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La Terreur, C'est Nous!

The rails of prophecy are converging.

The U.S. is gunning for an oil-rich, middle-eastern country. Nothing new in that. It is labelling that nation as a member of the "Axis of Evil" and falsely presenting it as an international menace, while hypocritically beefing up its own armory of apocalypse in violation of international treaties. Nothing new in that either.

But what is different between the Iraq and Iran equations, at least for now, is that the Iraq equation hinged on a spectacular man-made catastrophe to goad a nation's bellicosity and falsely insinuate the scapegoated nation as perpetrator, whereas this critical catalyst for action is, so far, missing from the Iran equation.

Another key difference in this resurgent belligerence, is the new support of European governments, notably France and Germany. This factor is crucial to the imperial plan, because the U.S. is simply not equipped or resourced to launch another invasion single-handed. It will need European resources and support.

And here's how it's will get them, even as it addresses the current terrorism shortfall (we could call it a "terrorism-deprivation syndrome") -- by engineering a spectacular catastrophe on French soil and blaming Iran. The French government, mired in deepening domestic crises and badly needing the distraction of an external enemy, has already been seduced into this conspiracy by the movers, shakers, and murderers of Washington.

Think of the benefits. New life will be breathed into the tired old lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction, islamic terrorism, and links to Al Qaeda. The traumatized French will be expected to respond rather like the "proles" of George Orwell's 1984, who, normally apathetic about war, would be lashed into "frenzies of patriotism" when their own government fired rocket bombs on them, disguised as enemy attacks.

By a similar logic, the French will cry out en masse for vengeance, forgive French president Jacques Chirac his recent attempt to impose repressive employment laws, and forget his subsequent humiliating climb-down following national protests.

Most worrying is the prospect of a nuclear component in the next synthetic (or "false-flag") event. The U.S. government has, for more than a year now, refused to provide Swiss prosecutors with crucial information regarding a nuclear black-market run and funded by the CIA.

Look to it. But do not blame Iran when catastrophe again befalls.

April 2006

 

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