By Jessica Harvey
February 17, 2015
Honestly, I don’t care what the technical definition of “terrorism” is; I am
concerned that the government abuses it. In fact, their definition of
“terrorism” closely relates to Obama’s definition of “gun control”: the need
“to reduce the broader epidemic of gun violence in this country” (Levs
153). If you took the word “gun” out of that sentence, it would fit the
ideology of the “War on Terror” almost perfectly. Yet, we tend to
overlook the fact those definitions are lies disguised as truths. Both
are just fancy terms to hide the government’s agenda. As Paul Joseph
Goebbles, a “German politician and Reich Minister of
Propaganda in Nazi Germany” once said,
If you
tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to
believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can
shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of
the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its
powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and
thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.
Terrorist aren’t the
problem—the U.S. government is the problem. As they continue to inject us
with the fear serum, they propose a solution: High security, phone tracking,
data-mining, nothing can be kept hidden, nothing will remain private, and that
will solve everything. Indeed, their “solution” will cure the illusion of
terrorism and replace it with the illusion of safety instead. Now, the
government has to keep the threat of terrorism alive in order to preserve their
power. Our Founding Fathers would be disgraced.
At what expense are we
willing to give up our liberty to fight terrorism?
It’s no surprise that the government used 9/11 to further their agenda.
Think about it: planes hit the twin towers, America is in distraught, and the
government swoops in to save the day. On September 20, 2001, George W.
Bush said in his address, “Every nation in every region now has a decision to
make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.”
Approximately one month after his speech, President Bush signed the Patriot
Act. In our state of fear, we allowed the government to trade our
fundamental rights—all in the name of “freedom” from terrorism. Consider
how well planned out that was. Do you truly believe that the government
didn’t know about 9/11 prior to it happening? If they did, do you think
they would try to stop it? Regardless of whether or not the government
was behind the attack, it certainly worked to their advantage.
Take a moment to reconsider what George W. Bush said in his address: Anyone who
is not an advocate for the “War on Terror,” is against the government.
Since the definition is constantly changing, those who disagree with the government
could be labeled as domestic terrorists. Two years ago, Bradlee Dean—President and CEO of You
Can Run But You Cannot Hide International—wrote,
The
Equal Opportunity branch of the military put out a training manual labeling
"evangelical Christians" as the No. 1 threat to America . . . the USA
Today front page stated "Terror Returns" after the Boston marathon
bombing, and officials are stating that the suspects are possibly
"homegrown terrorists."
Furthermore, in 2009, a
report called “The Modern Militia Movement,” was released by state and federal
law enforcement agencies. On February 20, the Missouri Information Analysis
Center (MIAC) outlined the alarming classifications for being a domestic
terrorist: Conspiracy theorist and supporters of Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, or
Bob Barr. As lead writer and editor—Kurt Nimmo—from Infowars.com explains, the report
“instructs the Missouri police to be on the lookout for supporters displaying
bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional,
Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties.”
Also, consider the fact that a suspected terrorist can be denied the right to a
public trial or worse: executed instead of internment. For instance, in
February 2013, NBC news released a confidential
Justice Department memo that validates the killing of al-Qaida
suspects—including Americans. Not only did they kill Anwar al-Awalki and
Samir Khan with drones, but neither were charged with any crimes. Both
suspects were American citizens.
It doesn’t matter what the
definition of a terrorist is—the government has already determined that.