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In one sense, of course, Curtis himself is part of the al-Qaida industry. The Power of Nightmares began as an investigation of something else, the rise of modern American conservatism. Curtis was interested in Leo Strauss, a political philosopher at the university of Chicago in the 50s who rejected the liberalism of postwar America as amoral and who thought that the country could be rescued by a revived belief in America's unique role to battle evil in the world. Strauss's certainty and his emphasis on the use of grand myths as a higher form of political propaganda created a group of influential disciples such as Paul Wolfowitz, now the US deputy defence secretary. They came to prominence by talking up the Russian threat during the cold war and have applied a similar strategy in the war on terror.
As Curtis traced the rise of the "Straussians", he came to a conclusion that would form the basis for The Power of Nightmares. Straussian conservatism had a previously unsuspected amount in common with Islamism: from origins in the 50s, to a formative belief that liberalism was the enemy, to an actual period of Islamist-Straussian collaboration against the Soviet Union during the war in Afghanistan in the 80s (both movements have proved adept at finding new foes to keep them going). Although the Islamists and the Straussians have fallen out since then, as the attacks on America in 2001 graphically demonstrated, they are in another way, Curtis concludes, collaborating still: in sustaining the "fantasy" of the war on terror.
Originally posted by syntaxer
people on ATS don't deny ignorance, they're just selective about it.
Originally posted by syntaxer
You'll hardly get a whisper regarding your topic, but i'm hearing ya
I've come to realize that people on ATS don't deny ignorance, they're just selective about it.
In his new expos� of the National Security Agency entitled Body of Secrets, author James Bamford highlights a set of proposals on Cuba by the Joint Chiefs of Staff codenamed OPERATION NORTHWOODS. This document, titled �Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba� was provided by the JCS to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on March 13, 1962, as the key component of Northwoods. Written in response to a request from the Chief of the Cuba Project, Col. Edward Lansdale, the Top Secret memorandum describes U.S. plans to covertly engineer various pretexts that would justify a U.S. invasion of Cuba. These proposals - part of a secret anti-Castro program known as Operation Mongoose - included staging the assassinations of Cubans living in the United States, developing a fake �Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington,� including �sink[ing] a boatload of Cuban refugees (real or simulated),� faking a Cuban airforce attack on a civilian jetliner, and concocting a �Remember the Maine� incident by blowing up a U.S. ship in Cuban waters and then blaming the incident on Cuban sabotage. Bamford himself writes that Operation Northwoods �may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government.�
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Originally posted by EastCoastKid
I guess the reason the Neo Conned stay away from these meaty issues/debates is because they know there is no defending thier positions.
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
Very true. You read is everyday in ATS posts. These guys choose what they'll keep an open mind about and what they won't.
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Yep. I remember back when I heard that most young people now get their news from John Stewart's the Daily Show. I thought, "Great. This is what it's coming to now." But ya know what? I'm watchin' it now myself, b/c network news and cable news is a f***ing joke. Pure propaganda Bu#. Stewart's show is the truth, albeit shrouded in twisted humour. It's Bushian in that it is truth in the reverse.
BOYCOTT TV NEWS! WATCH JOHN STEWART!
And pay close attention to the MESS-O-POTAMIA segments. They're a hoot.
Originally posted by mrmulder
There should be one that says "The Neo-Cons: Because they say so."
[edit on 15-10-2004 by mrmulder]
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Amuk, you sound a bit scorned.
What is your opinion regarding the subject of this thread?