SafeSpeed wrote:
Thinking about this some more, I think we have to consider four questions:
1) Did 'our side' create Al Qaeda? (no, of course not)
The father of Al Qaeda, Sayyid Qutb, formed many of his ideas while living in America and experiencing racism first-hand. In social affairs, as well as physics, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, so we sort of did create Al Qaeda, albeit unintentionally.
SafeSpeed wrote:
4) Who is setting the limits for the spin doctors?
The Guardian and the Independent are trying, and perhaps the BBC to a lesser extent. The idea of spin doctors is a very simple one - control through fear and greed! Terrorism is murky and dark, which helps to manipulate us through fear. It’s counterpart is consumerism, which helps to manipulate us through greed!
It may not be a clever conspiracy - it could just be the blind leading the blind?