Life and Lies Under the Terrordome Revolutionary Worker #1249, August 15, 2004, posted at http://rwor.org "What we're talking about here is a very serious matter based upon sound intelligence.We are a nation in danger."George W. Bush, August 2 The official American political season has opened in a war frenzy. First, the Democrat's team "reported for duty" in Boston--wrapped in flags, surrounded by vets and generals--and promising to build up more military strength and launch aggressive new actions. Then, the Republican government roared back with their own bid to orchestrate fear and war fever: Quickly after the Democratic convention closed, on August 1, the current administration announced a major terror alert--complete with claims of immediate threat, new "intelligence streams," capture of key plotters, supposed targeting of the New York Stock Exchange and the Citicorp Center in Manhattan, the Prudential Financial building in Newark, and the World Bank and International Monetary Fund buildings in Washington, DC. Large parts of these three cities became armed camps of roadblocks, heavily armed police installations and open deployments of military equipment. How intensely war moves on the "home front" are being escalated! How suspicious the timing of all this is! How completely flimsy all the supposed "evidence" turned out to be! read the rest of this article here: http://rwor.org/a/1249/fear_threats_alert.htm
