At least 11 people were wounded Monday at Ohio State University when a Somali immigrant used a car to plow into a crowd of people before stabbing them. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the episode – referring to Abdul Razak Ali Ratan as a “soldier”. A key proposal for ensuring safety from terror includes strengthening the vetting practices for Muslims. Despite its popularity, this idea fails to address terrorism at its core.
To combat the actions of Islamic terrorists, we must understand their motives and America’s role as an oppressor in the Middle East. Since the end of World War II, the United States has stopped at nothing to gain and retain influence in the oil-rich region. From warfare to staging overthrows of democratically-elected governments, millions have been killed and many more have been displaced. These wretched conditions cultivate the anger of young men (and, at times, women) who have been robbed of agency within their societies. Terrorism is viewed as a legitimate avenue for recognition and violent retaliation against the tyrant of American imperialism. Terrorists are not simply radicalized by Islam; they are also radicalized by American foreign policy. We must confront the paradox of the ‘War on Terror’: it creates an abundance of what it claims to eradicate. Every time America drops a bomb on Iraq and Syria, a handful of new extremists become attracted to terrorism. America’s foreign policy of eliminating terrorism is the most powerful form of recruitment.
The Motives of Well-Known Terrorists
While we should never condone the actions of terrorists, it is important to understand their motives. To the extent that the U.S. government and the mass media are reliable sources, terrorists typically make declarations as to why the attacks were carried out. These statements provide us with clues about fighting terrorism. Consider the following examples of noteworthy Islamic terrorists:
- Osama bin Laden (allegedly behind the 9/11 attacks) – “I say to our Muslim brothers across the world: your brothers in Saudi Arabia and Palestine are calling for your help and asking you to share with them in the jihad against the enemies of God, your enemies the Israelis and Americans. They are asking you to defy them in whatever way you possibly can, so as to expel them in defeat and humiliation from the holy places of Islam”.
- Dzokhar Tsarnaev (allegedly behind the Boston Marathon bombing) – “…the bombings were in retribution for the U.S. crimes in places like Iraq and Afghanistan [and] that the victims of the Boston bombing were collateral damage, in the same way innocent victims have been collateral damage in U.S. wars around the world”.
- Omar Mateen (allegedly behind the Orlando shootings) – “Stop bombing Syria and Iraq”.
As we see with a few of the largest terrorist attacks on American soil, the actions of the assailants are a reaction to American imperialism. The words of bin Laden have been echoed as of late. Recently, the United States government armed Israel with $38 billion in military aid to continue their colonization of Palestine over the next 10 years – a major affront to the holy sites of Muslims. Thus, terrorists do not simply descend from the heavens, they are created by their conditions.
The Ohio Attacker & American Intervention in Somalia
The attacker in Ohio was an 18-year old Somali refugee. To understand his actions, we must discuss the history of American intervention in Somalia. Shortly before the attack, Ratan allegedly posted a Facebook status urging America to “stop interfering with other countries, especially the Muslim Ummah. By Allah, we will not let you sleep unless you give peace to the Muslims. You will not celebrate or enjoy any holiday”.
For several decades, Somalia has been the victim of American intervention. Here is a brief history of America’s harmful influence in Somalia:
- Between 1974 and 1991, the United States sent millions of dollars in military aid to Siad Barre – the Somalian dictator. These funds allowed Barre to maintain his regime, which murdered thousands of people.
- The era of neoliberalism and globalization, led by the United States, has wrecked the Somali economy since 1980. Through structural adjustment agreements, Somalia has become indebted to Western powers. This has forced the nation to slash funding for public services and to otherwise privatize industry.
- Being indebted to foreign powers set the stage for the famine which devastated the country in 1991. The United States began “Operation Restore Hope” – a humanitarian effort to give relief to starving Somalians. Using the excuse that local fighters were stealing the supplies, the U.S. deployed troops. Thousands of Somalians were eventually killed in the name of ‘humanitarian relief’.
- In 2006, the United States government backed Ethiopia with military assistance to invade Somalia, to control the rise of Islam in the region.
- Since at least 2003, the Bush and Obama administrations have been bombing Somalia as part of its so-called War on Terror. Recently, President Obama decided to expand his authorized powers of war to include al-Shabab in Somalia.
The attack in Ohio is a reaction to imperialism – a taste of what America has been inflicting on Somalia for decades. Somalia has faded to near the bottom of every human development index; as it is mired in poverty and violence. Generally, people migrate to escape wretched conditions in their homeland. So instead of implementing a Muslim travel ban, the United States must eliminate the reasons Muslims are compelled to leave their countries in the first place: poverty and war. When America stops forcing countries into debt and dropping bombs on them, there will be no need to fear immigrants from these regions as terrorists.
November 30, 2016 at 6:48 pm
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November 30, 2016 at 7:06 pm
Thank you =D
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November 30, 2016 at 11:19 pm
No problems!! So true, and so good!
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November 30, 2016 at 6:56 pm
It’s hard to tell the common person everything you just said. It’s synonymous to when Ali said “No Vietcong ever called me a NIGGER” When Muslim extremists say they hate America, I know as a black man they are not talking about me.
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November 30, 2016 at 7:01 pm
Fire point!
Omar Mateen, the dude who shot up the Orlando nightclub, was asking people inside “where you from?” And then he said “I don’t have an issue with the blacks”.
Yeah, definitely not talking to us!
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December 1, 2016 at 1:14 pm
Hi Bro Darryl 🙂 I actually did a post that showed a black mother whose son was shot there. At the time, she did not know that he was dead. His last text to her was “I love you mom!”
As a mom, this broke my heart.
You guys just don’t know how much we worry about y’all 💞
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December 1, 2016 at 1:19 pm
Hey Lady G. Interesting! I heard that quote about him not “having an issue with the blacks” from an eye witness and survivor on the news. Contradiction indeed!
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December 1, 2016 at 1:26 pm
Yeah, it is kinda a contradiction because a lot of the guys killed were actually latino.
I actually read that Marteen had more of a sexual identity issue -he had a tendency towards homosexuality that he couldn’t deal with. Word is that he had ‘approached’ some of the guys at this club in a sexual way in prior months.
It seems that he might have had a different axe to grind.
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December 1, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Definitely a contradiction! He was a migrant from Afghanistan who said he didn’t have an issue with blacks, but he turned around and killed blacks AND he aspired to be part of the NYPD (a white supremacist and anti black force). And the fact that he was homophobic made him anti black as well because he sought to enforce white family formations. Either he truly was a complex human being full of contradictions, OR the entire incident was poorly scripted by the US govt to control people and make us afraid. To be honest Lady G, I go back and forth with these tragedies. They said the Twin Towers collapsed because of jet fuel but somehow the terrorists passports, made of paper, mysteriously survived!?!? Sounds like bad writing to me, idk
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December 1, 2016 at 2:58 pm
Wow. I didn’t know half that stuff. Complex, indeed!
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December 1, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Black man = most feared entity in America
Black woman= most disrespected in America
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December 2, 2016 at 8:38 am
I know right?
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November 30, 2016 at 9:28 pm
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November 30, 2016 at 10:06 pm
Thank you so much !!
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November 30, 2016 at 10:30 pm
No problem
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November 30, 2016 at 9:45 pm
Where is this place ‘America’ I have looked at my globe and can only find North America and South America, where is this mythical place claiming the name of a continent, they must be ashamed of the name of their country, either that or they have an inferiority complex.?
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November 30, 2016 at 10:13 pm
You raise a good point!
The reality, however, is that “America” is global shorthand for the USA. Type the word “America” into Google and you will see!
I don’t think the USA has an inferiority complex. Quite the opposite – I think it has a superiority complex because it is the wealthiest and militarily strong country on the planet. The fact that “America” is part of the country’s name (the United States of America) probably has a lot to do with it, as well.
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November 30, 2016 at 11:41 pm
If this is the case why don’t you yanks abbreviate by calling yourselves the US instead of pretending that you are the whole of the continents?
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November 30, 2016 at 11:47 pm
Okay. I do not wish to get bogged down in semantics. This blog is about America’s foreign policy and its relation to terrorism. Please keep your commentary in line, and try to shy away from quasi ad hominem attacks like “you yanks” – as it detracts from the larger dialogue.
Sincerely,
– Management
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November 30, 2016 at 9:49 pm
Australia is the most successful country/continent to host multicultural society, we generally judge people on their personalities rather than their raxe, colour or creed, something the yanks can’t do.
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November 30, 2016 at 10:05 pm
Australia has a disturbing history of oppressing aboriginal populations. It is not a post-racial or multicultural paradise, either.
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November 30, 2016 at 10:27 pm
PSA: slightly off subject tangent
I’m sure there are extremists in every region across the globe, but what if America IS ISIS and hires brown “faces” with Arabic names to act as “terrorists” to perpetuate the hate + fear toward this region, Muslims, etc just so they can seemingly have a justified reason to why they must continue to bomb any unobliging, nutrient-rich region [and steal its resources]?
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November 30, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Kelley! *round of applause*
I agree! America is known for false flag attacks. September 11 was orchestrated by the US government as a way to strip citizens of rights domestically and wage perpetual war on “terrorists” abroad. The War on Terror is a complex hoax that serves American purposes.
Wikileaks and other sources have shown that America funds Al Qaida and ISIS (Hillary and Barack). Have you ever seen the videos of ISIS fighters? Tell me why they are riding around in fleets of Toyotas, lol. They are obviously being funded by America!
These groups provide the ultimate justification for our imperialist desire to, as you said, steal their resources.
This is why I used the word “allegedly” a bunch in this piece – because I do not really believe the US govt on this stuff. And honestly, I do not believe most people are ready to think that the US is ISIS … thats very deep … so we gotta ease into it slowly lol.
I am glad you see through the smokescreens!!
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November 30, 2016 at 10:51 pm
As is the “war on drugs”! All deflections from the actual puppet masters who create the pot, stir the pot and put brown and Black faces on all things negative.
I understand the ease. It takes some a little longer to step out of their comfort zone. I appreciate you.
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November 30, 2016 at 10:56 pm
Exactly! It is the same M.O. all the time. They don’t even bother to switch it up and get creative anymore – that’s how little they regard our opinion!
You, my friend, are light years ahead of the game! Looking forward to more discussions with you!
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November 30, 2016 at 11:12 pm
what game? lol 😉
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November 30, 2016 at 11:07 pm
I just signed up. I’m amazed at the “quality” and perspicacity of the comments, by and large. I’m not black (not even blue, sadly), I’m European white immigrant naturalized Canadian, but I hate “America” and when I say that, with full fervour, I don’t mean the people who live in that land, I mean an oppressive system, the Hegemon, the military world power that destroys helpless nations so its multinational corporations can rape their resources and labour. America will be destroyed, either from its own corruption; from internal economic gutting to feed the empire, or by you(!) but it is going down. I have also said for years, repeating what was said above, that “America” is not the name of a nation, and neither is “USA.” One is the name of 3 continents, the other is an acronym indicating that the hegemonic entity is not a nation but an empire of 40 small nations forced together under a totally alien government located in another separate nation called District of Columbia, where the Hegemon has its state, military and security agencies’ headquarters. No, you are not living in a real nation, a real nation has a name. This, especially with Trump (President Snow) reminds me so much of “The Hunger Games” it’s scary. My thoughts.
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November 30, 2016 at 11:55 pm
Hello Sha-Tara! Welcome aboard and thank you for the follow!
I had to look up the word “perspicacity” in the dictionary. My goal is to use the term in at least 3 conversations before the end of the week, lol.
I agree with you. What angers me most about America is the fact that not only is it oppressive, but it is hypocritical on top of that. The US government is always talking about freedom, justice, and equality – but routinely violates human rights locally and globally. Most people are so in love with the promise of America that they overlook its practices.
America is a wicked, decadent country – and it is on the path of the Roman Empire. I can only hope that I am alive to see it burn.
You raise a good point about the Hunger Games as well – this is what the structure has become.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
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December 1, 2016 at 12:15 am
Thanks Darryl. I also left some comments to another blogger you may find inappropriate. Please remove them or delete them, thanks.
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December 1, 2016 at 12:20 am
Lol.
Speak soon my friend! =D
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November 30, 2016 at 11:33 pm
YESSS! It is time to WAKE UP in America.
Everything is the OPPOSITE of what they tell you it is.
TRUTH: Leaders of US government would like to create a totalitarian oligarchy in which they are the rulers, the rest of us powerless. George Orwell/ 1984. Or should I call it ‘US Government Playbook’??
Back in the late 90’s Neo-Cons had a list of all the countries they intended to occupy. Then 9/11 ‘mysteriously’ happened, conveniently ‘riling up ‘ the people for the long War on Terror. Now we have been at war for 15 years and involved every country on the list. Equally ‘mysteriously’, we now have MORE terrorism than ever.
WIkiLeaks prove that Hillary as Sec of State had funded ISIS and other terrorist groups.
“The backing of Islamic militia by Western intelligence agencies is part of a broader historical pattern of covert support to Al Qaeda affiliated and jihadist organizations in a number of countries, including, more recently, Libya and Syria.”
US Government creates terrorism in order to keep the chaos going.
In the meantime the economy crashes, Wall Street gets richer and We The People are given all sorts of stupid pacifiers to keep us content. (Newsflash, I am not a baby, I do not use pacifiers!)
WikiLeaks also prove that Hillary’s ‘goal’ is (I quote) “collapsed borders, the devaluation of the US dollar and free global trade” . READ: Get USA in a chaotic state similar to Libya — then have the Oligarchy move in because the people cannot take care of themselves. No money, no country, keep everyone poor, dumb and ignorant.
Luckily some of us are not so ignorant.
Great piece, Darryl! We will not be silenced!
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December 1, 2016 at 12:19 am
Whew – Christine bringing the heat as usual!
You are spot on: the goal of those at the top of the pyramid is to consolidate power even more and create a totalitarian oligarchy. The TPP was one step closer to that ideal – seeing as it further “collapsed borders” – but it seems to be dead as of now (keeping my fingers crossed!).
Very true: it is the exact opposite of what they say it is. The government doesn’t even bother to come up with coherent lies anymore. And if we dare to question the official version, all they have to do is call us a “conspiracy theorist” and that is the end of it. So frustrating!
I am glad someone else knows about these wicked neo-conservatives and the “Project For a New American Century” – where the Middle East is put under Western submission. These neo-cons supported Hillary, of course!
The government doesn’t even bother telling coherent lies to us anymore – they know the masses respond based on fear, not reason. As we were saying a while back with the election, the politics of fear is designed to get people to just follow along blindly. Fear of the big, bad Other goes hand in hand with the fear of losing one’s job and losing one’s health insurance. This then creates the impulse to scapegoat others. It is an endless cycle of fear perpetuated to the point where most people are practically begging to have no rights. Everyone is willing to exchange liberty for the illusion of security. Everyone is at the airport taking their shoes off and having their 4th Amendment rights violated to safeguard against “terrorism”. Watching America fight a War on Terror reminds me of a dog chasing its tail.
Always a pleasure talking with you, Christine! We must continue to speak out on this!
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December 1, 2016 at 1:50 am
Yes, continue to speak, tweet, blog, make people aware. I have only a few people in my offline life that support these ideas, and many probably think I am either nuts or misled. The past few months many things have become crystal clear to me. Keep talking, keep the faith! 🙂
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December 1, 2016 at 7:59 am
Glad to be in touch with you! Yes, keep the faith and have a great day 😀
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December 1, 2016 at 9:52 am
Exactly right. Our hubris is matched only by our hypocrisy.
BTW, Sha’Tara, thanks for the Word of the Day! 😉
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December 1, 2016 at 10:06 am
Most definitely! Thanks for visiting!
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December 1, 2016 at 1:17 pm
Sorry, I didn’t read all of the comments because I have a cold and don’t feel that well but I just wanted to say that you are spot on here!
We MUST get some understanding and take time to evaluate the ‘drive’ of a terrorist. What is our role in that?
Excellent post!
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December 1, 2016 at 1:20 pm
It’s all good! I hope you feel better! It is odd that the news always mentions their motive, but solely for the purpose of dismissing it as irrelevant. Thanks my friend 😀
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December 1, 2016 at 1:27 pm
Thank you! You are so right 🙂
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December 1, 2016 at 1:43 pm
Take some Robitussin. It cures everything, like Chris Rock said lol.
Broken leg? Tussin! Heart attack? Tussin! Lol
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December 1, 2016 at 2:58 pm
TUSSIN’
YAAASSSSS!!!
LOL 😂
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December 1, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Whew! Darryl, I have far too much to digest and say about this one. I’ll just say this “Thus, terrorists do not simply descend from the heavens, they are created by their conditions” is the part that I wish at least 1/2 of Americans understood. “They” do not hate us because we’re rich, have flat screens, or education and so-called freedoms. “They” hate us because we’re killing them…each…and…every…day.
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December 1, 2016 at 5:05 pm
I am glad you understand!
Exactly! Politicians love to perpetuate that whole “they hate us because we are free” angle. And then they turn around and try to pass these Muslim ban laws, which will only make the retaliation worse.
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December 1, 2016 at 8:18 pm
Yes, and the “Hegemon” has been killing people in Third World countries since one of its leaders invented the term… manifest destiny. Why were these people killed, or their livelihood destroyed? To facilitate Corporate extortion. And it’s only gotten worse. Are Americans to blame for this? Yes… and No. They’ve been lied to and totally brainwashed by their leaders, their mainstream media and throughout their prison years called public education. They don’t know, simply don’t know, and as Jon Rappoport writes so often, they don’t have the tools anymore to figure things out for themselves. Well at least some seem to have awakened lately: they had a protest vote. It wasn’t a smart protest vote, quite the opposite, but given the playing field, at least they did that much. Trump is about to disillusion them, make things much worse and maybe more of them will wake up and maybe you’ll even have a revolution of sorts, perhaps even a non-violent one though I wouldn’t bet on that given the gun culture and the mindset of so-called “law enforcement” in the US. Damn, I wasn’t planning on writing a dissertation of US foreign policy and unrest at home. 🙂
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December 1, 2016 at 4:15 pm
…other thing I meant to say, is that you might enjoy following someone named Rosalienne Bacchus: https://rosalienebacchus.blog/2016/11/27/our-sacred-responsibility-as-human-beings/
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December 1, 2016 at 5:06 pm
Thanks for the recommendation! 😀 I will definitely check their work out!
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December 1, 2016 at 8:23 pm
For what it’s worth, I highly recommend Rosalienne’s blog also.
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December 3, 2016 at 6:10 am
You laid that out plain and clear. I didn’t know much about the incident initially.
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December 3, 2016 at 2:13 pm
Thanks fam! Always good to have your feedback! The media stays glossing over these facts
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December 5, 2016 at 5:25 pm
This was deep. It speaks to the causes and effects of karma. America has been bullying and bombing countries since forever and unfortunately the people of those countries can’t and won’t forget that. Yikes. Great Read 🙂
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December 5, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Jnaha! That is a great way of putting it: karma. What goes around comes around. There is only so long America can put that negative energy out there before it comes knocking
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December 30, 2016 at 9:22 pm
I want to give a different perspective on the terrorsim thing and it may be off from the direction of your post being that I read this post a while back and forgot to comment. I was going through some mental things and I am back but now I have to catch up on all of your work. I think a lot of this terrorist stuff is fake. I have a picture that I took off of yahoo that shows 6 “terrorists” standing in a straight line. First and foremost, if you were a terrorist would you want your picture taken? Secondly, when you pay close attention to the picture the “terrorists” are all holding their guns like trained police or military officers. They all had their finger pointing straight and not on the trigger. that is how a cop is suppose to hold a gun. Then the name that they choose to use “ISIS”. The media throws these fake terrorists groups in our face to keep us in a state of fear. Why did they choose the name ISIS? Well Isis is the greek name of the Egyptian god Auset. They used theat name to keep black people scared of returning back to their original selves. In this age we are to wake up so theydo everything to keep us fearful. And I don’t just mean black people, ALL people. This comment may not make the most sense but I wrote a post explaing what I mean in better detail called “Ebola”. 25blackandalive.com/ebola/ Let me know what you think. If my train of thought is off I would like to hear from you. You have a very wise outlook on the way of the world.
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December 30, 2016 at 9:39 pm
Dear Brother – thank you for the credit you have given me and for taking the time to comment! Your comment is not off topic!
I agree with you: a lot of this terrorism stuff is fake. I believe Kelley and I were talking about this, in passing, on another thread. I agree with you 100%. As I am sure you already know: September 11th was an inside-job. There is no way in hell airplanes brought down those buildings. I personally do not think any airplanes were used … it was all bombs placed beforehand, and then they edited in some fake airplanes after the fact on television. I think there are a bunch of false flag attacks (when the US attacks itself and blame someone else) and psy-ops attacks (when the attack never happened and they just pretend it did). I mean … those home videos of Osama bin Laden were clearly fake. It is at the point where those in power do not even care enough to make this stuff look real. All they do is put a sock puppet on TV, give him an Arabic last name, and say “he is the boogeyman”. Its wild.
However, I wrote this post based on the premise that terrorism is real – not because I believe it, but because most people do. I have a poem on my page where I argue that 9/11 was pure bullshit. But instead of having a debate about whether terrorism is real or not (and being called a “conspiracy theorist”) I decided to have a discussion about foreign policy which is more substantive. When addressing masses of people, it is, to some extent, important to speak to them at their level.
We actually agree that terrorism is a tool for keeping people in line. The War on Terror serves two functions: 1). stripping us of civil rights in the US, and 2). justifying imperialist wars in the Middle East. Constant fear is being used to maintain power and profit.
I will be sure to check out that Ebola piece!
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December 30, 2016 at 10:43 pm
Quote: “We actually agree that terrorism is a tool for keeping people in line. The War on Terror serves two functions: 1). stripping us of civil rights in the US, and 2). justifying imperialist wars in the Middle East. Constant fear is being used to maintain power and profit.”
Perfectly stated.
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December 30, 2016 at 11:09 pm
Thank you!
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January 4, 2017 at 9:42 pm
LMAOOOO I am laughing because everything you just said was so on point. And to the point that you made on how the powers that be don’t even care to make the stuff appear to be real. I have to learn to speak to where people are at. I usually just get annoyed and let that person go about their way.
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December 30, 2016 at 11:26 pm
Almost every week the most violent society on Earth (apart from warzones) the USA have mass murders, then you yanks talk about terrorism, what a sick joke!
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January 1, 2017 at 11:32 am
EXACTLY! The warzones are usually influenced by America somehow, someway too. SMH
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January 8, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Finally, like minds. Each one, teach one, and the world reshapes itself. We have to continue to be the voice of the oppressed no matter who they are as long as they come in peace. *Power to ALL PEOPLE*
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January 8, 2017 at 7:01 pm
Absolutely! Glad to be in touch with you. Thanks for the re-blog! Power to the People!
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February 25, 2017 at 3:41 pm
I agree that America’s imperialistic approach to foreign policy doesn’t always pan out well. When we just throw money at humanitarian crises (Somalia), dictators and thugs usually soak it all up and it never serves its true purpose to aid those in need. We never handle it the right way and as a result we have sort of empowered tyranny over the decades. However I disagree that we stimulate terrorism. Terrorism is not the result of bad circumstances. It is strictly ideological. There will never be a day that the Muslim world at large will stop hating Holy Israel and America. It is because we are the antithesis to there way of life. We have appeased Iran for more than a decade now. Gave them billions of dollars and approval for nuclear capabilities and yet, they still chant death to America and death to Israel. So you see, from a general perspective, it does not matter what we do in foreign policy, they will always hate us.
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February 26, 2017 at 3:41 am
Interesting! You said: “there will never be a day that the Muslim world at large will stop hating Holy Israel and America”. My disagreement with this statement stems from the attempt to frame terrorism as an intractable religious dispute as opposed to a colonial battle that began around 120 years ago. Zionism, which began in 1896 with Theodore Herzl, is Jewish colonization. The creation of the State of Israel was and is based on the oppression of Palestinians. The U.S. has been involved in the Israel-Palestine dispute since 1967 – funding Israel and their apartheid state. Recently, the US gave Israel $38 billion to continue their bloodshed. The chants of “death to America” are political in nature: resistance to the imperialistic War on Terror which has unraveled the region. As demonstrated with the testimonies of terrorists, America stimulates terrorism. You mentioned Iran … but we need to remember that America, in its attempt to contain communism, staged a coup to depose of their democratically elected government in 1953. Of course they hate us … we have been destroying that region for decades.
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February 26, 2017 at 6:46 pm
Of course they will, like most of the world, hate the US (country) not America (2Xcontinents) the US can’t bomb the shit out of a country, then send in humanitarian supplies and expect to be thanked for it. For the United States continual war is an essential component of their economy, ammunition and weapons factories linked to some of the most influential Republicans of days gone by. Warmongers who can’t understand the choice of others to prefer communism over capitalism. We now have 8 men in the world with an equal amount of wealth to the bottom 50% of the global population, this is what starts wars, and 0.1% of the global population owning 50% plus of the global economy is pathetic, no wonder Earth’s people are rebelling, sadly they are choosing precisely the wrong people to help them gain a fair go.
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February 26, 2017 at 7:51 pm
Well stated!
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November 30, 2016 at 10:06 pm
Thank you 😀
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