The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Bush Himself
Further evidence that the Bushheads have been manipulating fear for political gain, in a British TV documentary series on international terrorism shown on the BBC but still not shown anywhere in the U.S. The director:
"The United States is the most powerful, confident and in many ways, the freest civilization ever in the history of the world. It is extraordinary that it has become so paralyzed by the fear of radical Islamist terrorism--it really is a lion quaking in the face of a mouse. Radical Islamists do represent a serious threat and will use terror against civilians, but when you look at them historically, as the series does, you come to see that they are not some new force with a unique power to bring the strongest nation in the world to its knees. "
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