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Scott M. Kozel wrote:
(Nicholas Fitzpatrick) wrote:

I must confess, I have a feeling there is something going on
in the USA that I can't quite get my head around ... Iraq, War
on Terrorism, new security laws, suspension of rights for
political prisoners in that US base in Cuba, Rumsfield, Republicans,
massive deficits. I see all this oddness, and I don't know what
the bigger picture is.

It's called 911.

Oh, I think that is just a pretext. Even the White House has stopped
linking the former Iraqi regime with the fundamentalist terrorists. And
the massive deficits had started before; and certainly have been aided
by strangely-timed tax cuts.

Nick