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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent?
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To: sea_urchin who wrote (19711)12/1/2003 4:49:17 PM
From: philv  Read Replies (2) of 81108
 
"That's the way I feel. In fact, I doubt if the organization ever existed --- except in the minds of those who plan US foreign policy --- or attempt to justify it!?"

That has been my impression as well. Certainly not the great world-wide organization, capable of destroying civilization, with sleeper agents by the thousands simply waiting to be activated for their pre-trained destiny in the name of Allah. The U.S. has exaggerated threats before. Take the Taliban for example. It turned out to be a few thousand fighters at the most, not the great invincible Afghan Mujahadeen who drove the Russians out.

But these exaggerations have great political significance. It can unite the people, even at their own peril and in a cause that is unjust. Pure and simple propaganda a la the Third Reich. We the people simply do not learn, what worked then, works now because human nature is what it is unchanged. Add a few modern twists and turns and voila, a cause celebre for the making and exploitation.
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