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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:28 AM
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BUSHCO Orchestrated A Public Panic After 9/11 With Assistance of MSM That Led To War
New Book Asks Did President George W. Bush’s Decisions Promote Islamophobia and Lead to War Crimes?
MASS DECEPTION: Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq by Scott A. Bonn

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the release of G.W. Bush's memoirs "Decision Points," now is the time to discuss the former president's decisions that led to the Iraq war. Dr. Bonn's factual account, MASS DECEPTION, verifies that Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, had no links to the 9/11 attacks, and Iraq did not possess the weapons of mass destruction claimed by President Bush prior to the invasion. Why, then, did the Iraq war garner so much public acceptance during its primary stages?

MASS DECEPTION investigates the G.W. Bush administration for its use of propaganda to demonize Arabs/Muslims after 9/11 and for its creation of a moral panic in the U.S. that manufactured public support for the Iraq war. This timely new book offers a compelling examination of the George W. Bush administration, the events leading up to the war, and the war's ongoing human and financial costs.

Dr. Bonn presents a case for how the Bush administration orchestrated a public panic after 9/11 with the passive assistance of the U.S. news media that led to war. MASS DECEPTION introduces a unique theory called "critical communication" to explain how and why political elites and the news media periodically create public panics that benefit both parties.

Dr. Bonn critiques the war and occupation of Iraq as violations of domestic and international law. He also examines the Bush administration's actual motivations for invading Iraq which he argues had nothing to do with national security. MASS DECEPTION connects propaganda and distortion efforts by the Bush administration to general theories of elite deviance and state crime.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-book-asks-did-president-george-w-bushs-decisions-promote-islamophobia-and-lead-to-war-crimes-105241043.html
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:29 AM
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1. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 09:29 AM by SpiralHawk
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:30 AM
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2. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R)
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 09:33 AM by SpiralHawk
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:00 AM
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8. pResident Bush* has just been told the SECOND JET has hit the World Trade Center Towers.
The. Second. Jet.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:00 AM
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9. Dupe. Self delete.
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 11:00 AM by Raster
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:33 AM
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3. BushCo couldn't have done it without the help of the TOTALLY UNCRITICAL media.
Massive hoax.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:40 AM
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4. They orchestrated more than that, in my opinion
they orchestrated the catalyzing event itself.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 10:50 AM
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7. Yes. They. Did. EVERYTHING was at the ready and just waiting for "the event."
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 10:56 AM by Raster
Everything. And the alibi most often used is that "...something that big blah, blah, blah, would take thousands of people, blah, blah, blah, and someone would be bound to let it slip, blah, blah..."

It didn't take thousands to pull off 9/11. Just a few very well placed, totally committed, authority figures with the capacity to order Air Force stand-downs, NORAD refocusing and had control of national security apparatus. Chief of these were Rumsfeld* and Cheney*. They were the masters of 9/11.

Another 9/11 propaganda tactic is to drone incessantly about "how could you even think the United States government would be involved"? The United States government was not involved. Just several very well-placed, high authority figures that happened to be a part of the current United States government at that time. It should also be mentioned that those central characters had been part of several republican administrations and knew exactly how the U.S. power structure operated and the emergency command functioned.

Often we hear the terms LIHOP (Let It Happen On Purpose) and MIHOP (Made It Happen On Purpose). 9/11 was a combination of both. For the central authority figures it was MIHOP, no doubt. But for the ring of periphery players, it was LIHOP. Several key high-ranking military authorities let the events of 9/11 take place without interference. For them, this was the catalyzing event that was going to cement the American military prominence and stack the decks in their favor. 9/11 has allowed the Military/Industrial Complex to increase it's power and influence exponentially.

There wasn't just one smoking gun with 9/11 there were several, and each one smoking just enough for "plausible deniability".

The cheney*/bush* official account of the events and circumstances surrounding 9/11 is, in a word: bullshit.

And now that the deed has been done, even certain persons that find the acts of 9/11 absolutely repugnant and would love to see the real perpetrators pay for their crimes, know that if the actual, unvarnished truth ever got out, the ramifications would be severe. Imagine the citizens of the United States finding out 9/11 was somewhat of an inside job, and that certain members of the American government had played a nefarious role in 9/11 events. The Military/Industrial Complex's control of the American government would be brought to light and severely curtailed. The American public would demand massive oversight of the military and intelligence apparatus. The "official story" for many events would immediately be called into question, i.e. the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. The psyche of the American citizen would be damaged beyond repair and the world-wide faith in the legitimacy of the United States government would cease to exist.
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 09:45 AM
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5. There was nothing "passive" about the MSM's conduct
They had the American flag graphics and patriotic mood music all ready to go for BushCo.

The Mt. Everest sized elephant in the room in regard to the MSM's complicity with the war plans of BushCo can be seen by simply looking at the number of Americans that became convinced that Saddam had a hand in 9/11. After the attacks of 9/11 there was not a large number of Americans that suspected Saddam as an accomplice. Within a year or so, the MAJORITY of Americans stated their belief that Saddam was partially responsible for the attacks. That idea did not spontaneously pop into millions of peoples heads at the same time. The idea was carefully placed there by the MSM and the right wing hate machine. In short, the evil and the lies of the MSM in regard to the Iraq War are sitting in plain sight if one chooses to see them.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 10:39 AM
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6. How else to get the citizens of the USA to part with > a trillion dollars from the Treasury?
Edited on Tue Oct-19-10 10:44 AM by Old and In the Way
Remember, the CPA was run by Republicans (Democrats need not apply)....whatever happened to all of those skids of shrink wrapped $100.00 bills that mysteriously disappeared in the Spring of 2004? $8 BILLION DOLLARS worth? Think any of that found it's way back to our election in 2004?

Some people will murder a person for the change in their pocket. What will the power of distributing Trillions of dollars motivate a group of sociopaths to do?

Just because I'm fair and balanced, here's a link to the report from Fox News ~ whoops, I underestimated the heist, it was $8.8 BILLION dollars.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129489,00.html
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Bragi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:07 AM
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10. It's easy to steal money from Americans.
Seriously, Americans are the most docile people on earth.

You can take away their jobs, pilfer their pensions, steal their savings, foreclose on the homes, and they'll reliably blame themselves for not being smart enough, not working hard enough, etc.

So why would stealing a trillion for war be a problem? They stole a trillion for bankers and got away with that, no problem.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:18 AM
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11. The Big Lie is at the ready (cue McCain, Rice, Powell, et al.): "Other nations' Intelligence said
the same thing."
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 11:21 AM
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12. k/r
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felix_numinous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-19-10 03:10 PM
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13. We will not forget
despite the media attempts to rewrite history. The criminal media put propaganda into high gear after 911.

I remember being disturbed by the new screen format with the text crawl across the bottom and about 6 things going on simultaneously, somehow designed to create sensory overload. There were always words like high alert, terror, insurgents. suspects, Muslims, all keeping the anxiety level up. I decided not to watch cable TV because of this, I boycotted it and still am.


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