Originally posted by coughymachine
It made me wonder, if WWII gave Roosevelt the impetus to drive the development of the atomic bomb, what will 9/11 drive the present (or perhaps next)
administration to do? Will it be more of what many believe to have been the erosion of our civil liberties or, given that the Manhatten Project was
kept hush hush, have we yet to see the true nature of what's in store for us?
I don’t know that the Manhattan project is a good analogy, but I think the premise of the result of 9/11 is interesting. The atom bomb was developed
because of the theory that a nuclear reaction was possible, and was also being pursued by the Germans, so it was more of an arms race than a result of
the bombing of Pearl Harbor and I think it would have been developed regardless. As far as a parallel goes, I don’t think we are in an arms race
with the terrorists, so the closest analogy is new technology to defeat them. That is if you go along with the official story.
A lot of people believe that 9/11 is what was needed to start the WOT, and so has already served its purpose. The assault on our civil rights and
liberties is also another possibility, but we don’t need to give those up unless we let them and I think is a separate issue.
One other possibility that would be a good analogy is the development of the nuclear bunker buster. This so far has been rejected officially, but my
guess they already have it. If it is used to bomb Iran or used for something else, it will spark WW3. Maybe this is what they want. Its scary to think
about it.