Conspiracy Theories

Monday, August 14, 2006

This administration has made itself the natural target of conspiracy theories. It's ultra-secretive demeanor, the refusal to accept responsibility and accountability, the cronyistic push for no oversight from Congress coupled with the unprecedented attempt to extend executive authority have had a chilling affect on many of us and present us with fertile ground for the development of conspiracy theories.

I suppose, within my lifetime, the JFK assasination and UFO investigations have been the two most notable sources for those who maintain covert government coverups. The Warren Commission report is still classified and it's anyone's guess as to the authenticity of claims regarding UFO's

But...the George Bush administration has made allegations of hidden agendas and secret cabals virtually an everday event. The deceit perpetuated by them goes beyond the pale of acceptability and one can only wonder if they are equally complicit in the dissemination of mis or disinformation in order to discredit the theories that abound.

Of course, at the core of these theories are the questions regarding 9/11, the neocon agenda, and government complicity in coverups, lies and half truths meant to put forward as rationale for U.S. hegemony around the world. We already know that the 9/11 commission's report is inaccurate, in many respects, and that softball questions were lobbed at many of the repondents. We know that no blame for action or inaction was levied against anyone. We know that George Bush fought against the existence of an investigatory commission and that he attempted to keep White House personnel from testifying.

Many of us whose instinctual alarms went off on the morning of September 11, 2001 fought against the assumption that, somehow, our government was involved. That was a direction in which we did not want to go. But..speaking for myself, there has always been a nagging suspicion that our government either helped instigate or, at the very least, ignored certain intelligence and that they were, somehow, directly or indirectly, responsible for the tragedy.

Yes...we know the state of the intelligence community was deplorable...but...there was ample evidence of reliable and consistent intel that should have alerted us to a potential terrorist threat. Are we really to believe that we were truly that ignorant?

Now we are seeing the questions about unsettling anomalies...the implosion of the World Trade Center, WT #7, the alleged sighting of 9/11 conspirators days after, the allegations of preferential treatment for the royal Saudi family. The press, who has been partially to blame for toeing the Bush party line, have made those who seek answers in these regards out to be lunatics, dupes and self deceivers. We can hear the echos of the RNC, Ken Melman and Karl Rove. Those who maintain that something fishy is going on are discredited, marginalized and ridiculed. The overwhelming sentiment, however, of those of us who feel that something is just not right, is that we just want to know the truth. I believe that to be Michael Moore's intent and look what the RNC and the press have done in their excoriation of him!!

It is my guess that there will be no answers in the near future...history may eventually reveal the sordid truth, but, just like the Warren Commission, it will be literally years, if ever, before the truth becomes public.

It becomes even more important, then, to keep up the pressure on this administration, particularly in light of the surfacing suspicions that the neocons would just love to invade Iran next. These midterms are critical in reestablishing a sense of oversight by Congress and helping to create a leash that will rein in George Bush and Dick Cheney, before they further instigate world hostilities and instability and do damage that becomes irreversible.

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