Guest Column

More Terror Attacks "A Certainty"

But No One Dares Ask Why

J.B. Hood

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

This morning, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a group of U.S. senators that the terrorists currently at war with us will "almost certainly acquire nuclear weapons" to use against U.S. citizens.

Two days ago, Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney told the nation that more Al Qaeda terror attacks against U.S. targets are "almost a certainty." Cheney said, on Fox News Sunday, "It could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week, it could happen next year, but they will keep trying. And we have to be prepared."

Then, on Monday, during a speech to the National Association of District Attorneys, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that Americans should brace themselves for "walk-in" suicide bombings, like those that have occurred in Israel. "I think it's inevitable," said Mueller. "There will be another terrorist attack…. It's something we all must live with."

Really? And why is that? Why are random terrorist attacks against U.S. civilians "something we all must live with?" Why didn't we have to "live with" Arab suicide bombers before, say during the 1950s, 60s, 70s or 80s? There were plenty of pissed off Arabs (and Israelis, of course) around back then. So why is their filthy, bloody little war now being waged on our turf?

Oh, that's right: because the Arabs "hate our freedom and democracy," of course. Right.

Also, the attacks aren't exactly random. They are targeted at specific enemies. Al Qaeda terrorists (if indeed they are responsible for the horror of 9/11) aren't lashing out at Sweden or Switzerland, are they? They aren't flying airliners into tall buildings in London, Tokyo or Madrid, are they?

Huh uh. They are attacking us - and only us. (And Israel, or course). Again, the question is "Why?"

Maybe, instead of responding in Pavlovian fashion whenever that Great Big One about our "freedom and democracy" is repeated, we ought to hear what the Arch-Fiend himself had to say about his motivation. After all, this was a millionaire who threw it all away to go live in caves, eat bugs and send young men on suicide missions to kill thousands of total strangers, thus incurring the wrath of the most powerful nation on earth (and Israel, of course). What the heck was he thinking about?

It's important that we know this - bin Laden's motivation. After all, unless we know why he did it, we can't hope to prevent these kinds of acts in the future. And why are millions of others around the world growing to hate America so much? Why are increasing numbers of young men willing to sacrifice their lives to get at us (and Israel, of course)? Even if we could find and kill all the terrorists currently on earth, unless we figure out how to defuse the growing world-wide hatred against us, more terrorists will simply take their place, and the attacks will continue. Our Vice President, FBI Chief and Secretary of Defense have just admitted as much.

So, again, why? Why do they hate us so? What did bin Laden have to say about his motives, if anything? Why is he attacking the good ol' U.S. of A. these days? Besides our "freedom and democracy," that is?

ABC's John Miller interviewed the Evil One In May of 1998, and bin Laden admitted freely why he sought to attack America. You can still find the interview on ABC's website. Here are a few excerpts of what the Arch-Fiend had to say:

• "For over half a century, Muslims in Palestine have been slaughtered and assaulted and robbed of their honor and of their property. Their houses have been blasted, their crops destroyed…

• "This is my message to the American people: to look for a serious government that looks out for their interests and does not attack other people's lands, or other people's honor. And my word to American journalists is not to ask why we did that but ask what their government has done that forced us to defend ourselves…

• "So we tell the Americans as people, and we tell the mothers of soldiers and American mothers in general that if they value their lives and the lives of their children, to find a patriotic government that will look after their interests and not the interests of the Jews…

• "I say to them that they have put themselves at the mercy of a disloyal government, and this is most evident in Clinton's administration… We believe that this administration represents Israel inside America. Take the sensitive ministries such as the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense and the CIA, you will find that the Jews have the upper hand in them. They make use of America to further their plans for the world…"

Notice that the Evil One said nothing about hating our "freedom and democracy." Notice that he didn't say a single word against democratic principles. Instead, he gave his true motivation: he attacked us not because he "hates freedom," but because he thinks Israel controls and uses America to attack his people. So why does our media and government persist in telling us this preposterous "freedom and democracy" lie about why we were attacked on September 11? Can anything bin Laden said about Israel controlling the U.S. possibly be . . . heaven forefend . . . true?

• "Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, to Shimon Peres, October 8th.

"More terrorist attacks are almost a certainty," says Vice President Cheney.

"It's something we all must live with," says FBI Director Mueller.

"The terrorists will almost certainly acquire nuclear weapons," says Defense Secretary Rumsfeld.

All so we can continue propping up Israel?

Why?