Was reading the new Chomsky book today, 'Understanding Power.'
If you look at the Propaganda Model, the U.S. is in need of a new bogeyman right now. An ongoing war against terrorism would fit the need to have a constant threat to keep Americans scared and obedient to authority. The U.S. needs a statist target in order to use its military. Iran and Iraq fit the bil and most Americans remember these countries as anti-American enemies. The U.S. also has no interest in conducting assymetrical warfare against Al Queda. An at-large Osama bin Laden fits the development of the new bogeyman.
You will notice that the FBI issued another vague "terrorism advisory" tonight. The media doesn't bother to research these alerts, so the U.S. can issue the periodically just to keep middle america on edge.
This is what makes sense to me. Bush also needs a crisis to deflect attention from Enron, which would shed light on his advisers, who are really calling the shots anyway.
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