This is NOT pearl harbor (not News)

THIS EVENT WILL PUT AMERICANS BEHIND THE PRESIDENT, NOT A GOOD THING. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS DIED,MILLIONS SCARED. OF WHAT? TODAY SHOULD BE A DAY FOR AMERICANS TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THE CAPITALIST WORLD IS UNDER SEIGE, THE REVOLUTION HAS BEEN TELEVISED. MY WORST FEAR, THOUGH, IS THAT BUSH WILL RETALLIATE AGAINST NON-VIOLENT, ANTI-CAPITALIST, ANTI-GLOBALIZATION ACTIVISTS WITH MILITARY FORCE AND BLIND AMERICANS WILL STAND BEHIND HIM IN A CLOUD OF FEAR THAT THEIR SAFETY AND STABILE CORPORATE-RUN LIVES WILL BE TAKEN BY THESE TERRORISTS.

FACT: people die every day because of corporate decisions
FACT: today is no different

I mean no disrespect to those who were killed, their
families, et al. when I state what should be obvious: that
what occurred today was both horrible and inevitable.
There are over 6 billion people on the planet and a very
small number of them are served by that monument to
capitalism once known as the world trade center. It was
only a matter of time before the building would once again
be a target of a terrorist attack (as it had in 1993). It
is somewhat naive to be surprised by this. As for the
Pentagon . . . nothing more need be said.

Today one of the national news outlets showed a clip of
people in Palestine celebrating the vulnerability of the US
by waving their arms in the air and flashing victory signs.
I fear that this sentiment will be terribly mis-understood
by the casual observer deeply shocked by the tragedy and
manipulated by those maudlin attitudes of the newscasters.
I keep thinking of this: what had happened to these people
that they would loose their humanity in dancing on the
graves of thousands of innocent people? I don't blame them
you understand, I have no enmity toward their feelings, I
am only disturbed that they have been brought to embrace
such feelings in the first place. We must ask ask
ourselves how have we come this far?

But the corporate news is focusing on other questions
clearly. I hear that this is an 'attack against the US' as
if it is the equivalent of the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor (one station repeated this ad nauseum). Was it as
bad as killing all those civilians at Hiroshima? Nagasaki?
And what about the killing of the first Americans?
Doesn't that constitute a domestic terrorist act of far
more damaging proportions? As usual true terrorism is seen
as only that which happens to us. Listen to how it is
characterized as 'cowardly' and how retribution is the
theme of the day. Is that the worst thing you can say
about someone is that they are cowardly? Are we supposed
to dig out the corpses of the hijackers from the rubble at
the WTC and kill them again? Revenge takes precedence over
justice once again. Will this nation ever learn justice?

Just a thought. Let's try to not get caught up in the
'spectacle' of reporting re:today's events. Already I hear
national security advisors quick to circle the wagons. The
border to first Mexico and now Canada has been closed?
Undoubtedly the fear of terrorism will be used as
justification for the suspension of many of our civil
liberties. Dissent, hardly tolerated in the first place
here in the US, will now be found as downright
un-patriotic. Mark my words: in a state obsessed with
terrorism the first casualty is always freedom.

be careful! this is not the revolution. this is all so obviously scripted, like pearl harbor was. even the recent production of the pearl harbor movie was part of it, i'm sure. it is a trick to mobilize the country to war and to accept the next step - denial of all our rights in the name of security, possibly to the point of martial law. muslims, arabs, and palestinians particularly are being scapegoated. be careful. be calm. do not enter into this sham or play your role in their script. this was not an attack on capitalism; it was very much the opposite. please don't rejoice; it makes the entire movement a target of their retaliation. we need to think, and to communicate.

Could be a United Nations power play. Could be Al Gore and Bill Clinton are now Presidents of the world - HITLER would be proud of this one. They will go after our freedoms now.