Une Amérique plus sage

Apr 30, 2013 Naomi Wolf

NEW-YORK – L'Amérique a "digéré" l'attentat du marathon de Boston sans que rien ne se passe. Douze ans après le 11 septembre, le pays a éprouvé une grande tristesse, mais il a aussi été mieux informé.

Cette fois-ci, on n'a pratiquement pas vu ce chauvinisme rampant, cette soif de vengeance à tout prix, ce laïus belliqueux incessant et ces drapeaux agités apparus après le 11 septembre. Encore plus remarquable, pas de réaction islamophobe et de volonté de se lancer dans une guerre - même mauvaise, pour une mauvaise raison et dans le mauvais pays - contre un "autre" supposé coupable.

Cette fois-ci à la tristesse des Américains se mêlaient cynisme et méfiance. Ils sont bien plus suspicieux quant à une éventuelle manipulation. Ils ont pleuré les morts et exprimé leur soutien aux habitants de Boston, mais en ayant pris conscience qu'après le 11 septembre, leurs dirigeants ont utilisé l'épouvantail du terrorisme pour restreindre les libertés individuelles, financer des agences de sécurité plus ou moins bidons et favoriser les intérêts de l'industrie de l'armement et de la surveillance.

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Hemant K Chitale May 17, 2013

Yet, the closure of a city was an "over-reaction". Contrast this incident with those of school shootings or the shooting at the New Orleans Mother's Day Parade.
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Earl Staelin May 6, 2013

It's probably too early to conclude there was or was not a conspiracy in this case. The media, as usual, for the most part have been disseminating a single narrow line about the Boston Marathon bombing and the alleged bombers. I believe it’s well to take a broader view of the subject. Below is a link to an excellent article by Danny Weil, an experienced attorney willing to ask questions the media don't ask, and point out contradictions in the story that the media have ignored, and the fact that the FBI and media have never shown us direct convincing evidence of the guilt of the two brothers. If they have it, why have they withheld it? Mr. Weil is the author of several books on the privatization of education and its harmful consequences. As a trial lawyer myself, I'm troubled by the media's sloppy and uncritical handling of "evidence" of guilt or the lack of it, and the rush to convict --- very much at odds with the right of the accused to counsel, and to a fair trial. the only issue I'd disagree with Mr. Weil on is whether most 9/11 truth websites are right wing. Rather, most are neutral, with members who range from conservative to liberal in their political orientation, and are deeply concerned, like Ms. Wolf, with the curtailment of civil and human rights in the name of the questionable "war on terror". Mr. Weil's article:

http://www.dailycensored.com/marathon-bombing-update-answers-lead-to-mor...

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Jonathan Tarr May 3, 2013

Agree with Komis - airplanes taking down buildings killing 5,000 with a direct, admitted link to a large terrorist organization. Much more hard to accept than a couple of amateurs killing a few and maiming dozens. Horrible, of course.
Remember Oklahoma City and how we responded to that - not preparing for war.
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Frank O'Callaghan May 2, 2013

The manipulation of populations through mass media is nothing new. Critical thought is suppressed through subtle self censorship and crude hysteria.

It is no surprise that the greatest theft in history takes place during this.
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Stephen Stanley May 1, 2013

Sorry to disagree but there was reflexive Islamophobia, particularly from some prominent members of the Right who stand to gain, either politically or financially, from it. The good part is that their rabid rhetoric didn't take hold and we were largely spared from the type of knee-jerk response we got on 9/11.
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lee kus May 1, 2013

Fox News, Limbaugh, Beck, etc. are giving it their best shot to ramp up conspiratorial emotion.
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Dennis Komis May 1, 2013

I think the public's sober response is better explained by the fact the act was isolated - and not part of a larger conspiracy - and the relatively small number of casualties this time around.
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jim bridgeman Apr 30, 2013

Lots of talking heads, but only about 1 American in 20.
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jim bridgeman Apr 30, 2013

One American in 20 has any consciousness of this stuff.
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