From the thoughtful minds at In These Times, an unusual analyasis of how 9/11 impacted us. An exerpt:
Whatever the natural similarities between December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001, the association of the two has led us to convert—first in rhetoric, later in fact—a battle against a small band of clever, murderous fundamentalists into a worldwide war of epic scale.
The piece goes on to examine how that metamorphosis took place – based on a look at what was happening before 9/11.
Sadly, innovative and thoughtful perspectives such as this are completely absent from the mass media outlets, who seem so focused on recycling the same goddamned 12 pundits and 7 talking points that no real analysis is ever provided to the public. Instead weh have to search out ‘alternative’ press just to get something more than a bullet-point list of casualty statistics.
tis true that same things get recycled endlessly but not the things that make sense to me or seem to have some glimmer of the truth…
i feel sad for people who seem to be putting their heads in the sand in pursuit of bigger this, more that, better whatchamacallit instead of opening their eyes and trying to see the world as it really is.
we americans are some of the most silly and spoiled people who ever walked the planet & the truth will be like a refreshing swim in the pacific if we ever choose to acknowledge it.