America's Shadowy Base World, page 1

America's Shadowy Base World

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Once is an anomaly; twice is the beginning of a pattern. Right now, we’re seeing the same sequence of events for the second time in less than a decade, and it looks like the signature American way of war in our time is coming into focus.

In 2003, when the Bush administration invaded Iraq, the Pentagon already had on its drawing boards plans for building a series of permanent mega-bases in that country. (They were charmingly called "enduring camps.") Once Baghdad fell and it turned out that, Saddam Hussein or no, the U.S. was going to have to fight rather than settle in and let the good

The worst thing is that some people just don't get it, or see it, whether by fault or design.

It's ironic that given the US resistance against the forces of imperialism, which lead to the formation of the nation, they are now the foremost practitioners of imperialism, whether by military or economic means - which thanks to the practice of keynesian economics go hand in hand.

As many of us know, this isn't about regional stability, protection, democracy or anything else except control of resources.

Irans biggest crime was to stop trading oil in dollars, and to want nothing to do with the NWO world bank, and they are now in the line of fire because of this.

In the build up to the invasion of Iraq, the low level propaganda psy-ops mentioned WMD and saddam hussein hundreds of times in close proximity.

We are now seeing the same regarding Iran.

Some of us have our eyes open and abhor this blatant grab for other countries resources.

Others try to take the moral high ground and say we are defending democracy.

If people viewed muggers and burglars the same way none of them would ever be convicted...

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