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The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
20 Jan 2021 ~~ By Glen Greenwald
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting âterrorismâ that are carbon copies of many of the worst excesses of the first War on Terror that began nearly twenty years ago. This trend shows no sign of receding as we move farther from the January 6 Capitol riot. The opposite is true: it is intensifying.
We have witnessed an orgy of censorship from Silicon Valley monopolies with calls for far more aggressive speech policing, a visibly militarized Washington, D.C. featuring a non-ironically named âGreen Zone,â vows from the incoming president and his key allies for a new anti-domestic terrorism bill, and frequent accusations of âsedition,â âtreason,â and âterrorismâ against members of Congress and citizens. This is all driven by a radical expansion of the meaning of âincitement to violence.â It is accompanied by viral-on-social-media pleas that one work with the FBI to turn in oneâs fellow citizens (See Something, Say Something!) and demands for a new system of domestic surveillance.
~SNIP~
The more honest proponents of this new domestic War on Terror are explicitly admitting that they want to model it on the first one. A New York Times reporter noted on Monday that a âformer intelligence official on PBS NewsHourâ said âthat the US should think about a â9/11 Commissionâ for domestic extremism and consider applying some of the lessons from the fight against Al Qaeda here at home.â More amazingly, Gen. Stanley McChrystal â for years head of Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq and the commander of the war in Afghanistan â explicitly compared that war to this new one, speaking to Yahoo News:
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting âterrorismâ that are carbon copies of many of the worst excesses of the first War on Terror that began nearly twenty years ago. This trend shows no sign of receding as we move farther from the January 6 Capitol riot. The opposite is true: it is intensifying.
We have witnessed an orgy of censorship from Silicon Valley monopolies with calls for far more aggressive speech policing, a visibly militarized Washington, D.C. featuring a non-ironically named âGreen Zone,â vows from the incoming president and his key allies for a new anti-domestic terrorism bill, and frequent accusations of âsedition,â âtreason,â and âterrorismâ against members of Congress and citizens. This is all driven by a radical expansion of the meaning of âincitement to violence.â It is accompanied by viral-on-social-media pleas that one work with the FBI to turn in oneâs fellow citizens (See Something, Say Something!) and demands for a new system of domestic surveillance.
~SNIP~
The more honest proponents of this new domestic War on Terror are explicitly admitting that they want to model it on the first one. A New York Times reporter noted on Monday that a âformer intelligence official on PBS NewsHourâ said âthat the US should think about a â9/11 Commissionâ for domestic extremism and consider applying some of the lessons from the fight against Al Qaeda here at home.â More amazingly, Gen. Stanley McChrystal â for years head of Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq and the commander of the war in Afghanistan â explicitly compared that war to this new one, speaking to Yahoo News:
I did see a similar dynamic in the evolution of al-Qaida in Iraq, where a whole generation of angry Arab youth with very poor prospects followed a powerful leader who promised to take them back in time to a better place, and he led them to embrace an ideology that justified their violence. This is now happening in AmericaâŚ.I think weâre much further along in this radicalization process, and facing a much deeper problem as a country, than most Americans realize.â
Anyone who, despite all this, still harbors lingering doubts that the Capitol riot is and will be the neoliberal 9/11, and that a new War on Terror is being implemented in its name, need only watch the two short video clips below, which will clear their doubts for good. It is like being catapulted by an unholy time machine back to Paul Wolfowitzâs 2002 messaging lab.
I did see a similar dynamic in the evolution of al-Qaida in Iraq, where a whole generation of angry Arab youth with very poor prospects followed a powerful leader who promised to take them back in time to a better place, and he led them to embrace an ideology that justified their violence. This is now happening in AmericaâŚ.I think weâre much further along in this radicalization process, and facing a much deeper problem as a country, than most Americans realize.â
Anyone who, despite all this, still harbors lingering doubts that the Capitol riot is and will be the neoliberal 9/11, and that a new War on Terror is being implemented in its name, need only watch the two short video clips below, which will clear their doubts for good. It is like being catapulted by an unholy time machine back to Paul Wolfowitzâs 2002 messaging lab.
Comment:
We will soon find out.... The ânews cycleâ right now is hysterical over thde Biden/Harris inauguration, but they have not yet deleted the 1st Amendment, although the PM/DSA Democrat Left is trying hard.
The new Dementia in Thief already referenced it in his Speech today.
All us Trump Supporting White Supremacist Insurrectionists should be expecting a visit from his Jack Booted Defenders of Democracy just as soon as his Domestic Terrorist Gun Control Legislation gets signed.
Our founders were smarter than the leftist media mob.
it is obvious that measures to silence the critics of the right are actually mandatory. By far the highest need and self-preservation interest of incoming government and the DNC cabal is that their scam of the century.
The Russia-gate hoax and Ukraine-impeachment âentertainmentâ was concocted by Obama/Hillary/Biden/Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Swalwell etc. and their intelligence and DNC executives on behalf of their Wall Street and military industry donors, i.e., the imperial War party.
The entire anti-Russian narrative remains a deliberate fabrication. Clapper, Brennan & Hayden trio were among former 50 intelligence officials stating that Hunter-laptop is classical âRussian disinformationâ.
They were also key promoters of the three-year Russia-gate hoax.
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming - Glenn Greenwald (substack.com)
20 Jan 2021 ~~ By Glen Greenwald
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting âterrorismâ that are carbon copies of many of the worst excesses of the first War on Terror that began nearly twenty years ago. This trend shows no sign of receding as we move farther from the January 6 Capitol riot. The opposite is true: it is intensifying.
We have witnessed an orgy of censorship from Silicon Valley monopolies with calls for far more aggressive speech policing, a visibly militarized Washington, D.C. featuring a non-ironically named âGreen Zone,â vows from the incoming president and his key allies for a new anti-domestic terrorism bill, and frequent accusations of âsedition,â âtreason,â and âterrorismâ against members of Congress and citizens. This is all driven by a radical expansion of the meaning of âincitement to violence.â It is accompanied by viral-on-social-media pleas that one work with the FBI to turn in oneâs fellow citizens (See Something, Say Something!) and demands for a new system of domestic surveillance.
~SNIP~
The more honest proponents of this new domestic War on Terror are explicitly admitting that they want to model it on the first one. A New York Times reporter noted on Monday that a âformer intelligence official on PBS NewsHourâ said âthat the US should think about a â9/11 Commissionâ for domestic extremism and consider applying some of the lessons from the fight against Al Qaeda here at home.â More amazingly, Gen. Stanley McChrystal â for years head of Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq and the commander of the war in Afghanistan â explicitly compared that war to this new one, speaking to Yahoo News:
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter.
The last two weeks have ushered in a wave of new domestic police powers and rhetoric in the name of fighting âterrorismâ that are carbon copies of many of the worst excesses of the first War on Terror that began nearly twenty years ago. This trend shows no sign of receding as we move farther from the January 6 Capitol riot. The opposite is true: it is intensifying.
We have witnessed an orgy of censorship from Silicon Valley monopolies with calls for far more aggressive speech policing, a visibly militarized Washington, D.C. featuring a non-ironically named âGreen Zone,â vows from the incoming president and his key allies for a new anti-domestic terrorism bill, and frequent accusations of âsedition,â âtreason,â and âterrorismâ against members of Congress and citizens. This is all driven by a radical expansion of the meaning of âincitement to violence.â It is accompanied by viral-on-social-media pleas that one work with the FBI to turn in oneâs fellow citizens (See Something, Say Something!) and demands for a new system of domestic surveillance.
~SNIP~
The more honest proponents of this new domestic War on Terror are explicitly admitting that they want to model it on the first one. A New York Times reporter noted on Monday that a âformer intelligence official on PBS NewsHourâ said âthat the US should think about a â9/11 Commissionâ for domestic extremism and consider applying some of the lessons from the fight against Al Qaeda here at home.â More amazingly, Gen. Stanley McChrystal â for years head of Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq and the commander of the war in Afghanistan â explicitly compared that war to this new one, speaking to Yahoo News:
I did see a similar dynamic in the evolution of al-Qaida in Iraq, where a whole generation of angry Arab youth with very poor prospects followed a powerful leader who promised to take them back in time to a better place, and he led them to embrace an ideology that justified their violence. This is now happening in AmericaâŚ.I think weâre much further along in this radicalization process, and facing a much deeper problem as a country, than most Americans realize.â
Anyone who, despite all this, still harbors lingering doubts that the Capitol riot is and will be the neoliberal 9/11, and that a new War on Terror is being implemented in its name, need only watch the two short video clips below, which will clear their doubts for good. It is like being catapulted by an unholy time machine back to Paul Wolfowitzâs 2002 messaging lab.
I did see a similar dynamic in the evolution of al-Qaida in Iraq, where a whole generation of angry Arab youth with very poor prospects followed a powerful leader who promised to take them back in time to a better place, and he led them to embrace an ideology that justified their violence. This is now happening in AmericaâŚ.I think weâre much further along in this radicalization process, and facing a much deeper problem as a country, than most Americans realize.â
Anyone who, despite all this, still harbors lingering doubts that the Capitol riot is and will be the neoliberal 9/11, and that a new War on Terror is being implemented in its name, need only watch the two short video clips below, which will clear their doubts for good. It is like being catapulted by an unholy time machine back to Paul Wolfowitzâs 2002 messaging lab.
Comment:
We will soon find out.... The ânews cycleâ right now is hysterical over thde Biden/Harris inauguration, but they have not yet deleted the 1st Amendment, although the PM/DSA Democrat Left is trying hard.
The new Dementia in Thief already referenced it in his Speech today.
All us Trump Supporting White Supremacist Insurrectionists should be expecting a visit from his Jack Booted Defenders of Democracy just as soon as his Domestic Terrorist Gun Control Legislation gets signed.
Our founders were smarter than the leftist media mob.
it is obvious that measures to silence the critics of the right are actually mandatory. By far the highest need and self-preservation interest of incoming government and the DNC cabal is that their scam of the century.
The Russia-gate hoax and Ukraine-impeachment âentertainmentâ was concocted by Obama/Hillary/Biden/Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Swalwell etc. and their intelligence and DNC executives on behalf of their Wall Street and military industry donors, i.e., the imperial War party.
The entire anti-Russian narrative remains a deliberate fabrication. Clapper, Brennan & Hayden trio were among former 50 intelligence officials stating that Hunter-laptop is classical âRussian disinformationâ.
They were also key promoters of the three-year Russia-gate hoax.