In the last few months, the BBC showed The Power of Nightmares, a 3-part documentary on the relation between al Qaeda and the US neoconservatives. Both groups are fundementalists in strong reactions against liberal secular democracies. Both have discovered that they need to shock their populations, which is why both groups are using political terror against their own populations. Both of these fundementalist groups have now become dependant on each other, using each other to terrify their own populations. This documentary ties together some 20-30 years of American politics. It shows how the neocons came out of an obscure beginning and how they developed in reaction to other events. It explains why the neocons have gotten into a dark alliance with the Christian Right. The documentary makes it clear why the neocons started a jihad against Clinton, using massive lies (Whitewater, etc.) and impeachment in order to destroy the White House. There was a purpose to their actions. It also shows why they used every means possible, incl. massive vote fraud, to seize the presidential elections for Bush and why the USA just hasn't seemed to capture bin Laden. W Bush is not the president of the USA. He is merely a handpuppet. The real power is Rumsfeld, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, and others. Someone transcribed the broadcasts and it can be read at http://www.silt3.com/index.php?id=573 You can also watch the broadcast there. I've copied the transcription and made single Word document out of it (22 pages). If you prefer that, let me and I'll either email it to you or post it to a webpage. yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html