posted 02-11-2004 05:04 PM
Just to tie it ALL together:O'Neill attests that Bush intended to invade Iraq from day one.
He only sought a pretext as an excuse for that invasion.
(there was such a plan -for invasion of an innocent nation based on US manipulation of events- languishing in Pentagon files ever since 1962)
Pretext: Northwoods.
(...to commit acts of terrorism on American citizens and blame al Queda as a pretext for invasion and overthrow of the Saddam regime....)
http://www.proparanoid.com/OK1.htm#JCS
Portrait of a Terrorist Organization: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and Operation NORTHWOODS
James Bamford is a former investigative reporter for ABC news who is well known for his 1982 book, The Puzzle Palace, which reveals the inner workings of the super secret National Security Agency (NSA), which is much larger and more secret than even CIA. Bamford has authored a powerful new book called Body of Secrets (April 2001) which perfectly frames this presentation. According to the book, the Pentagon created a secret faked terrorism campaign called Operation NORTHWOODS in 1962, which was intended to commit acts of terrorism on American citizens and blame Cuba as a pretext for invasion and overthrow of the Castro regime. http://serendipity.cia.com.au/wtc.html
"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." — Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II http://serendipity.cia.com.au/wot/seal01.htm
The author of this Serendipity website has argued that, in contrast to the official story, the four Boeing jets which were involved in the events of September 11th were not hijacked by Arab terrorists but rather that the operation was planned and carried out largely by operatives of the Bush administration iself (using, in part, remotely controlled planes and missiles) in order to further its agenda for political, economic and military control of the entire planet. http://serendipity.cia.com.au/wot/plissken.htm
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Actual Northwoods origional draft: http://emperors-clothes.com/images/north-10.htm
Project Artichoke, Operation Northwoods, was canceled by JFK, but approved by Bush on 9/11 apparrently.
[Edited 1 times, lastly by shatoga on 02-11-2004]