as a result of Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning the activities of the Cheney Energy Task Force, contain a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as 2 charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts."
Why are madmen allowed to rule the world" I guess it's true what Edmund Burke said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." How did we as a world populace ever get so complacent as to let a little man like George W. Bush, "the cowboy decider", destroy the dream, reputation, standing, & stature of a nation rich with history of extending opportunity to all people everywhere; whom values for self and their children, the right of freedom, equality, liberty, justice, and the rule of law. Our forefathers carefully laid out such a beautiful document as the US Constitution and our Bill of Rights to serve as tools to preserve our Republic and yet every day our civil liberties are eroded more and more. Constitutional protections are being shredded by the very lawmakers who swear on the Bible to uphold these sacred edicts.
Thank God at least the United States Supreme Court has been showing some backbone in upholding the Constitution rights of American citizens to own a gun and habeas corpus rights to detainees held as yet indefinitely by the Bush administrations grand sweep of 'enemy combatants' post 9/11. If the Guantanamo detainees are so dangerous that our government found it necessary to torture them for information, then let it come out in a court of law how much they are a danger to our national defense. I feel without question that most of the enemy combatants locked up and awaiting prosecution under a military tribunal are without question innocent of 9/11- as the events occurred that day.
How many of them made the American military stand down as Dick Cheney did - as outlined by Norman Mineta's testimony to the Lee Hamilton of the 9/11 Commission. Mineta testfied that Vice President Dick Cheney was in the PEOC (Presidential Emergency Operations Center) bunker when he arrived at approximately 9:25 a.m. the morning of 9/11. Mineta challenged the 9/11 Commission Report assertion that Cheney had not arrived there until 9:58-- after the Pentagon had been hit. Mineta contradicted the commissions account and also revealed that Lynn Cheney, too, was in the PEOC bunker with Condoleeza Rice at the time of his arrival. Mineta is on video testifying before the 9/11 Commission:
"During the time that the airplane was coming into the Pentagon, there was a young man who would come in and say to the Vice President.the plane is 50 miles out.the plane is 30 miles out..and when it got down to the plane is 10 miles out, the young man also said to the vice president "do the orders still stand"" And the Vice President turned and whipped his neck around and said "Of course the orders still stand, have you heard anything to the contrary!"
It must've been a tragic realization for our military men and women in uniform to realize that they had been duped into joining the military at a time when they thought they were going to fight against 'terrorists' whom attacked this country the morning of September 11, 2001. What does one do when life drops a ton of bricks on you, realization alters that which one thought was unshakable reality, and all that one believed they were fighting for becomes meaningless" Many in the world have come to realize that 9/11 was an inside job, Iraq was a target of the Bush White House prior to 9/11, and that some rouge element within the administration has been leading us insanely down the path of global chaos because of collusion between the oilgarchy and the fascists political representatives powerful enough and willingly corrupt enough to sell their political will.
How did Dick Cheney force a military stand-down the morning of 9/11 when our military generals had always held the authority, to order shoot to kill directives without consultation should they deem it necessary" The Bush administration introduced a change into the chain of command altering orders which had been established to allow for immediate response to hijack situation. Conveniently altered only months prior to the events of September 11, 2001, issued on June 1, 2001, the document entitle Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff initiative 3610.01 - An Aircraft Piracy (Hijacking) and Destruction of Derelict Airborne Objects Directive, replaced existing standing orders for dealing with the shooting down of errant or hijacked aircraft, and forced the permission of either the President, Vice President or Secretary of Defense before defensive measures could be implemented. This document lead to Dick Cheney's traitorous forceful stand down of the entire North American Aero Defense establishment insuring a successful 'terrorist' attack followed by 3 large scale controlled implosions the morning of 9/11. This event became the precursor and cause for the invasion and occupation of both Afghanistan and Iraq.
"At a bare minimum, this confirmation by Norman Mineta is in gross contradiction to the 9/11 Commission Report and poses serious questions about the Vice President's role in ordering NORAD to stand down on 9/11. Mineta confirmed his statements with reporters, saying 'When I overheard something about 'the orders still stand' and so, what I thought of was that they had already made the decision to shoot something down.' Norman Mineta made it clear to reporters-- who verified his quotes in written text alongside him-- that Mineta was indeed talking about a stand down order not to shoot down hijacked aircraft headed for the Pentagon. After no shoot down took place, it became clear that Cheney intended to keep NORAD fighter jets from responding-- evidence that Cheney is guilty of treason, not negligence for allowing the Pentagon to be hit." - Aaron Dykes
I would have to see evidence to believe that any of the terrorists housed at Guantanamo and other rendition facilities ever had anything to do with the stand-down of the American military or setting the explosives inside World Trade Center buildings 1, 2, or 7, I doubt whether or not they had any real connections to the real 'terrorists' inside our own government. We may never know because of the nature and secrecy surrounding the military tribunal system. We do know from Able Danger that the real terrorists were protected and enabled and that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda networks were created by the CIA and protected as an intelligence asset. The real criminals are the political liaisons who only act as if they are willing and ready to serve the public interest, but in actuality are wolves in sheep's clothing.
The Bildeberg elite want nothing less than global war as outlined by Albert Pike and the Scottish Rite Freemasonic order. I pray that George Bush does not find or create the opportunity to strike Iran before leaving office. He recently said in interview "I'm not over yet." Pray that nothing like 9/11 happens before the next election cycle. How I wish that we could unite behind an independent candidate. If we could all just trust that a third party candidate could win, and that if we worked hard enough, we could make it happen - what a beautiful change it would be for world!
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Zen Garcia [send him email] is Executive Director for Endeavor Freedom Inc., Executive Producer for EndeavorFreedom.TV, and Chairman of the board for Multiple Choices -an Athens, GA area Center for Independent Living. He is the author of three books; Look Somewhere Different, When the Evening Dies, and A Different Way of Being. A one time columnist with Disabled Dealer Magazine, Zen is now a regular contributor to the Populist Party of America.
