Rethinking Conspiracy

[unhappycamper]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rethinking-Conspiracy-by-Shawn-Hamilton-Conspiracy_Conspiracy_Conspiracy-Theories_Conspiracy-Theory-140914-828.html

Rethinking Conspiracy
By Shawn Hamilton
OpEdNews Op Eds 9/14/2014 at 11:11:26

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1933 Business Plot: Smedley Butler, a decorated United States Marine Corps major general who wrote a book called War is a Racket, testified before a congressional committee that a group of powerful industrialists, who had tried to recruit him, were planning to form a fascist veterans' group that intended to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt and overthrow the government in a coup. While news media at the time belittled Butler and called the affair a hoax, the congressional committee determined that Butler's allegations were credible although no-one was prosecuted.

Operation Paperclip: After "winning" WW2, the US imported hundreds of Nazis and their families through "Operation Paperclip," so-named because ID photos were clipped to paper dossiers. It was set up by an agency within the Office of Strategic Services, predecessor of the CIA. Along with creating false identities and political biographies, Paperclip operatives expunged or altered Nazi records and other criminal histories in order to illegally circumvent President Truman's edict that prohibited Nazis from obtaining security clearances. Thus, high-level Nazis waltzed into sensitive positions of authority and secrecy in the US military-industrial establishment, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), major corporations, and universities. These Germans were conveniently referred to as "former Nazis," but "former" was commonly just a euphemism for "active" and "ardent."

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Operation Northwoods: Declassified documents revealed that in 1962 the CIA was planning to execute false flag terrorist attacks, such as killing random American citizens and blowing up civilian targets, including a ship and US airliner, in order to blame Castro and justify invading Cuba.

Gulf of Tonkin: President Lyndon Johnson used a contrived version of this 1964 event to justify escalation of the Vietnam War. It was claimed that Vietnamese gunboats had fired on the USS Maddox. It never happened--or at best was grossly distorted and overblown--yet the story served to prompt Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which provided the public justification Johnson needed to attack North Vietnam. This led to the deaths of about two million Vietnamese people and fifty thousand Americans.

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[newfie11]

1. Mention 911 and many people don't want to go any farther

Hands over the ears and eyes closed. The people that died that day deserve a real investigation but it's to late now.

There is plenty of damning evidence out there if one wants to search.
The pilots & architects group is one of several.

[smiley]

3. discussing 911

and conspiracy is verboten on DU. But I agree with you.

[RoccoR5955]

4. I agree BUT,

It's never too late for an actual investigation.

[raouldukelives]

6. For real. I'd settle for half the effort they put towards investigating Benghazi.

Or Whitewater. Or Fast and Furious. I find it ludicrous the amount of time and money thrown at ginned up outrages while real outrages, including the most heinous attack on American soil in history, is left to rot in the dustbin.

[newfie11]

8. Exactly!!!!!! Nt

[Jerry442]

5. Imagine you were an ambitious European prosecutor...

...who decided that Bush, Cheney, et al. should be convicted under international law. You have a choice: investigate the murky dealings surrounding the events of 9/11, or prosecute them for the invasion of Iraq which pretty much happened in broad daylight in front of everyone. As we all know, it turns out no one was prosecuted for either of those things.

Sadly, a world that can't deliver any justice in the case of Iraq doesn't have a snowball's chance in Hell of dealing justly with 9/11.

[Enthusiast]

2. Kicked and recommended!

Thank you for sharing that, unhappycamper.

[shawnehamilton]

9. Thanks!

I, too, thank you for sharing it, unhappycamper!

By chance was your cool screen name inspired by George Carlin?

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Conspiracies are the bread and butter of local government operations...

...for those local governments that promote small government. Add in federal dollars for road projects and the local newspaper is likely to kick in their support by withholding information that would clean out the elected officials who are crooked enough to go along with the constitutional violations.

[bemildred]

10. Most of our economy is a bunch of grasping rackets. Just saying. nt