I wonder if these people have ever heard of fable called The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

It is the British who should be asking questions.  Do they enjoy being a US colony, a charming revershal of days or old.  Did Tony put George in power while he is sailing the blue?

The paradox here is that terrorism or threats of, help the neo conmen agenda. They are caught in the delicate position of needing to look strong against terrorists, and needing terrorist acts or threats to feed it. While championing the republicans as the only only ones with balls enough to deal with it, they wouldn’t mind all that much if a successful attack were made. It would help them in the polls and the coming elections. It’s very bold, however inhumane it may be. For me, I hope they fail and go to gail.

A question that I have is: “What caused the British to yield to the political pressure from the Bush Administration?”  There is a great deal that amiss in this story; I hope the Truthdig contributors, reporters and columnists can get to the bottom of this unseemly situation.

I once worked for a company that imported surgical steel from Pakistan.  The President of this company said, in his business dealings with the Pakistanis, that they were not truthful.  If you understood this, and took it for granted, you could do business with them because it was part of their culture.  He was not putting anybody down; he was only stating what he believed to be fact. If you didn’t understand this, and didn’t take it for granted, he said, you would have continual problems.

Kirby asks “Could this be the manufacturing of terrorist plots on purpose to scare us all into voting for Republicans?”

Duh!

I don’t mean to be disrespectful, Kirby. It’s just that my jaded cynicism grows more profound with each passing day.

First I was lied to about Santa Claus, then the tooth fairy, that there was a god up there in heaven who loved me and was looking out for me, then that my freckles would fade away when I grew up, then that I’d lose my baby fat… (snip… 60 years of abuse) then, that there were WMD, and that the invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with oil, etc.

It seems to me that I’ve been lied to all my life by those whom I was supposed to trust, respect and obey. I’ve long since learned not to trust what those set in authority over me tell me, and with my trust, went my respect and my willingness to just go along with what I’m told to think or do.

I’m not an anarchist by nature. I’ve been TAUGHT to be one by how I’ve been treated. (And I’ve been treated very well compared with the treatment most people on this planet receive).

It comes as no surprise to me that so many others are enraged to the point where they’d choose to sacrifice their lives in protest rather than live another day as grist for someone else’s mill.

But believe me, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES could I be scared into voting Republican. I’m sticking around as long as I can if for no other reason than to IRRITATE as many “authorities” as I possibly can.

According to an aticle in Asia Times Online (http://www.atimes.com), it is a possibility that this “terrorist plot” was instigated by agents provocateur inside Pakistani intelligence to help them round up some troublesome UK citizens and help Blair and Bush win control over their populations. It is possible that just as the Miami terrorists were urged on by the FBI informant in their midst, this plot too, was suggested by “our friends” in Pakistani intelligence. No agents provocateur, no real plot. Could this be the manufacturing of terrorist plots on purpose to scare us all into voting for Republicans??

Imagine that!!!  British intelligence wanted to take Rauf into custody “in circumstances where there was due process” so he could be tried in British courts?  Will someone please tell those fuddy-duddy Brits that “due process” is an archaic legality. The Decider has declared it null and void, no longer applicable to “the world’s greatest democracy” and therefore any place in the world. George Bush is in charge.  By now the alleged ringleader, Rauf, has been illegally arrested, probably “rendered” to a “secret” prison where he’s hanging by his thumbs and spewing worthless intelligence. It is certain he will never see the inside of a courtroom nor will he be interrogated by professionals who could have gotten valuable intelligence from him - which will certainly benefit his followers who are still at large.