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[KingCharlemagne]

2. Lexicographical note: I think you mean "There will be retaliation" (not "blowback"). The

distinction is small but important:

"Blowback" refers to when victims of our oppression strike back at us but the American people don't understand because the government has lied or covered up the policies that inspired the strike back.

"Retaliation" refers to when victims of our oppression (in this case "torture&quot strike back at us and the American people have no doubt why the attack is occurring.

For example, the 9-11 attack was 'blowback' because most Americans had no idea that our sanctions on dual-use items in Iraq had led to the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children due to largely preventable diseases (like dysentery), even though two U.N. officials responsible for the "Oil for Food" program resigned in utter disgust over the civilian casualties. Osama bin Laden cited the 500,000 children who died as one of the causes of his fatwa authorizing attacks on American facilities. Americans' ignorance allowed Bush to trot out the puerile nonsense that "they hate us for our freedoms" when the reality was they were striking back because of our actions.

This time, when the attacks come, they will be retaliation plain and simple. Any American who doesn't know that our illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq killed upwards of 1,000,000 Iraqi civilians has had his or her head completely up his or her ass for the past 10 years.