Terrorism is Never the Work of Terrorists!

I'm sure that by now, most of you have heard about the terror attack in Spain. Al Qaeda has allegedly claimed responsibility. Makes sense, right?

Well, not to DU. They're actually being a little less crazy than I expected, but you can tell that they're just looking for a way to blame the attacks on Bush and/or the Spanish government. For example, here are some responses from a thread entitled In the Last Half Hour, I Think the Attacks Have Begun!!:

NOTE: Just to be fair, these don't represent the majority of responses, but they are real responses. Thank you.

In Madrid they are now reporting finding van that has a bunch of detonators in it and a Koran tape. Thus, they are now looking at the bombings as possible bin Laden boys rather than Basque faction. But, get this, the van was located from a "tip" and the tape is the kind of Koran readings you can buy in any store. The French have joined in and now gone to a high terrorist alert. Now, tell me, who the hell benefits from making it sound like the Evil doers are on the march and we could get hit at any moment, too??? In fact, was the orginal bombings done by any of these groups and when the Spanish just didn't get it and blamed it on the Basque, they had to be pointed in a desired direction?? Then came the arrest of US spy just in to the newsrooms.

They arrested a woman who was a aide to two Democratic (emphasize Democratic) congresspeople in the past (Mosley-Braun--as in presidential candidate) one of them. She was seen being taken away yelling that she is an anti-war activist!! Let see: a spying Dem, anti-war unpatriotic Democrat working for Sadaam---can't trust those stinkin' Dems you know to fight terror.

Finally, even though they've been talking about Kerry's off mike remarks today, they suddenly have burst forth as if they just discovered that this just shows the terrible real character of Kerry. Apparently, they weren't pumping it hard enough so it was juiced up for the evening crowd as they come home.

And, just coincidentally, tonight Bush launches his ads against Kerry. Dear God I smell something.......this isn't just coincidental.

Emphasis added, by the way. I just find it amazing that they somehow connect a terror attack with Bush's campaign and his alleged quest to call Democrats unpatriotic. Again, there isn't as much tinfoil-hattery as I expected, but some of these responses are too good to ignore:

It's one thing to criticize Kerry and another to have a "backdrop" when announcing. This uping of terror, terrorism, spies, etc. is a beautiful frame for this evenings launch of those ads. I wondered for weeks what they were going to do to kick off the ads because simply airing ads wasn't enough. There had to be some boosting up of scare of terror in order to get the people in "no mood" for people that Pres. Bush says guts budgets to fight terror, etc.

Just give them a little time, and they'll be screaming "Reichstag." Trust me. What else do they have to say?

I had the feeling at 3:00 that the windup for the change was just given the go ahead so that we can be blasted with terror images and arrested spy Dems (why do they have to emphasize she worked for Dems?) so that the commercials that will air this evening give the old one, two punch. Bush needs a little help from his friends---and friends like these intend to give him the moon.

That was about all I could find blaming Bush directly for the attacks, but in the extended entry, we'll see how they managed to blame him indirectly for making conditions right for terror. This is a bit more interesting.

First, we'll look at this thread, entitled Report: Al-Qaida claims Madrid attack that kills 190. Of course, DU can't accept that Al Qaeda would actually attack someone other than the evil, Muslim-hating United States, so let's see what they came up with.

Our first hilarious post is a reaction to a line in the cited article saying that "The London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said Thursday it had received a claim of responsibility issued by The Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri in the name of Al-Qaida for the Madrid terrorist attacks that killed at least 190 people and wounded 1,247."

Isn't Abu Hafs al-Masri arabic for Karl Rove?

I can't make this stuff up. Now, let's look at the general responses:

...remember that unemployment figures...and eventually inflation figures are to be released here in the States. Either way, its an attempted manipulation of the events in order to keep the sheeple scared.

That wretched fearmongering!

Chimpy took his eyes off the ball to chase pipeline dreams...

We could have spent the last 2 and a half years engaging al-Queda, but Chimpy HAD to have that oil and his PNAC puppetmasters HAD to have those bases.

So instead, we got distracted by Iraq, suffered thousands of casualties, poured recruits into Al Queda's ranks and this is the result.

Four more years of Chimpy and we'll see Osama sitting in the Oval Office accepting America's surrender. We have GOT to get someone in there who knows what they're doing!

There we go! So, it WAS Al Qaeda, but it was Dubya's fault!

Just two weeks back...remember...that there were rumors (quickly dispelled) by the Pakistanis andthe US that Osama had "been caught"... There were also reports that increased military actions were expected in order to capture Osama because "he was surrounded".

Its just Goldstein of Orwellian fame...

They're so freakin' predictable! They've already blamed the attack on scare tactics, oil, failed foreign policy, and Orwellian enemy creation, but notice that it's always AMERICA'S FAULT!

Once again, I couldn't find as much material as I wanted, but let's look at one more thread where they manage to blame Bush for the attacks. This one is called Explosion at Atocha Railway Station in Madrid
. Check it out:

Blood on their hands For the Spanish government that decided to align itself with the American Terrorist President, in spite of the fact that 90% of Spain's citizens opposed the war.

Yep, Bush is the terrorist, not Al Qaeda. Nice.

It makes no sense for Al Queda to attack Spain 90% of the Spanish people oppose involvement in Iraq or Bush's "war on terra". Why attack them then? It would be counterproductive.

Once again, we see that terror attacks are all the result of Bush's policies.

This next one is pretty long, so I'll bold the best parts:

Spain's GOVERNMENT supports the war...and BUSH

That's why it makes PERFECT sense.. It's a message.. Side with the US and you are never going to be safe..

What we are attempting to engage in is a war of attrition.. The "terrah-ists" will always win.. We have to thwart them 100% of the time to win.. They only have to succeed 1% of the time to "win".. They know that militarily, they could never defeat us, but by threatening disruptive violence against supporters of BUSH , and the US , through him, they win every time..

It's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to live in a "free society" and also be "safe" from people who are willing to blow themselves up , in order to kill more of us than theirs..

The time has come for "advanced" countries to just plain BACK OFF.. Get our troops off of foreign soil.. If these people truly have the support of their people, we certainly do not need to waste our time trying to "christian-ize" them and make them watch MTV and Brittney.. Their own people will deal with them when they become too oppressive..

We are modern... they claim to want no part of it.. Leave them alone..

If they oppress their own people, and yet the people love them for it, and support them, who are WE to tell the rest of the world that they MUST be removed??

Radical Islam is a dangerous force, but poverty is what fuels it.. Instead of blowing stuff up and killing people, why not approach it from a humanitarian angle..

Tourism, trade, and humanitarian aid should be the "three legs of the stool"....instead of bombs, bullets & bases....

How would we feel if the situation were reversed?? Would we appreciate foreigners coming to the US and setting up bases?? What if they disagreed with OUR religion?

Our adventurism is causing a lot of the discord ..and it's spreading..

I know that was a lot, but I had to include the whole thing. Isn't it good to know that hippies are still literate?

Wait...no, it isn't.

I hope that it was ETA (the Basques) and not something Bush* can blame on Al Qaeda. I think that he and his crew have promoted Osama as the Uber-Bogeyman and made it seem that terrorism is some new enemy we must fight...

Terrorism isn't the enemy? What were we thinking?!

What this attack says loud and clear is that the world IS NOT safer since Bush launched his war on terror. On the contrary, the world and the US is much worse off because the terrorists, once disperse groups with individual agendas, have now come together in an organized way against the US and its allies. We may be feared but we are no longer respected, trusted, or admired. Fear only makes you strike back and the terrorists could say that they are launching their own brand of "pre-emption" in response to an all out declaration of war by the Bush regime.

Howard Dean?!! You post on DU?

Who Benefits From This Attack? Will It be used as a campaign prop as AWOL uses 9/11?

if it was A.Q., who hired them?

Now they're afraid that the Spanish government will exploit the attacks. Gotta love that classic liberal empathy.

perfect timing

"131 dead, 400 wounded"
"...leader of the Basque movement Batasuna connected to ETA says the purpatrators must be sought in muslim circles.."
"... in recent years attacks by ETA have been directed primarily at officials..."

"... next sunday there are elections in Spain.."

(source: local teletext, Netherlands)

So there's a few hints this may not be the work of ETA.

Current Spanish govt is in favor of Bush's various wars, however millions of voters took to the streets in protest.

tinfoil: this is a false-flag operation to coherce Spanish voters to choose for a hard crackdown wrt "the war on terror"; please hand over your civil rights etc.

At least they'll admit when they're wearing the hats occasionally.

In elections next week, to whom are jittery voters likely to turn?

The right.

Italy's fascist P2 Lodge - to which Silvio Berlusconi was a member, and George HW Bush an honorary member - engineered similar feats attributed to "the Red Brigade" to discredit the Italian left in the 1970s.

The same thing will happen in Canada before our general election. Until now I'd feared it; now I'm resigned to it. And what will happen to the left vote? It will flee to the right's message of heightened "security."

Go ahead, call me crazy. Just wait for it.

Okay. YOU'RE A F**KING LOONY!!!!

Today's the day Bush* breaks ground on the 9/11 memorial

Just announced on CNN.

I'm just throwing this out there.

Back to blaming Bush.

I guess it will give the rotten *sob something to talk about. It would be very easy to mimic Al Queda since their hallmarks are well know. This was a professional job. I am breaking out the 'value pack' of reynolds wrap as we speak.

Now we're back to normal. They're blaming Dubya for the attacks. Beautiful.

Reichstag Fire Just read "best of friends," and it sure will put the tinfoil hat on you.

WHAT DID I TELL YA? THEY'RE COMPARING IT TO THE REICHSTAG FIRE!

Man, this is getting too easy. I need to stop now.

Once again, draw your own conclusions.

Posted by CD on March 11, 2004 05:08 PM
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