National security is the majority vote in wars. “We are threatened! Go and neutralise the threat. Do it in their backyard before they can bring it to ours.” Large doses of “you see, you see what they are like! This or that proves that we’re right.” Nations pull together when threatened, or made to feel so. The blitz failed to bomb Britain into submission, as was thought by the Germans. The Brits even came up with jolly songs about the blitz! When Britain returned the favour and bombed the sh*t out of Germany, they thought the Jerries would fold due to their already weakened state. Nope. It didn’t happen.

But wars are about power and greed, not about differences. And USA is simply using an age-old tactic of stirring up national feeling, tossing in a few perceived threats and backing this up with a few “lucky” facts (in the eyes of the resource mongers, that is). Twin towers is just one example. They then use this to convince soldiers to go protect what they REALLY want protected… access to resources and markets, and it is disguised with the notion that they are protecting the American people.

Yes, USA IS now a target and has to look to protecting itself (the self defence you spoke of), but they have worked hard at getting themselves hated. I think it’s safe to say that they have pissed off the vast majority of people on the planet. SUCH a pity.

And that is all I have to say about that.