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The two winners of the 2008 presidential election: fear and war
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Larry Chin
Online Journal Associate Editor
March 6, 2008
The 2008 US presidential charade has already been decided. Come November, the next White House occupant (who will be installed via political malfeasance, computer vote theft and other election “irregularities”) will be the puppet who proves to be the most effective in echoing Bush-Cheney’s “war on terrorism” lies, and expanding the Bush-Cheney “national security” agenda.
The American populace will bow to the “next Bush” who will “keep them safe” from “Islamic jihadists." Facing a new and increasingly brutal regime (probably under McCain), many brain-addled Americans will be stunned that “it is happening all over again," oblivious to the fact that their own acquiescence helped make it possible.
Washington’s bipartisan consensus “war on terrorism” deception
Amply demonstrated by the rhetoric of each of the prospective US presidential candidates, the “terrorism” lie is also the key to the election. The candidates know that the ill-informed US population remains petrified, and still thoroughly manipulated by fear of “another 9/11."
As exhaustively detailed by Michel Chossudovsky, author of America’s “War on Terrorism," and in "Washington’s consensus al-Qaeda deception", the “war on terrorism” deception is a manipulation supported by an elite consensus, and a cover-up promoted equally by Washington’s political factions and both Republican and Democratic parties.
This myth, which rests on the perpetual fabricated threat of an outside enemy, has been the key to the power wielded by Bush-Cheney. It remains at the core of every official and unofficial decision made by this criminal regime, and its complicit bipartisan Washington partners. The “terrorist” threat to the US homeland, and its many propaganda variations, are now embedded fixations in the American psyche, reinforced by endless corporate media bombast.
The Washington consensus has remained united behind the lies and cover-up of 1) the atrocities of 9/11, a US-led false flag operation, 2) the fact that “Al-Qaeda” is an Anglo-American military-intelligence covert operation, and 3) the use of “anti-terrorism” as a pretext to invade and conquer Afghanistan and Iraq, and its use as the justification for future war across the Middle East and Central Asia, Africa, and other vital geostrategic regions.
Which candidate will be the most effective mass murderer?
Clinton, McCain and Obama are backed by hawkish national security teams headed by some of the world’s master war criminals (Kissinger, Brzezinski, Albright, etc.).These elite connections, and their ramifications, which promise the deepening of the war, remain unaddressed and ignored.
John McCain is deeply corrupt and ruthless — the perfect extension of Bush-Cheney. McCain’s participation in the 1980s savings and loan scandal, as a member of the infamous Keating Five, is a matter of historical fact. Also a matter of record are McCain’s brutal views on war and killing, which are best exemplified by his 2001 op-ed, War is Hell. Now Let’s Get On With It.
Despite their inexplicable reputations as liberals, Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, are now locked in a bitter and destructive struggle over who is the more Bush/Cheney-esque; who is the superior “anti-terrorist” and protector of “American security."
Clinton and Obama have both repeated the same slippery and all too familiar “war on terrorism” deceptions favored by the elite neoliberal faction:
- “The Bush administration has failed to fight the ‘real war on terrorism’ begun after 9/11.”
- “Mismanagement and blunders of the war in Iraq have created radical jihadist insurgencies that will the destroy the United States.”
- “The Iraq mistake has distracted us from fighting the ‘real’ war on terrorism.”
- “We should declare war on Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which harbor the real ‘terrorists’ who attacked us on 9/11.”
- “The Iraq distraction has prevented us from capturing Osama.”
- “The world was united after 9/11, but Bush squandered it all.”
Other variations popular with the Clinton and Obama camps include:
- “Al-Qaeda is reforming in Afghanistan, because of Bush policy failures, and must be dealt with.”
- “Iran has become increasingly radical and dangerous because of Bush’s Iraq policy, and now must be dealt with.”
Both Clinton and Obama repeat bald-faced lies about “bringing troops home," when it is clear that their agenda will do neither. US bases in Iraq are permanent. Some troops could be redeployed, but the US geostrategic foothold in the region is permanent — and they know it.
Both enthusiastically support war waged under the NATO banner, the US-backed Kosovo criminal apparatus (created by the Bill Clinton administration), and other atrocities.
In a telling exchange during a recent debate, Clinton and Obama each kissed the feet (and other body parts) of the powerful AIPAC war lobby, declaring Israel and Israeli security “sacrosanct," leaving no doubt that a presidency under either of them promises a continuation of genocidal Middle East policy.
The gutter tactics of Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton’s recent primary victories in Texas and Ohio were the result of gutter politics directly out of the Karl Rove playbook. Clinton has stooped to every trick in this book, and the most below-belt attacks and open lies in recent memory.
Clinton’s penchant for fear-mongering is exemplified by the now-infamous "Red Phone" Ad. In this malodorous work, endorsed by the right wing and hailed as a smashing success by venal Clinton strategists, Obama’s ability to deal with a 3 a.m. “international security” crisis is called into question.
Here again, the 9/11 “terrorism” lie is placed front and center, obliterating every other issue.
The peevish Clintons are so hungry for power, that they destroy the Democratic Party, and hand the White House to the Republicans and Bush-Cheney-McCain, to achieve their objective. Clearly, the beneficiaries are the Republicans, and Bush-Cheney-McCain.
It is also no surprise that Clinton’s Texas and Ohio success was assisted by orchestrated conniving by right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh. Armed with the certainty that McCain is already the Republican nominee, Limbaugh and other fanatical right-wingers swarmed to cast votes for Clinton in “cross-over” states. Limbaugh’s stated goal was to “bloody up” Obama (perceived by the right wing to be more liberal and more dangerous), force the Democrats deeper into self-destruction “for fun," making a McCain victory that much more certain.
This is not the first time Clinton has benefited from shenanigans (and Republican help), nor will it be the last. Her New Hampshire primary results were manipulated, giving her a surprise victory despite exit polls favoring Obama by big margins. Clinton has continued to bully and intimidate her peers in the Congress (her “super delegates”), and force the Democratic Party into giving her delegates from Florida and Michigan, despite the party’s rules that do not permit delegates from those uncontested states.
Of course, it is no coincidence that criminal activity saves a Clinton or a Bush every time one faces political defeat. The political and criminal connection that the Clinton faction shares with the Bushes is a matter of historical fact, going back to their criminal activities in Arkansas. The Bush-Clinton milieu has cooperatively ruled the United States for decades.
In fact, a McCain-Clinton ticket, with Jeb Bush and other intelligence-connected neocons in their administration, would offer the most honest representation of what the American empire really is.
Obama’s support for war and death squads
Despite his stirring rhetoric, razor sharp intellect and immensely appealing persona, Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda is virtually identical to that of Bush-Cheney-McCain and Clinton, including his approach to the “war on terrorism." The differences in nuance, over which a bitter campaign is being fought, are slight.
Obama has repeated his earlier promise to take unilateral military action to “take out terrorists” anywhere in the world, where “actionable intelligence” identifies terrorists, and governments (where these terrorists are found) fail to act. This is no different than existing Bush-Cheney policy. In a recent debate, Obama stated that he would send troops back into Iraq (after a hypothetical pullout) if, hypothetically, “Al-Qaeda reforms in Iraq."
As reported by Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Largest Mercenary Army, Obama has even expressed support for continuing to outsource war-related activities to Blackwater USA. This itself should eliminate any notion that Obama is in any way “antiwar," or anti-criminality.
An Obama presidency would offer a soothing and momentary illusion of false hope to many Americans.
But if recent events are any indication, even false hopes will be squashed, well before a national election contest begins.
Every election in modern US history has been a criminal manipulation, choreographed and rigged by political elites and performed by handpicked elite puppets, each backed by their teams of corrupt war criminals, intelligence/security “advisors” and think tank assets. The 2008 affair will be no different.
It is still a fact that corporations (primarily connected to the Republican political apparatus) control the American vote, and with increasing technological sophistication: Diebold, ESS, Sequoia, and SAIC. In fact, new generations of their machines will be used in 2008.
Democratic Party “war on terrorism” complicity in Congress
In activities paralleling the red herrings bandied about by the presidential campaigns, the bipartisan consensus in the US Congress is demonstrating (again) that it is will not act to stop Bush-Cheney on domestic surveillance. Congressional Democrats are also unable to muster meager opposition of any kind to Bush-Cheney’s Iraq war.
The Iraq Redeployment Act, pushed by Senator Russ Feingold, is a perfect example of Democratic Party ignorance and complicity. Feingold’s bill limits funding, except for “hunting Al-Qaeda terrorists," and for “training Iraqi troops to fight Al-Qaeda."
Given that the “hunt for Al-Qaeda” has been the eternal bipartisan consensus pretext for US geostrategy, and given that “Al-Qaeda” is blamed for the host of Iraq problems (including, but not limited to, “insurgencies”), the Feingold bill essentially accommodates continued funding for eternal war.
The Feingold bill, like the rest of Democratic Party’s “war on terrorism” rhetoric is the definition of a zero-sum charade.
The presidential campaign to hell
Without an end to the “terrorism” lie, there will be no end to the “war on terrorism."
Given the intensity with which this lie is being wielded by Clinton, McCain and Obama, and with the Anglo-American empire’s very survival at stake, clearly there will be no end to war, no matter who is the next White House occupant.
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March 6th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Clinton vs McCain? I think my worst nightmare just came true. I’m moving to the amazon, getting the hell away from all this.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I cant take it anymore, these fuckers break the law to get into power then our families and our children are the ones who die and face false flag attacks so they can get richer. somebody , somewhere better do something quick. This has gotten to a point where it is way beyond out of control.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:35 am
“I cant take it anymore, these fuckers break the law to get into power then our families and our children are the ones who die and face false flag attacks so they can get richer. somebody , somewhere better do something quick. This has gotten to a point where it is way beyond out of control.”
Wrong. This was not out of the voters’ control. But it will soon be. It’s the American people to blame for blindly voting for lying candidates without checking their backgrounds.
McCain gets the nomination despite his corrupt background (Keating Five)? WTF! That’s a definite WTF! America deserves to enter a facist state.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
We are the ones that must do something. Email every news agency and politician you can. Shame them for doing what they are doing. Let them know that we know. Tell organizations like CNN that we get our news from INFOWARS and if they need a source for a good story, thats where they should go. They are putting it in our face. We must do like wise.
March 6th, 2008 at 10:57 am
“It’s the American people to blame for blindly voting for lying candidates without checking their backgrounds.”
I couldn’t agree more. The information is out there for the taking, all you have to know how to do is turn-on a computer and go online. We’re no longer living in an age where people have to look to Walter Cronkite to know that “that’s the way it was.”
When I try to speak with unsuspecting people about what is REALLY going on, I still have the ability to tell them, “don’t take my word for it–research it on the internet, the information is out there.” People had better start doing their homework before the powers-that-be declare an all-out war on the internet and the uncensored exchange of ideas that occur therein.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
To #1 – There is nowhere on this planet you can run where you will not feel the effects of the unraveling of America. Running to the Amazon is a death sentence. Read “Into the Wild” or grab the DVD. Tribal Knowledge is the only way to survive in foreign territories for any good length of time and we have long since left that behind.
To #2 – “Somebody” “somewhere” is you and me. If it isn’t you and me, then we end up like every other civilian population that has been bombed, gassed or shot into a statistic by their own tyrannical government.
I tried to convince my friends to vote for Ron Paul. I gave them all the information they needed and even explained what’s at stake. They refused to register as Republicans like I did because they have attached a stigma to that label that runs deep. So of those who told me how they voted, one voted Clinton, one is waiting to vote in his Libertarian candidate, one for some Independent goon, one for Obama, and one did not vote at all – not even for the measures on the ballot.
The ignorance and apathy I confronted was like a punch in the stomach. Two of my friends have finally come around to understand just how deep the pile they are standing in really is. So far, they have chosen to do nothing about it. They are neck deep in debt and spend like they are trying to squeeze every last bit of joy out of this life before the dollar goes belly up. Such happy little serfs with their memories of the beach and the amusement parks and the fancy fat-, salt- and sugar-filled restaurants. I have those memories too, but now that I am awake, I can’t close my eyes again.
Keep on fighting for your future, friends. Support the Lakota Nation and the New Hampshire Free State Project!
March 6th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
hello people we have just lost England had the vote for a refferendum but we fucked that up now everything will go through brussels, control of the armed forces stuff like that. Just wait till you get changed to the Amero, america,canada,mexico the amero. have fun. when the shit realy hits the fan I will be the one in the woods with the large caliber weopon and my family and my friends (all of whom are all ex recon from england) all of which are ex light dragoons and some royal regiment of fusiliers (sniper trained) be cool love the website alex now i`m as paranoid as fuck lol
be cool
March 6th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
We can blame the people that absolutely refuse to get informed by turning their computer on and checking the backrounds of these criminals!! That includes my parents and 2 sisters that were even spoon fed the infomation by me!! It makes me sooo!! MAD!!! The mainstream media has got a hold on the minds of most American citizens and theres nothing I can do, no matter how much I show them and prove to them.. Nothing!! This is the biggest obstacle to winning our country back and it’s just not working!! I guess we’ll all pay for the ignorance of others!!
God dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 6th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Join the Mc Cain Mutinty. Big Bother is tring to give us Bob Dole Jr. Did I go slow enough Mr. Word Press? Dear Mr. Word, What are you talking about? Do you want me to type with one hand, or what? Explain yourself. Now you are saying I am posting my comments too quickly. Whattttttt are you bitching about?
March 7th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Mainstream media is a blatant propaganda tool for the globalists. They have been
screeching Obama, Clinton, McCain non-stop. Most americans are no longer aware
that they have other options. Most don’t even know who their representatives are in
congress or that there is a Constitution which is being dismantled.
March 7th, 2008 at 7:34 am
hating others for their ignorance is hating your own intellect. If you were as dumb as they, you wouldn’t be angry.
March 7th, 2008 at 7:34 am
If I were as dumb as you I wouldn’t be angry.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I am in 100% agreement with Alex Jones and infowars.. we absolutely live in a corrupt society with a very corrupt government!!! Thank God for men like Alex Jones and David J Smith who stand up to the government and keeps us informed to what is going on within out corrupt government! God bless you for all your work!
Gina Lillo
Willard, Ohio
March 7th, 2008 at 11:02 am
We squeeze the thoughts of promise from your minds. These thoughts of opposition and non compliance are faltering bricks in your wall of defiance! Let there be no more guises of hope and promise that divide you! Know that there are no more illusions of change by your movements that run still, as a stagnant pool of water that cannot quench your thirst for freedoms!
ID will be implicated by the turn of these times, whom you vote and why you vote are no longer issues that concern you! We have decided for you. Given the opportunity, you did not rise. That will be your own unrest!
Credit will be available until Sept 11 2008. 50 credits will be offered to those that receive the ID. Post Sept 11 08, forced implication and reprimands will be in effect! Do not follow weakness and exhaustion, as Ron Paul represents. He only chains you and keeps the wall between us, Comply!
March 7th, 2008 at 11:03 am
THANKS alex for all your hard work and time to keep us inform to what is going on in our government and for exposing the truth!
Dan Link
Willard, Ohio
March 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
We. Are. Fucked.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Mr Jaw, ditto.
Johno, Robin hood of tomorrow? It isnt going to work, bro.
There must be something we can do. AS Mr Jaw says, there will be no place to run and hide, so stand and fight!
Ron Paul has big blessings, but he wont win, he may even stand down. Why? Federal Reserve, thats why.
Clinton has BIG problems, watch the Clinton Chronicles on youtube and see who you are wasting your vote on.
Throw the whole festering lot out and start over. We may survive the inexperience, but we are unlikely to survive much more of this war on invisible terror.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
you´re missing the point, and hence wasting your time…
THEY ALL PLAY FOR THE SAME TEAM!
so it doesn´t matter who wins, they all read from the same script.