The War On Terror: Extraordinary Circumstances, Extraordinary Measures and American Values* (*Thanks, Supergirl!)

I was just in the middle of watching an episode of Supergirl on Netflix*:
Season 1 Ep, 14: "Truth, Justice and The American Way".

(*If you haven't seen it, please consider giving it a try.  I'd put off watching it for a long time - Another superhero show?  Are they kidding?.  And, then, I watched the pilot.  After which, I watched the first five episodes back-to-back in a mini-marathon.)

At 17:52, the character, James Olson (played by Mehcad Brooks), is having a conversation with Supergirl (played by Melissa Benoist).  And, what transpired was a short speech that - when I heard it - I thought, "Eureka! (or, something like that)  That's, (almost) exactly, what I've wished someone/everyone would say to the U.S. military/intelligence community!"

So, taking a cue from the sharp writers of Supergirl - and with some of my own, personal editing for proper content and context - here's my version of that speech:

"To Whom It May Concern At The F.B.I., C.I.A., N.S.A., D.I.A., D.O.D., et al.:
When you have more power than any other military/intelligence network on Earth, you must be better than taking a page out of your enemy's handbook.

In every endeavor or conflict - whether it's ground warfare, the (perpetual) war on terror or matters of national security - victory doesn't just come down to a battle of strength or smarts or wills.

Ultimately, it comes down to a battle of values.

Our American Values versus our enemy's values - or lack, thereof.

And, if we're willing to abandon our American Values...

Then what, exactly, is it that makes us any better than our enemy?

If - as claimed - we believe in Truth, Justice and The American Way...

Then, we cannot and must not lower our own standards by taking actions which are in direct opposition to our American Values or by doing whatever it takes.*
 (*i.e torture, enhanced interrogation, extraordinary rendition, suspension of Constitutional/civil/human rights)."Thank you.

The U.S. is at War with an Imaginary Islam: Lies, Propaganda and the Real Story of America and the Muslim World!

PLEASE Read This Article.

It's The Truth!  The TRUTH about American Empire-Building / -Expanding / -Maintaining.

And, it's the TRUTH about the absolutely required existence of a malleable THREAT which it demands in order to continue.

They are 2-Sides of the SAME Coin.

They are 1 and the SAME.

"The Islamist Imaginary, unlike Islam itself and political movements of Islamic inspiration, does not exist outside of the imperial interests that shape it.  It has no independent cultural or historical reality, outside its role as predatory threat to Western global-interests.  The American empire, in turn, requires a hostile and threatening enemy, which today takes the form of Islam of its imagination, to realize and rationalize its expansionist project that must remain unacknowledged and unspoken.  The two elements of the imaginary and empire co-evolve.  The needs of a threatened empire as vulnerable victim change over time.  The Islamist Imaginary transforms itself to meet those needs.  Imaginary and empire circle one another in a dance of predator and prey.  Their roles are interchangeable, a clear sign that they are not entirely real. The predator is prey; the prey is predator.  They develop in tandem in a complex process of mutual adaptation.  Boundaries give way between the real and the imagined.  In the end it is the imagined that haunts our imaginations and drives our policies."

We are at war with an imaginary Islam: Lies, propaganda and the real story of America and the Muslim world

FBI Uncovers Another of Its Own Plots. Senator Feinstein's Response: Censor the Internet! | The Daily Sheeple

Look Who's Wagging The Dog... Yet Again:

"As you may - or may not - have already heard, on Thursday, the FBI “uncovered” yet another of its own terrorist plots, the latest in a very long line of “terrorist plots” the FBI has “uncovered” — in which the details always show that it was an undercover FBI “informant” (often doing this to get off leniently for some other issue), who more or less goads hapless, naive people, into a “plot”  that had no real chance of ever happening.

This appears to be the same sort of thing."

FBI Uncovers Another of Its Own Plots, Senator Feinstein Responds By Saying We Should Censor the Internet | The Daily Sheeple

No Nukes Is Good Nukes Or Where's Jack Bauer When We Need Him?

How often do you think about things such as...

Black-market multi-million dollar dealing of both nuclear bomb-making materials and the highly-radioactive substance(s) which are meant to fill them?

If you're like me, you've spent a small amount of time considering such unsettling scenarios... and probably did so only during either a big budget, Hollywood spy vs spy blockbuster or Fox's incredibly tense (and often nuclear terror-related) TV show "24".

Well...

It now appears that truth/reality has taken a cue from these frightening fictional performances.

Last week, in Pretoria, South Africa, a (thankfully) successful police "sting" operation was carried out after a group of men attempted to sell both highly-radioactive Cesium 137 and an "industrial nuclear device" to a man who happened to be an undercover police officer.

This conclusion of the "sting" involved a great many police officers, a foot-chase of one suspect through a busy Pretoria intersection and a shoot-out between the police officers and the suspects.

In the end, five men - all South African citizens - were arrested (with the lead-encased Cesium on them). Unfortunately, the so-called "industrial nuclear device" has yet to be located, but officials believe that it does exist and are actively searching for it.

Yikes.

Too bad Jack Bauer is a fiction...

Or is he?

The July 9th events haven't had much coverage here (Why is that?), but here's a brief clip from TRMS.

Enjoy!

From: The Rachel Maddow Show.

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How many licks does it take...
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Category: News and Politics

Ding...Dong...Zarqawi's "Dead"..... Again.
I have so many doubts about the reliability of anything... Sheesh!... Everything that is reported in the mainstream press. Have doubted the veracity of their stories for longer than I can remember. Maybe it isn't all of their fault...maybe it is just that they are repeating what they were told by the "authorities"/spin secretaries. Maybe they should begin their news broadcasts with a disclaimer..."Everything we report to you tonight as "news', may or may not be true and may be retracted/revised at a later date." Sounds a lot like the "We can neither confirm not deny...." line of the intelligence community (...and I use that term loosely.)

Re: Zarqawi:
I came across a posted response to a Blog (on Blogger's "The Truth Will Set You Free") that piqued my interest...basically it poses the question... "If a fire on a few floors of the WTC can cause it to fall in on itself, (...don't get me started on that one...oh boy!) how is it that 1000 lbs of military explosive ordinance dropped on Zarqawi seems to have only left his body with a bloody nose? What's he made of? I guess he ate his Wheaties. The rubble that was the "safe-house" he was in fared far worse than he did. Besides, isn't this the 3rd or 4th time he's been killed? I guess previous reports of his "...death have been greatly exagerrated."

The "Good News" is that, whether or not it is true, if this spec-ops attack was orchestrated to try to impede the free-fall of Bush's ratings (which ripples out to damage his party), and be a image booster/photo-op, it failed miserably. Bush, when talking about the reported death of Zarqawi, decided to invoke the names of the Americans Zarqawi (allegedly, there's no evidence it was he, they all had masks on) beheaded. The father of one young man, now a Green Party candidate for office, said he took no joy in Zarqawi's death. He said that both the terrorists in Iraq and the terrorists in D.C. (my terms for them) just keep going back and forth lobbing violent vengeful acts at each other and it will never stop until someone on one of the sides says, "Enough! I am not going to participate in this violence anymore!". (Good Luck!) He also said that he won't be happy until our troops are home and Bush is "...gone.". I second that emotion!!

And another thing...
Regarding: "The Canadian 17".
There seems to be a sudden silence in the press about the 12 men and 5 boys arrested and facing domestic terrorism charges in Canada. Considering the 'authorities' claimed that they planned to attack the Parliament and "behead" the Prime Minister (what an terror-izing thing to say.)... Well... I just think that, if the allegations were true and backed up by real evidence, wouldn't that deserve some more ink or airtime?

One other thing regarding them.... What 'terrorist' worth his or her salt would be soooo stupid as to purchase excessive amounts of the chemicals/ingredients necessary to build a bomb, in a way that can be traced back to them??? I am sure there are other ways. Also, I have heard that they were aware that they were under surveillance...yet gleefully continued to attempt to manufacture mayhem..... Hmmmm.... Curiouser and curiouser.

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What better way to manufacture support for militarism/suppression of Constitutional and Civil Rights than make it look like there are boogeymen here, there..and ....Oh my God! ... Look Out! ... They are Everywhere! And they want to behead the Canadian Prime Minister! Those bastards!!!

Don't worry...it will all be over soon. :-)
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