May 7, 2008 Asia Times Yes, the Pentagon did want to hit Iran By Gareth Porter

WASHINGTON - Three weeks after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not only removing the Saddam Hussein regime by force but overturning the regime in Iran, as well as in Syria and four other countries in the Middle East, according to a document quoted extensively in then-under secretary of defense for policy Douglas Feith’s recently published account of the Iraq war decisions.

Feith’s account further indicates that this aggressive aim of remaking the map of the Middle East by military force and the threat of force was supported explicitly by the country’s top military leaders.

Feith’s book, War and Decision, released last month, provides excerpts of the paper Rumsfeld sent to President George W Bush on September 30, 2001, calling for the administration to focus not on taking down Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network but on the aim of establishing “new regimes” in a series of states by “aiding local peoples to rid themselves of terrorists and to free themselves of regimes that support terrorism”. (more…)

In yet another attempt to ratchet up attacks against anti-imperialist groups, such as those in the 9/11 Truth movement attempting to expose government mass murder, the Al CIA-Duh spokesman, Aymen Al-Zawahiri said 9/11 conspiracy theories were being propagated by the Iranian government.

Thus, the dissenters are now linked to the enemy of all enemies. I bet this audio tape only took the CIA a couple of days to produce, they have plenty of experience after all.

According to the associated press one of the questioners, probably on AskAymen.com, asked if the theories were true about the Israeli’s involvement in the horrendous acts of September 11, 2001. Zawahiri was quick to point out, as if reading a script supplied by his psy-op masters, “The purpose of this lie is clear — (to suggest) that there are no heroes among the Sunnis who can hurt America as no else did in history. Iranian media snapped up this lie and repeated it.”

So, now if you are against war with Iran and mass murder on the home-front, you are with the Iranians. You hate your country, and like the terrorists, hate America’s freedom. It has nothing to do with the desire to NOT kill hundreds of thousands of innocent grandmas and children. It has nothing to do with the desire to NOT waste billions upon billions of dollars on the violent enslavement of humanity, starting with the Middle East. No, it’s because you are a terrorist.

It has already been thoroughly proven that the tapes from these Al CIA-Duh patsies are nothing more than low quality fabrications using high quality technology. Whether it was Neil Krawetz, who proved, “there are so many splices that I cannot help but wonder if someone spliced words and phrases together. I also cannot rule out a vocal imitator during the frozen-frame audio,” or the fact that they have admitted voice morphing technology, as the CIA’s favorite mouthpiece the Washington Post reported in 1999, the facade on this terror war is so thin it wouldn’t support tissue paper.

Pile on the fact that the Associated Press could not verify the authenticity of the recording, since the website it was “released” from has not been disclosed, and something smells really bad. Though, it’s no surprise they did not release the website, they are probably still embarassed at the fact that they got busted hosting these sites in the Maryland, you know, where the NSA works.

But, none of this matters. The general populace will eat up the propaganda and spit compliance to stasi-style tactics, just so they can make ti home one time to enjoy what little bit of their day is left, after working a job they hate to barely afford fuel to get there, all so they can buy meager amounts of food for their family. All of this of course, is the fault of the terrorists. Assuming the perpetrators of 9/11 are the terrorists, the people are not far off, if only they would let loose of the Alice in Wonderland dream state they currently live in and realize their government does not love them.

Probably asking to much.

-The Captain

Watching The Dollar Die By Paul Craig Roberts 3-14-8

I’ve been watching the dollar die all my life. I sometimes think I will outlast it.

When I was a young man, gold was $35 an ounce. Today one ounce gold bullion coins, such as the Canadian Maple Leaf, cost more than $1,000.

Our coinage was silver. Our dimes, quarters, and half dollars had purchasing power. Even the nickel could purchase a candy bar, ice cream cone or soft drink, and a penny could purchase bubble gum or hard candy. If a kid could collect 5 discarded soft drink bottles from a construction site, the 2 cents deposit on the returnable bottles was enough for the Saturday afternoon movie. Gasoline was 32 cents a gallon. A dollar’s worth was enough for a Saturday night date.

Our silver coinage was 90 per cent silver. People sometimes melted coins in order to make silver spoons, known as coin silver, which can still be found in antique shops. Except for the reduced silver (40 per cent) Kennedy half dollar which continued until 1970, 1964 was the last year of America’s silver coinage. The copper penny departed in 1982. As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, I opposed the demise of America’s last commodity money, but I couldn’t prevent the copper penny’s death.

During World War II (1941-1945), nickel was diverted from coinage to war, and the US mint issued a wartime silver (35 per cent) nickel.

It is not easy to find items to purchase with today’s US coins, but the silver coins of the same face value still have purchasing power. The 10 cent piece of my youth contains $1.42 worth of silver at today’s silver price. The quarter is worth $3.55, and the half dollar contains $7.10 of silver. The silver dollar is worth 15.2 times its face value. These are just the silver values of coins that might be worth far more depending on condition and rarity. The silver in the wartime nickel is worth $1.10, which is 22 times the coin’s face value. Even the copper penny is worth 2.5 cents.

When I was a young man enjoying travels in Europe, the German mark or Swiss franc traded four to one US dollar. The euro, which is today’s equivalent to the mark, costs $1.55.

People who haven’t accumulated much age have little idea of the corrosive power of “acceptable” inflation. Unlike gold and silver, fiat money has no intrinsic value. When money is created faster than goods and services it drives up prices, thus driving down the value of the money. If freely traded currencies are excessively printed or if inflation, budget deficits, and trade deficits drive currencies off their fixed exchange rates, prices of imports rise as the foreign exchange value of the currency falls.

Today the US, heavily dependent on imports, is subject to double-barrel inflation from both domestic money creation and decline in the dollar’s foreign exchange value.

The US inflation rate is about twice as high as the government’s inflation measures report. In order to hold down Social Security payments, the government changed the way it measures inflation. In the old measure, inflation measured the nominal cost of a defined standard of living. If the price of steak rose, up went the inflation rate. Today if the price of steak rises, the government assumes that people switch to hamburger. Inflation doesn’t go up. Instead, the standard of living it measures goes down.

This is just one of the many ways that the government pulls the wool over our eyes.

With the dollar value of the euro rising through the roof, today a vacation in Europe is far more costly than in the past. Thanks to China, so far Americans have been sheltered from the greatest effects of the dollar’s declining value. Our greatest trade deficit is with China. The prices of the goods from China have not risen, because China keeps its currency pegged to the dollar. As the dollar goes down, China’s currency goes with it, thus holding down price rises.

The resignation of Admiral William Fallon as US military commander in the Middle East probably signals a Bush Regime attack on Iran. Fallon said that there would be no US attack on Iran on his watch. As there was no reason for Fallon to resign, it is not far fetched to conclude that Bush has removed an obstacle to war with Iran.

The US is already over stretched both militarily and economically. An attack on Iran is likely to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.He can be reached at: PaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.comPaulCraigRoberts@yahoo.com

I’ve got one guess, it starts with a C, ends with an A and encompasses an I. For those a bit challenged, C.I.A.

Now, why would the CIA kill Bhutto? Aside from a torrid past of getting rid of any sort of pro-western government in that area, see Operation: Ajax and the overthrow of Moussadeq, the answer is simple, the CIA likes military-run, terrorist friendly dictatorships. Especially those in control of the CIA middleman known as the Pakistani ISI, a long used front for state-sponsored terror operations. Though, it could also have something to do with her having a great chance of winning the election and her knowing “too much.”

Specifically, in an interview on Frost Over the World, Benazir Bhutto stated something that conspiracy folk have known for a while, Osama bin Laden is dead. Though she said it as if it is well known and not BREAKING NEWS. She also shed some light on how he died while talking about key figures in the ISI-terror world, “he also had dealings with Omar Sheikh, the man who murdered Osama bin Laden.” The quote in question is at 5m33s in the video linked below.

This while Al-CIA-Duh is promising a new tape from Osama the Ghost shortly.

For those who are unaware of who Omar Sheikh is, according the Sunday Times, he is “no ordinary terrorist but a man who has connections that reach high into Pakistan’s military and intelligence elite and into the innermost circles” of Osama and Al Qaeda. Specifically, he is the man who at the orders of Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad transferred $100,000 dollars to 9/11 head Mohammed Atta. Lt. General Ahmad was the same guy who was meeting with heads of the house intelligence committees on “the day that changed America.”

Could this be why Bhutto was killed? It would have been very dangerous to the Neo-Con establishment if a 9/11-hoax aware leader were to take over in Pakistan, putting an abrupt stop to the conflagration we call the War on Terror.

-The Captain

Good ole Gordon brown. First he is welcomed into power by a series of “terror attacks” and now this. The propaganda is thick in this latest from the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Spinning starts right away, “AGENTS from MI6 held secret talks with Taliban leaders despite a pledge by the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, that his country would not negotiate with terrorists.” That’s because the “negotiations” were probably orchestrations. Maybe some suicide bomb plans or some money exchanging hands. Oh wait, it was, “Not only did they hold talks with the Taliban, but also had given them money,” an Afghan official said, adding that 50 Afghans had been held and investigated over their links to the talks.

It goes on to say the British SIS agents were providing “mentoring” for the CIA-cohorts, the Taliban. Maybe it was mentoring akin to what they gave the IRA.

The article alludes to the meetings being productive towards peace, an allusion, or maybe illusion is a better word, those of us in the know are obviously skeptical of.

Myths are used as stories that we can wrap around ourselves, helping us to understand the world. They are also used heavily in propaganda to mold the minds of individuals in order to get them to follow a single agenda, fight for a single cause and die for a single idea. In this short and definitely not exhaustive paper I will be exploring some of the myths that surround the War on Terror. The events that have taken place during it and the people and agencies involved. When investigating anything a criminal detective will tell you to ask two questions, who paid for/sponsored it and who benefits from it. By asking these two questions and looking at all the evidence one can arrive at a conclusion as to who is truly behind the War on Terror and what the final goal is.

It has been said that the War on Terrorism(WoT) will last generations1, upwards of 100 years2. It touches every single American and a widening number of other countries worldwide. Whether it’s longer lines at the airport while you remove your shoes or you are Maher Arar, picked up and tortured in Syria for ten months before being found “not a terrorist,” the WoT can be either a minor inconvenience or a life-threatening situation. It has been marketed to the U.S. Population with the idea that temporary suspension of some freedom in order to be more secure is not only permissible, it is desirable. It has changed the face of the planet, and quite possibly will continue to do so. Its main premise is that Islamic terrorists want to destroy America and take over the world, among their reasons are their hate of our freedom and their fear of our democracy. These terrorists train in the mountains of Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries in the oil-rich Middle East. They, according to the myths, have attempted to attack us many, many times, successful on a few occasions. (more…)

The CIA is the largest, most powerful terrorist organization in the world. I wonder if this view will now be considered aiding and abetting the enemy…I mean it is the same thing our enemy in the “Axis of Evil” is now saying, so I must be in league with the evil Muslims, right?

OBLIGATORY “I DO NOT LIKE AHMAHDENIJED” DISCLAIMER. He is a dictator. I do not like him. I do not care for his policies, or any policies of any religious authoritarian dictatorship. Evil people come in all forms, just because they have them their though, does not mean we do not have them here.

That said, Ali Akbar Dareini writes for the Associated Press, “Iran’s parliament voted Saturday to designate the CIA and the U.S. Army as “terrorist organizations,” a largely symbolic response to a U.S. Senate resolution seeking a similar designation for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.” (more…)

The Zionist Brainwashing Of America By Peter Chamberlin Morty’sCabin.net 9-28-7

Anti-Semitism

The existence of “God’s chosen people” has been a destabilizing factor in human history since God first made the covenant with Abraham. This covenant has been God’s chosen vehicle for the teaching of mankind and the sorting-out of those humans who are morally unteachable. His lessons reached down into the darkest depths of the human soul, to bring out that which lies hidden deeply within. He set into motion a never-ending series of moral choices, beginning with Abraham’s wife Sarah. The primary lesson was to have faith in His Word, even when it seemed illogical to do so. Sarah’s refusal to believe that a one-hundred year old man and a ninety year old woman could have a child caused her to take an immoral action (acting outside His will). This choice caused Abraham to father Ishmael, the patriarch of the Muslim people.

Thus began the education of planet earth. The savage, barbaric world of primitive man was introduced to the concept of “right and wrong.” That teaching came to be known as Judaism. It was a religion intended to sow division, even as it promoted the unity of man’s common cause. It was constantly dividing the people and then re-solidifying the scattered halves. This was God’s purpose, to manipulate the minds of all humans, creating the world’s longest running psy-ops program.

God’s choice, to honor the seed of Abraham over all other humans, magnified the animosities and the emotional turmoil, which divided the world. Both of the bloodlines of Abraham were blessed, something that no other race on the planet can claim. The fact that God chose to favor one of Abraham’s sons and his offspring over the other, giving them the central role in all human history, has given birth to the idea of racial superiority. (more…)

EDIT It has been brought to my attention that some of the signatories of the below letter are in dispute. Webster Tarpley stands by it but Dahlia Wasfi of LiberateThis.com has publically denounced her signature. It is because of this fact that this edit is being made. This very well could be a hoax in order to cause division and doubt in the 9/11 movement. 911Blogger has more. If it is in fact a hoax it would throw the credibility of Tarpley into the meat grinder. Though, I do hold speculation of some possible government intimidation of the signatories. This is absolute speculation on my part. I am though, open to the possibility of Tarpley being a plant. It is unfortunate, but all options are on the table. In the mean time, this by no means changes the basis of our fight. This by no means discredits our movement. The Empire is in fact on the march. The fight will continue. EDIT

Opponents of the Empire have issued a warning to the American people; False flags could be coming, stop the Bush/Cheney/Banker/Military-Industrial Complex now. Pressure is mounting, Iran’s military has been classified as terrorists. I mean, seriously, what more reason do the “Neo-Con fascist madmen” need?

Among the people signing it are ousted-by-design Cynthia McKinney, Anti-war mother and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan and non-revisionist historian Webster Tarpley.

McKinney has felt the blunt-force, trauma inducing steel fist of the Empire before. She used to be a proud, Pro-America, anti-imperialist Congresswoman from Georgia. That is until some fascist police-state enforcer gave her a hard time for not wearing her lapel pin. Though, I’m sure it had more to do with her questioning media darling, Donald “Rummy likes to murder children” Rumsfeld on the actions of Halliburton subsidiary, DynCorps and their escapades into the world of child-sex slave rings. Then again, maybe it was her audacity to, in the very same breath, ask where in the hell 2.3 trillion dollars of our money went, as reported on the day before September 11.

Hmmm, methinks the latter is more logical a reason for outing her. Traficant ran into similar problems when he started bitching about private banks and income tax and the likes. He got prison time, so i guess McKinney got off easy.

-The Captain

US Opposition Political Leaders Issue Urgent False Flag Terror Warning Warn of imminent plot to “orchestrate and manufacture a new 9/11 terror incident” Infowars.net | August 27 , 2007 Steve Watson

A group of former government officials along with current Congressional candidates, authors and activists has issued an urgent warning that a faction of the US government allied with Dick Cheney is planning to stage a terror event or provocation as a pretext for launching military attacks against Iran and implementing emergency powers in America.

I have been having a bad feeling about the economy. We have seen some odd times on Wall St. The ups and downs are getting bigger and bigger. Liquidity is being main lined into world banking systems. The “housing bubble” has burst. Some crazy put options have been placed lately.

What does it mean? I can only “speculate”. Wild speculation is all you are left with when the information you need is hidden. When someone risks $700,000,000 betting that the DJ Eurostoxx 50 will lose 30-50% by 9/21/07, you have to wonder. Why in the heck would someone bet like that unless they knew something.

What would it take for an extreme drop in value like that to occur? Global earthquake? Nuclear Terrorism? Tsunami that hits Europe and the eastern seaboard? China unloads the dollar? The Sun goes out? Aliens attack, heinously like in Independence Day? These are about the only reasons I can think of at this point.