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Why has the almost-forgotten Osama Bin Laden, the main reason the US has been campaigning in Iraq and Afghanistan for the past 10 years, been killed rather than seized?
Why has this news, with all its vicious detail, overshadowed the reports about daily bombings in Libya and Gaza? What opportunities does the elimination of Bin Laden open up to the US?
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
reply to post by alomaha
I dont think he meant to ruin the myth and the feeding trough, I think they meant to get people all fired up, pop a false flag and begin a feeding frenzy, and that, in large part due to their sloppiness and haste, and in no small measure due to conspiracy buffs, (and the growing mainstream awareness of said) I think the whole mess has backfired and blown up in their greedy little faces.
I think we altered the course of events by not, for once, being sheep.
And I say good job ATSers, and cheers to mainstream America as well.
Originally posted by Fiberx
Why are people so determined to make this a US global domination conspiracy?
Who really benfits from all of this?
US, weakend, over extended, in debt, paying more for oil/gas, fewer jobs.
China/Russia/SE Asia -
Making money from US debt, exporting more oil, making more per barrel, expanding economies, cracking down on citizens.
Middle East - Making more per barrel, cracking down on citizens.
China/Russia/SE Asia -
Selling weapons to Middle East, assisting further development of nuclear capabilities of Middle East.
Middle East -
Buying weapons with extra oil revenue, developing nuclear weapons, threatening neighbors (jew and muslim alike), turning blind eye to extremists or supporting them, claiming Islam will dominate the world, claiming the "Mahdi" will return to trigger the end times, protesting in host countries to impose Sharia Law, executing violent assaults on civilians globally.
Originally posted by NE1911
America is in Afghanistan for many reasons. It's a foothold in the Middle East. Geologically if you draw a circle on the globe encompassing Africa, Europe, Russia, and Australia it's right in the middle. A centralized location from which to control the production and distribution of products made with Afghanistan's natural resources. So why not monopolize them?
Afghanistan produces more poppies than any other country in the world. People all over the world are addicted to opiates. Oxycodone is big business in America and it helps support the medical industry. People have to go to the doctor to get a prescription. Go to the pharmacy to get it filled. Pay insurance premiums, so they can get medical treatment when their bodies start to deteriorate and pay the funeral home to bury them when they overdose. We need opiates to drive our economy and control our population.
People all over the world are addicted to fossil fuels and recyclables. Afghanistan has oil, iron, copper, gold, lithium, fluorite, and dozens of other natural resources. Thank your gods for America, the beautiful, doing it's part to supply the world with the best that nature has to offer so that you can feed your addictions. We should all get behind the efforts in Afghanistan.
Originally posted by AuranVector
I agree that this was not only an event for lots of flagwaving & to increase Obama's popularity among the sheeple, but to set up the pretext for another major terrorist event -- necessitating the bombing of Iran.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by AuranVector
I agree that this was not only an event for lots of flagwaving & to increase Obama's popularity among the sheeple, but to set up the pretext for another major terrorist event -- necessitating the bombing of Iran.
I think so too. But Im starting to believe the President is being conned too, not just us. After all, he didnt see the body either. And now its come out they were NOT watching live video. But live updates from "other media"
(see tonights Piers Morgan interview with one of the guys in the room you can see it here at about 3:10)
piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com...
Which is good news. If Obama is being lied to too, we might be able to wake them up and take a look at who is pulling their strings. Maybe we have been cutting our own throats by accusing the politicians of lying. Maybe they arent. Maybe they are just being fed really bad info by people who are really manipulating things, like the CIA for instance.edit on 3-5-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)edit on 3-5-2011 by Illusionsaregrander because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ~Lucidity
Some might say that the very survival of the US depends on domination (or at least a very firm foothold in the Middle East, domination being control of the oil, water, and gas pipelines to up-and-coming hyperconsumers China and India. If the US does not establish a firm foothold in this "process" with companies and control, we become insignificant.
Those who claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 to get control of the country's giant oil reserves will be left scratching their heads by the results of last weekend's auction of Iraqi oil contracts: Not a single U.S. company secured a deal in the auction of contracts that will shape the Iraqi oil industry for the next couple of decades. Two of the most lucrative of the multi-billion-dollar oil contracts went to two countries which bitterly opposed the U.S. invasion — Russia and China — while even Total Oil of France, which led the charge to deny international approval for the war at the U.N. Security Council in 2003, won a bigger stake than the Americans in the most recent auction.
Originally posted by Fiberx
Why are people so determined to make this a US global domination conspiracy?
Who really benfits from all of this?
US, weakend, over extended, in debt, paying more for oil/gas, fewer jobs.