Smoke and Mirrors
How about pearl harbor for starters.... many innocent citizens were sacrificed in order to give us a reason to enter the war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Harbor_advance-knowledge_debate
is it really that hard to imagine that the government wouldn't attempt to pull some shit like this.
think about the benefits of someone attacking our nation.
1. unite the country as a whole and give citizens a "cause" to believe in
2. Use the unity to call up military action against an unseen enemy
3. since terrorists could be anywhere and people are scared lets vote in some new legislature such as the patriot act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
and the homeland security act which will "The HSA is a sweeping anti-terrorism bill giving federal law enforcement agencies broad powers to monitor citizens."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Act
4. now since during our darkest hours patriotism meant that we must fight this unseen enemy and vote for america and allow the government the power to throw out your rights as a citizen for any reason at all. This shit was camoflauged as anti-terrorist but really it's anti-citizens, anti-freedom, anti-bill-of-rights.
5. now while we are at it lets go ahead and invade afghanistan because the taliban in 2000 forced the farmers to quit growing the poppy that was producing 70% of the worlds heroin supply. Once we moved in say goodbye to the wheat and hello poppy once again. I mean really our economy will fail if the drug money quits flowing through wall street.
6. Lets spend billions of dollars to fly bombers from the us to the middle east and blow up those 200.00 mud huts into multiple pieces. Now that we are done lets spend more money and go rebuild those 200.00 mud huts for about 2000.00 a pop. This will stimulate our economy because war usually boosts the economy.
7. Meanwhile lets squeeze the population for every cent starting with outrageous gas prices. This can allow oil execs to get that seven figure retirement fund and who knows maybe some campaign contributions but seriously who needs those when it all comes down to it your family can rigg the state election which can get you into the white house for the first term. then once all this shit goes into motion patriotism will get you re-elected.
My only positive point that I can award this presidential administration is that I was able to lock into a low ass fixed rate mortgage. 5.5 fixed is fucking great.
Who gives a fuck anyways tho it's not like anyone can change anything about it. Cellphones are cheap and everyone should have one, that way the government can triangulate your position and track your every movement so you can finally be ruled out as a terrorist.
U.S.A. in the 21st century? some light reading for you
http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm