Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
The recently released, previously classified report titled, “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001″ (.pdf), reveals that indeed long-time US ally, Saudi Arabia, had connections to the alleged hijackers who purportedly carried out the 9/11 attacks.
New Eastern Outlook
The recently released, previously classified report titled, “Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001″ (.pdf), reveals that indeed long-time US ally, Saudi Arabia, had connections to the alleged hijackers who purportedly carried out the 9/11 attacks.
While
the US would go on to invade Afghanistan and Iraq predicated on the
9/11 attacks, it should be noted that all of the alleged hijackers were
either Saudis or Persian Gulf citizens, or connected to terrorist
organizations supported by Persian Gulf states.
The Western media has attempted to
downplay the impact of the document’s release, claiming that subsequent
investigations found the “many” of the allegations in the document
“without basis” – even as the US and Saudi Arabia today openly arm and
fund terrorists in Syria.
To Whose Benefit?
Many mistakenly believe on one hand
terrorism is simply an inevitable clash of civilizations between “Islam”
and the West, while others maintain it is the predictable backlash to
flawed or unjust Western foreign policy.
In reality, it is neither.
It is meticulously engineered violence
used as a tool for achieving geopolitical objectives around the world –
from overthrowing governments and justifying military interventions, to
creating paralyzing fear and hysteria at home to garner support for a
growing domestic police state and a large military footprint overseas.
In essence, it is a highly conductive medium through which modern day empire can spread.
This can clearly be seen through the use
of terrorism today. Some 14 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks,
and as memories begin to fade, the US finds itself partnered with Saudi
Arabia once again, arming and funding terrorists to fight their proxy
wars in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and beyond, just as they did in the 1980s
when they jointly created Al Qaeda to begin with.
As the pendulum of geopolitical
necessity swings from needing heavily armed, fanatical proxy forces to
fight abroad, to needing a pretext at home to initiate large-scale
military interventions overseas, these terrorist organizations are
characterized by Western politicians and the media in a similarly
shifting manner. During the 1980s Al Qaeda was portrayed as “freedom
fighters.” In 2001 when the United States sought to use full-scale
military force to rearrange the Middle East, North Africa, and Central
Asia, Al Qaeda was transformed into a villain.
The
2001 terrorist attacks allowed the US to justify over a decade of
global-spanning war that it otherwise would have been unable to wage.
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