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"Osama bin Laden
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Bush Lied to the American People about 9/11 Terrorists' Motives
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March 7, 2004 thepeoplesvoice.org
By: Tom Murphy
Bush's lie hides from many Americans the fact that we were attacked by Al-Qaeda because of specific foreign polices and not because we are
the "brightest beacon of freedom and opportunity"
We don't deserve to be lied to. What Bush lied about was WHY WE WERE
TARGETED. The day after the worst terrorist attack in American history,
President Bush addressed the nation. Those looking for an explanation for
why the terrorists attacked America got only a lie. Bush claimed,
"America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for
freedom and opportunity in the world." But the truth was revealed in
the FBI’s statement to Congress and bin Laden’s own
words: Opposition to U.S. military forces in the Persian gulf area, most
notably Saudi Arabia, U.S. support of corrupt Middle Eastern countries, U.S.
support for Israel’s brutal occupation and the ongoing assault on
civilians in Iraq.
The FBI testified clearly that Al-Qeada had specific
goals. "One of the primary goals of Sunni extremists is the removal of
U.S. military forces from the Persian gulf area, most notably Saudi
Arabia." - The
Terrorist Threat Confronting the United States The FBI made it clear
that the terrorism was done "in order to overthrow all governments[in
Muslim lands, check what Osama and Richard Reid have actually said] which
are not ruled by Sharia (conservative Islamic) law." That is what the FBI
has said the motives are.
Here is what a terrorism expert says: In fact, says terrorism expert
Richard E. Rubenstein, Bin Laden has made clear in previous remarks that he
is seeking to force a U.S. withdrawal from the Arabian peninsula. He also
hopes to destabilize pro-Western regimes in the Middle East and possibly
provoke a U.S. military response that will further anger and alienate the
Muslim world. "It's actually quite clear what he wants," Richard
E. Rubenstein says. "What makes him different is not what he wants, but
the way he proposes to get it."
Now here is what Osama bin Laden has said: "The Western regimes and
the government of the US bear the blame for what might happen. If their
people do not wish to be harmed inside their very own countries, they should
seek to elect governments that are truly representative of them and that can
protect their interests."-bin Laden, May 1998. "We swore that
America wouldn't live in security until we live it truly in Palestine. This
showed the reality of America, which puts Israel's interest above its own
people's interest. America won't get out of this crisis until it gets out of
the Arabian Peninsula, and until it stops its support of Israel." -bin
Laden, Oct. 2001 Here is what the shoe bomber (Richard Reid) has
said: "The reason for me sending you (a document he calls his
"will") is so you can see that I didn't do this act out of
ignorance nor did I just do it because I want to die, but rather because I
see it as a duty upon me to help remove the oppressive American forces from
the Muslim land and that this is the only way for us to do so as we do not
have other means to fight them." Now what did the President say? He
told us a lie that we are being targeted because we are the "brightest
beacon of freedom and opportunity in the world". Whitehouse
Transcript
Bush deceives Americans about the terrorists motives to shield U.S. foreign
policies from public scrutiny, his first concern is the special interests he
serves. He does not respect our right to the truth and the media is just as
bad.
The cover story that Bush feeds the American people robs the American people
of the chance to decide for themselves if they want to continue to be put in
harm's way over specific foreign polices.
Not one mainstream media reporter pointed out that Bush lied, the media
for the most part played along with the official lie. [After two years the
chance to hear the truth has improved, David Corn has a new book that
identifies this particular lie of President Bush.] Who, what, where, when
and why are standard press questions but when it came to 9/11 most of the
media avoided the why. The media has provided a very poor public forum for
anyone wanting to understand why America was targeted.
CNN’s Paula Zahn
even questioned the very idea that a person could understand why America was
targeted. Paula Zahn: “Professor, let me jump in here, but implicit in
that -- aren't you saying that you understand why America was targeted?”
Noam Chomsky: “Do I understand? Yes, so does the U.S. intelligence
services, so does all of scholarship. I mean, we can ignore it if we like,
and therefore lead to further terrorist attacks, or we can try to
understand.”
Graham E. Fulller, former CIA, warned in 1998, “It is dangerous to divorce
terrorism from politics, yet the U.S. media continue to talk about an
abstract war against terrorism without mention of the issues or context that
lie behind them.
President Bush cares more about the special interests he serves than the
American people. President Bush obviously lies to the American people for an
ugly reason. He lies to cover the real motives because the powerful people
who push the agendas he serves don't want U.S. foreign policy to change. The
cover story that Bush feeds the American people robs the American people of
the chance to decide for themselves if they want to continue to be put in
harm's way over specific foreign polices. If the American people knew why
they were attacked, the American people might rightly question if the
actions of U.S. foreign policy actually serve their own needs. We may
question why we are being put in this situation. We may question why we are
being put in harm's way and for exactly what reasons. We may decide that the
policies are not serving the real American interests: the interests of the
average American.
The Press that has played along with the agendas of powerful groups by
not pointing out that the President has lied to the American people. Both
the President and the Press rob the American people of the chance to decide
if they want to continue to risk their lives for policies that are basically
unjust and benefit corrupt business interests including the Israeli agenda.
The FBI stated the real primary reason why America was targeted: U.S.
military forces in the Persian gulf area and U.S. backing of corrupt Middle
East governments.
Osama bin Laden has himself stated the two primary motives above and these
two other motives: U.S. support for Israel which has violated the human
rights of millions of people and the sanctions against Iraq which has killed
over a million people.
When President Bush lies to us about why we were attacked, he serves
special interests instead of the American people. We don't owe him or these
special interests a damn thing. We don't "have to" continue these
policies, polices that they didn't want us to know about.
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American people. We tackle the most difficult issues that threaten the
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