On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Louis Proyect wrote: > Of course there can be state terrorism in the USA. The policy of Indian > removal was state terrorism. On the other hand, there was no *need* for the > US ruling class to kill thousands of people in the WTC.
Then we agree regarding the POSSIBILITY of state terrorism within the U.S. against its own people. > I look for > political explanations above all. They mean much more to me than arcane > discussions over whether WTC 7 could have collapsed, etc. Four chapters in HIDDEN HISTORY go into the politics (only one discusses WTC 7 and then only in part). Check it out. > The political > explanation is simple. There has been a pattern of Islamic radical terror > throughout the world for decades now. The motivation is to exact > concessions from imperialism. It is a foolish strategy but it springs from > a deep social and psychological well. Simple, perhaps, for you, but I claim no such clarity for myself (although I would have some thoughts on the matter). Paul Z.
