Our New Anahuac

This post is an attempt to look at terrorism with a little logic.  I try to present facts here.  It is devoid of patriotic emotions over anything.  I admit that I am immune to such feelings, but for those who read this, understand that this is meant to be an analysis of terrorism, not a defense of it.  I think if you look through each of my statements, you will find facts, not pro-terrorist rantings.

The United States Revolutionary Army Started as A Terrorist Force

It is one of the greatest ironies that a nation founded on terrorism is being pestered in its latter days by groups using modern terrorism.  The founders of this country labeled themselves patriots, as in Che’s famous phrase patria o muerte.  Patria, you know, as in country, as in they wanted their own.  They were violent separatists who used terror tactics to achieve their means. 

I am not referring, as I usually do, to the terror that they unleashed on people of color.  Their very own people equated them with what we would understand to be terrorism. 

Their use of guerrilla-hide-in-the-bushes tactics, instead of the disciplined European lines, put them squarely in the scum-of-the-earth-coward category.  More analogous to modern-day terrorism is the fact that the revolutionaries intentionally killed off-limit targets—military officers.

The negative reputation of snipers can be traced back to the American Revolution, when American “Marksmen” would intentionally target British officers, an act considered uncivilized by the British Army at the time

Why? Because they put their efforts toward liberty before anything else. 

Today, the modern day terrorists is on the one hand told that they must convert to democracy, because a democratic country is run by the people.  On the other hand this democratic governement invades foreign countries, to the tune of half a million to two million CIVILIAN deaths. If a democracy means rule by the people, ostensibly, the decision to kill these large number of civilans was made by a civilian populace. The American Revolutionaries targeted officers because they were “the deciders.” Modern terrorists are doing the same thing, going after the deciders.

The recent on-base suicide bomber was motivated by the high civilan deaths, according to Jordinian sources.

Anonymous Jordanian intelligence sources told TIME that Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi was not a double agent working for al Qaeda, as claimed by the U.S. government. They say the bomber had provided useful information exposing al Qaeda leaders and he only turned out of anger at the high number of civilians killed in U.S. airstrikes.

Labeling Terrorism is Propaganda-Civilian Deaths Come From Both Sides
The term terrorism, in fact, is used not to describe acts, but rather to polarize the people. Again, the US has caused half a million to two million civilian deaths.  Many attacks lead by the US were carried out fully knowing that massive civilian casualties would result. The terrorists have caused probably less than 4,000 civilain deaths on US soil this century. We can easily see that the term terrorism is applied not to those who knowingly cause civilian death, but to “those other people” on the other side.

Maybe its a style of killing that earns the term terrorism. Let us compare two incidents that occurred in the past month. One was Abdumutallab, the would-be plane bomber. The other was Johnny Lee Wicks, who opened fire in a federal building, and actually killed a veteran US Marshall. Abdumutallab, who did not succeed in killing anyone, completely overshadowed the news of Wicks. The Wicks incident received only one or two days of major coverage, while the plane incident is still major daily news.

Why? Because it is a propaganda piece. Polarization, remember? The US wants to keep us emotional, dissatisfied, scared and generally ready to strike, while covering up its imperial interests. Senior senators (Lieberman) are already hinting at the possibility of striking Yemen. 

So to get us on board, they ignore the hundreds that die weekly in street crimes. They ignore the thousands that are robbed or burglarized daily, and the countless spousal and child abuse cases. These problems, the problems which really affect us on a daily basis, are made to be much more acceptable. Whiles some dramatic theatre plays on for months, despite the lack of one death on US soil for nine years. Get over it, you are more likely to die walking out of a taqueria than by a terrorist. That’s just a fact. But they keep feeding us this myth to keep us on their side.

Attempted deaths caused by foreigners are more freighteneing to the white, xenophoic psyche than actual deaths caused by citizens.  The government-media complex knows this and exploits this by publicizing “terrorist” attempts and the hype around “criminal” aliens.

Pretending That We Can Control It Will Lead To Abuses
Finally, I am sick and tired of politicians and the media pretending that terrorism can be prevented or trying to assign blame to bureaucrats for failing to prevent a bombing. Nobody goes around blaming the cops for a pre-meditated bank robbery or murder. These things happens.

It’s not that I am defending the bureaucrats. It is their fault to the extent they continue with an imperialist policy, not because their policing powers are deficient.

My point is this, as long as people harbor the errant belief that all terrorism can be prevented, they will demand that officials take those intrusive steps, like the Patriot Act, to do so. I do not expect that federal officials can prevent a small group of individuals from planning something secretly and then acting on it. Those who do, begin to negotiate whether or not having the government eavesdrop on our cel phone calls is acceptable. It isn’t. Even if it were, it would not stop all attacks.