{"id":257510,"date":"2024-03-25T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=257510"},"modified":"2024-03-19T05:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T05:39:13","slug":"gaza-and-its-astounding-parallels-with-9-11-a-territory-or-country-is-targeted-for-previously-established-geostrategic-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/03\/gaza-and-its-astounding-parallels-with-9-11-a-territory-or-country-is-targeted-for-previously-established-geostrategic-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza and Its Astounding Parallels with 9\/11: \u201cA Territory or Country Is Targeted for Previously Established Geostrategic Goals\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>17 Mar 2024 &#8211;<em> Has the Israeli government betrayed its own people, as well as the Palestinians, with its own \u201c9\/11 Moment\u201d?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"589\" height=\"331\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4ad58e87-2400-465f-8565-111ad618a69d_1280x720.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:720,&quot;width&quot;:1280,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1514371,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you haven\u2019t read the important <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardgage911.substack.com\/p\/gaza-the-astounding-parallels-with\" >Introduction<\/a> yet, then we encourage you to read it first:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"214\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/58ee490d-d910-435b-972e-e93868891a72_442x213.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:213,&quot;width&quot;:442,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/richardgage911.substack.com\/p\/gaza-the-astounding-parallels-with&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Palestinian death toll has reached more than 30,000 with more than 70,000 wounded. About 70% of these casualties are women and children. Almost 80% of the housing infrastructure has been destroyed and so have scores of hospitals, schools, mosques, churches, cultural sites, businesses, and UN offices.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This obviously goes way beyond \u201cself-defense.\u201d So we must stop, and ask ourselves \u201cWhy?\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What\u2019s <\/strong><strong>really <\/strong><strong>going on in Gaza, in the Middle East as a whole, and with <\/strong><strong>Israel\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><strong>9\/11? And what can we learn by comparing Israel\u2019s 9\/11 to the United States\u2019 9\/11?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Are there specific geostrategic interests in Gaza driving a depopulation agenda by Israel? <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We\u2019ll look at the natural gas fields discovered two decades ago immediately offshore of Gaza worth $453B. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We also examine the $55B Ben Gurion Canal project that <\/strong><strong>Gaza <\/strong><strong>is sitting in the way of. But first . . . an inquiry into the US geostrategic goals in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the parallels between 9\/11 and Gaza? We found several.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/digwithin.net\/\" >9\/11 Researcher Kevin Ryan<\/a> for his initial research on the parallels of 9\/11 &amp; Gaza which he presented at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sSm-vlNyFVk?si=TXRcGE83fwo6bS5h\" >IC911 seminar Genocide &amp; Empire<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>A. They Create the Original PROBLEM\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>Part 1: Parallel \u2014 Previously Established and Geostrategic Goals \u2014 Coveting the Natural Resources of the Target Territory<em> [this article]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 2: Parallel \u2014 A String of Historic and Recent Provocations and False Flag Operations<\/p>\n<p id=\"\u00a7part-parallel-a-string-of-historic-and-recent-provocations-and-false-flag-operations\" class=\"header-anchor-widget offset-top\">Part 3: Parallel \u2014 Patsies \u2014 Politically Useful Foreign Operatives with History of Violence \u2014 Developed by the State<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 4: Parallel \u2014 A Triggering Event \u2014 An Innovative Attack with Dubious Origins; A Manufactured Invasion from Foreign Operatives<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 5: Parallel \u2014 A Catastrophic Intelligence Failure<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 6: Parallel \u2014 A Military Stand-down \u2014 with an Obvious Uncharacteristic Delay in Response<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 7: Parallel \u2014 Foreknowledge of the Attacks<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 8: Parallel \u2014 Dancing Israelis \u2014 During the Attacks<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>B. They Manage the Public REACTION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 9: Parallel \u2014 Propaganda with Outrageous Slogans from Government and Media to Manipulate Public Emotion; Crisis Actors<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 10: Parallel \u2014 Atrocities Alleged to the Enemy with Ensuing Dehumanization<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 11: Parallel \u2014 Denial of Alleged Atrocities by the Enemy<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 12: Parallel \u2014 Opposition Media\/Journalists Targeted<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>C. They Offer the Prescribed SOLUTION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 13: Parallel \u2014 Military Revenge Attack Prepared in Advance with No Investigation<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 14: Parallel \u2014 Occupy Territory of the New Enemy \u2014 The Land Grab<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 15: Parallel \u2014 Widening the Conflict to Achieve Original Broader Goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 16: Parallel \u2014 Effect Regime Change of Enemy Leadership<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 17: Parallel \u2014 Enact a \u201cForever War\u201d Policy<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 18: Parallel \u2014 $$ Billions Flow to the Arms, Oil, Banking, and Media Industries<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 19: Parallel \u2014 Extreme Public Censorship by Government, MSM, and Social Media<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Part 20: Parallel \u2014 Draconian Policies and Surveillance Instituted by Government<\/p>\n<p class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Appendix A: Parallel \u2014 Malevolent Roots More Than 250 Years Old<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve found quite a number of parallels and will be diving into each of them separately in upcoming parts of this series. As you see above, they fall into one of the 3 major elements of \u201cfalse flag\u201d operations: Problem-Reaction-Solution.<\/p>\n<p>Who are <em>\u201cthey\u201d<\/em>? We will explore the complex set of answers to that question in Appendix A of this series.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>Today we dive right into Parallel #1: <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>\u201cA Territory or Country Is Targeted for Previously Established Geostrategic Goals.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>9\/11: Project for a New American Century \u2014 NeoCon Think Tank<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We start with the 9\/11 side of the equation \u2014 and find, most interestingly, that the goals of the 2001 Bush Administration were established by the incoming neoconservatives and laid out in their key paper, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptome.org\/rad.htm\" >Rebuilding America\u2019s Defenses<\/a>. These individuals founded the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wikispooks.com\/wiki\/Project_for_the_New_American_Century\" >Project for a New American Century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"390\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/f0fb67f3-cbc0-4a2f-854f-d3ada776c967_2245x1290.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:837,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:212159,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/wikispooks.com\/wiki\/Project_for_the_New_American_Century&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Project for the New American Century<\/strong> (<strong>PNAC<\/strong>) was a neoconservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., that focused on United States foreign policy. It was established as a non-profit educational organization in 1997, and founded by William Kristol and Robert Kagan. PNAC\u2019s stated goal was \u201cto promote American global leadership.\u201d The organization stated that \u201cAmerican leadership is good both for America and for the world,\u201d and sought <strong>to build support for \u201ca Reaganite policy of military strength<\/strong> and moral clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of the twenty-five people who signed PNAC\u2019s founding statement of principles, <strong>ten went on to serve in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush<\/strong>, including Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. <em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Their goals?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A \u201cdefense topline increase of $75 billion to $100 billion . . . level of spending within four years\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regional hegemony in the Middle East<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To \u201cfight and decisively win multiple, simultaneous major theater wars\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, PNAC acknowledged in the document that:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c. . . the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, <\/strong><em><strong>absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event \u2014 like a new Pearl Harbor.<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u201d <\/strong><em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Bush wrote as much in his diary the evening of 9\/11\/01, \u201cThe Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These points are among the many discussed by the late David Ray Griffin in some of his books, including <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Pearl-Harbor-Disturbing-Administration\/dp\/1566565529\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26LF5LAKQVKHC&amp;keywords=new+pearl+harbor&amp;qid=1704181230&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=new+pearl+harbor%2Cstripbooks%2C166&amp;sr=1-1\" >New Pearl Harbor \u2014 Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9\/11<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Griffin finds that the very strategic goals sought and documented by the neocons in September 2000 were substantially achieved following the earth-shaking events of September 11, 2001.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>9\/11: Supreme Allied NATO Commander Revealed \u201cTake Down 7 countries in 5 years\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">Bush Administration Goals Publicly<\/h3>\n<p>Apparently the Bush Administration had additional geostrategic goals as well. Gen. Wesley Clark, Ret. four-star US Army General, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO (during the Kosovo War), revealed these goals publicly in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he had visited the Pentagon <strong>just nine days after the events of 9\/11\/01<\/strong> and was told by another General, who had himself visited Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, that<strong> the decision to go to war with Iraq was already made<\/strong>. In addition, this other general, who had previously worked for Gen. Clark, said: \u201c<strong>We\u2019re going to take out seven countries in five years<\/strong>.\u201d [Emphasis added.]<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"General Wesley Clark &quot;Seven Countries in Five Years&quot; [2007]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eo6u9DpASp8\" width=\"690\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He further clarified which countries they were: \u201cstarting of with <strong>Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off with Iran<\/strong>.\u201d [Emphasis added.]<\/p>\n<p>To date, the US has attacked, overthrown, and\/or undermined most of these countries following the initial overthrow of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The neocons who were brought in with the Bush Administration in 2000 must have come with these goals in tow. And today the US is still being pressured by the neocons to complete the unfinished dirty work on the remainder of \u201cthe list\u201d by going to war with Israel\u2019s arch enemies \u2014 <strong>Lebanon and Iran<\/strong>. <strong>Was the US support for Israel\u2019s inordinate retaliation in Gaza, and the heavy blame that was being heaped on Iran, an effort to incite a broader regional war to take out these enemies of Israel as well?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>9\/11: Afghanistan \u2014 The Pre-9\/11 Plan to Attack Taliban<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Bush Administration appeared to have set its sights on Afghanistan \u2014 well before September 11, 2001. After all, the Whitehouse <em>agreed<\/em> to the invasion plan on September 10 \u2014 the day <em>before<\/em> the catastrophic events of 9\/11. Why?! Did they have <em>foreknowledge<\/em> of the attack? Did they have <em>other <\/em>motivations for invading the country?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"424\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/7afdad13-158a-4376-9e2f-e05107e63533_1267x789.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:789,&quot;width&quot;:1267,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:187263,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2004\/mar\/24\/september11.usa2&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>So what was the chief strategic goal of the US empire in Afghanistan under the false front of the \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were told it was to find Osama bin Laden. But it took the most sophisticated intelligence systems in the world more than a decade to find him. It becomes clear that he was used to run cover for a much more profitable operation. Could it have been the coveting of specific resources and geostrategic importance of the country?<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<strong>9\/11: Afghanistan Opium Cultivation<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Before the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 1996, the profits from opium poppy cultivation through the \u201cChain of Dope\u201d netted $400B to $500B, which exceeded the profits from all the oil companies combined[<span class=\"footnote-hovercard-target\">1]<\/span>. Afghanistan had exported an average of 3,300 metric tons per year according to the UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC). <strong>The Taliban then shut down the poppy cultivation in favor of food cultivation, reducing the 2001 poppy crop yield to just 185 tons<\/strong> \u2014 a decrease of 94%.[<span class=\"footnote-hovercard-target\">2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30291d20-60a0-4791-b940-e8eaed56f035_1729x850.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30291d20-60a0-4791-b940-e8eaed56f035_1729x850.png 424w, 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data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/30291d20-60a0-4791-b940-e8eaed56f035_1729x850.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:716,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:521130,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/empire-drugs-taliban-opium-reveals-reality-us-occupation-afghanistan\/5831597&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The next year, under the pretext of going after Osama bin Laden, who was purportedly the \u201carchitect\u201d of the 9\/11 attacks, the <strong>US-led invasion of Afghanistan removed the Taliban<\/strong> from power along with its restrictions on opium production. <strong>The yield skyrocketed back 3,400 tons in 2003 (profits exceeded $180B per year) and then rocketed to 6,100 tons in 2006<\/strong>.[<span class=\"footnote-hovercard-target\">3]<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alfred McCoy exposes the CIA\u2019s drug monopoly in a stand-out article in <em>The Progressive in 1997, \u201cDrug Fallout: The CIA\u2019s 40-year Complicity in the Narcotics Trade\u201d and his landmark book \u201cThe Politics of Heroin.\u201d<\/em><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"388\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/1d93d017-0524-46e3-8f43-48699e680b98_1635x928.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:826,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:664273,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/empire-drugs-taliban-opium-reveals-reality-us-occupation-afghanistan\/5831597&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-widget-id=\"rel_89-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don Paul and Jim Hoffman also document all of this quite well in their powerful little book <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Waking-our-Nightmare-Crimes-York\/dp\/9430960512\" >Waking Up From Our Nightmare \u2014 The 9\/11\/01 Crimes in New York City<\/a>. In that book they describe the \u201cPop\u201d \u2014 an exponential increase in profits going to corrupt Wall Street companies and banking institutions from the narco-dollars.[<span class=\"footnote-hovercard-target\">4]<\/span> <strong>These profits put the oil business profits to shame.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdf7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"126\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/df7aa9ee-d1f6-4467-ba8f-f02f751445e7_1673x304.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:265,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:84439,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/empire-drugs-taliban-opium-reveals-reality-us-occupation-afghanistan\/5831597&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>What happened when the US was forced back out of Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2020?<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/11\/5\/afghan-opium-poppy-cultivation-plunges-by-95-percent-under-taliban-un\" >The Taliban this year succeeded in shutting down the opium production again by 95%<\/a> \u2014 again, in favor of food production versus extraordinary profits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e452bee-9c89-47cc-9c63-9f45e388f9ef_607x869.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e452bee-9c89-47cc-9c63-9f45e388f9ef_607x869.png 424w, 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data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4e452bee-9c89-47cc-9c63-9f45e388f9ef_607x869.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:869,&quot;width&quot;:607,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:392608,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/11\/5\/afghan-opium-poppy-cultivation-plunges-by-95-percent-under-taliban-un&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"496\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cc908d2c-09a2-4c1f-8b94-8cde79a8603e_697x544.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:544,&quot;width&quot;:697,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>So why did we <em>really <\/em>invade Afghanistan in the wake of 9\/11? Could it have been those billions of dollars in heroin profits flowing into a corrupt banking industry? Or was it something else still?. . .<\/p>\n<h3><strong>9\/11: Afghanistan \u2014 The Gas Pipeline Project\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the late 90\u2019s Afghanistan found itself caught up in the middle of a massive geostrategic pinch that developed when countries to the north became rich from new<s><\/s>natural gas discoveries, whereas countries to the south were starved for natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>NewsMax summarized the opportunity that the Taliban turned down, to its ultimate misfortune.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"754\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/46e26fd6-63fe-4c80-b332-f077c9a04cef_767x855.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:855,&quot;width&quot;:767,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/hansbaumann\/china-oil-pipline-taliban\/2016\/12\/12\/id\/763460\/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[A] U.S. company, Unocal, (since acquired by Texaco) along with several partners, including an Argentine and a Saudi oil company, signed agreements with Turkmenistan to build gas and oil pipelines in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>In 1996, this agreement got further extended to include building a <strong>36-inch natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan, via Afghanistan<\/strong>. This line was to be extended later to India to serve a huge market with <strong>hundreds of millions of energy-starved people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This required an agreement with the Taliban, the then effective rulers of Afghanistan. <strong>Unocal invited a Taliban delegation to their corporate head quarters in California. This resulted in an agreement signed in January, 1998<\/strong>to allow the pipeline to pass through their country.<\/p>\n<p>In March, 1998 however, Unocal announced a delay in the pipeline project due to an ongoing civil war in Afghanistan. This tempted <strong>the Taliban \u2014 on April 30, 1999 \u2014 to conclude their own deal with Pakistan and Turkmenistan, thus excluding the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This led the U.S. government to retaliate, placing sanctions on Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a final meeting with the Taliban, a U.S. delegation delivered an ultimatum\u2026[E]ither you accept our offer of a carpet of gold, or we bury you under a carpet of bombs.\u201d <\/strong><em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the \u201cattacks\u201d of 9\/11\/01, the US had threatened the Taliban with war if they did not turn over Osama bin Laden. The Taliban offered to do that only if given evidence of his guilt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"588\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/546efdba-5360-4e62-a3fe-c1aaf760cd85_1066x927.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:927,&quot;width&quot;:1066,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:122194,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The late Michael Ruppert discusses this threat on page 108 of his treatise <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crossing-Rubicon-Decline-American-Empire\/dp\/0865715408\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35VBGVRT32GOP&amp;keywords=crossing+the+rubicon&amp;qid=1704177870&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=crossing+the+rubicon%2Cstripbooks%2C148&amp;sr=1-1\" >Crossing the Rubicon<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And yet it was at this time that the American representatives delivered a reported ultimatum to the Taliban to surrender bin Laden, stabilize, and negotiate, or the <strong>choices would be between a carpet of gold and a carpet of bombs.[<\/strong>18] This ultimatum, <strong>widely reported in the European press<\/strong>, evoked a number of equivocal explanations from meeting participants. Pakistani Ambassador Niaz Naik, who attended the fateful meetings, agreed that the statement was made but denied that pipelines were the subject of the negotiations. This seems unlikely, because one is compelled to ask where the \u201cgold\u201d for the Taliban was going to come from if not from the pipelines. <em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apparently the Taliban chose the \u201ccarpet of bombs\u201d offered to them in Germany by US diplomat Richard Armitage, because that is exactly what the Taliban was hit with in October shortly after the 9\/11\/01 \u201cattacks.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So why did we <em>really<\/em> invade Afghanistan? Why did we keep Osama bin Laden alive and on the run for a decade following 9\/11? Indeed, <strong>Osama was the perfect boogeyman, keeping the $6.5 Trillion Global War on Terror alive<\/strong>. But there was a better boogeyman \u2014 Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, mortal enemy of Israel \u2014 right on the other side of their other mortal enemy Iran. <strong>Iran would be almost surrounded by such a new regional US dominance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">9\/11 afforded the opportunity to surround Iran with US military power \u2013 a goal of the neocon think tank Project for a New American Century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the invasion of Iraq would <em>also<\/em> require a pretext. Surely <strong>Saddam Hussein<\/strong> could be fingered for the attack on the World Trade Center! Afterall, he had provable ties to Osama bin Laden \u2014 because they were so very well acquainted. (Not). And surely he had weapons of mass destruction (Not!) OK, well, Sadam did have <strong>140 billion barrels of oil reserves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\">9\/11: Iraq \u2014 How Did Our Oil Get Under Their Sand?<\/h3>\n<p>Everyone seems to realize, in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq, that <strong>Saddam Hussein possessed neither weapons of mass destruction nor ties to Osama Bin Ladin<\/strong>. So what was the driving force to invade Iraq?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"677\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/bb309ac8-425f-43aa-823b-fcd45505e57f_923x959.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:959,&quot;width&quot;:923,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:710126,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thoughtco.com\/oil-drive-us-invasion-of-iraq-3968261&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>[In] a February 2002 address, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called that oily assertion \u201cutter nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t take our forces and go around the world and try to take other people\u2019s real-estate or other people\u2019s resources, their oil. That\u2019s just not what the United States does,\u201d Rumsfeld said. \u201cWe never have, and we never will. That\u2019s not how democracies behave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonsense aside, the sands of Iraq in 2003 held oil\u2026 lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/\" >US Energy Information Administration<\/a> (EIA) at the time, <strong>\u201cIraq holds more than 112 billion barrels of oil \u2014 the world\u2019s second-largest proven reserves<\/strong>. Iraq also contains <strong>110 trillion cubic feet of natural gas<\/strong>, and is a focal point for regional and international security issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/beta\/international\/analysis.cfm?iso=IRQ\" >EIA reported<\/a> that Iraq held the fifth-largest proven crude oil reserves in the world, and was the second-largest crude oil producer in OPEC.<em> [Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even the Deep State mouthpiece CNN acknowledged the obvious \u2014 more than ten years ago:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"683\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/b13eced4-d533-4589-a478-67eb585677a6_924x921.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:921,&quot;width&quot;:924,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:845198,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/03\/19\/opinion\/iraq-war-oil-juhasz\/index.html&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Yes, the Iraq War was a war for oil, and it was a war with winners: Big Oil.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been 10 years since Operation Iraqi Freedom\u2019s bombs first landed in Baghdad. And while most of the U.S.-led coalition forces have long since gone, Western oil companies are only getting started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before the 2003 invasion, Iraq\u2019s domestic oil industry was fully nationalized and closed to Western oil companies.<\/strong> A decade of war later, it is largely privatized and utterly dominated by foreign firms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From ExxonMobil and Chevron to BP and Shell, the West\u2019s largest oil companies have set up shop in Iraq. So have a slew of American oil service companies, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/17\/business\/energy-environment\/17oil.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=1&amp;\" >including Halliburton<\/a>, <\/strong>the Texas-based firm Dick Cheney ran before becoming George W. Bush\u2019s running mate in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The war is the one and only reason for this long sought and newly acquired access.<\/strong><em> [Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"header-with-anchor-widget\"><strong>Gaza: An Early Vision: \u201cThe Greater Israel\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Some may be surprised to learn that Israeli history didn\u2019t start on 10\/7, just like US history didn\u2019t start on 9\/11. In the final article of this series we will go back more than 250 years to look at much deeper roots, including the roots of the cabal that has come to infiltrate Western banking, governments, and religions. In that upcoming article we will familiarize ourselves with the British Colony of Palestine and the <strong>Zionists\u2019 goals for the artificial creation of the nation of Israel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Primarily Muslims and Christians, and a much smaller number of Jews lived in Palestine relatively peacefully under the rule of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th century to the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"931\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/cc592399-9f3a-43c9-855e-9bb2c39f4856_954x1300.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1300,&quot;width&quot;:954,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:110587,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those three religious groups in the area eventually developed a loose affiliation as \u201cPalestinians\u201d beginning more than 1800 years ago, ever since <strong>the Romans had originally named the land \u201cPalestine\u201d during their occupation of the territory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following World War 1 the Ottoman Empire fell and the British became the controlling power of \u201cThe British Mandate for Palestine.\u201d As the force of Zionism \u2014 the desire for a national homeland for the Jewish people \u2014 grew, along with tens of thousands of Jews emigrating to the area, violent conflicts between local Arabs and Jews also grew.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish political activist <strong>Theodor Herzl (1860\u20141904) is credited as the father of modern Zionism<\/strong> and he influenced many Jews to emigrate to Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must expropriate gently the private property on the state assigned to us. We shall try to <strong>spirit the penniless population across the border<\/strong> by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it employment in our country.\u201d <em>Theodor Herzl <\/em><em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The above statement from the founder of Zionism, and <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geocities.ws\/savepalestinenow\/websitematerials\/mapsg\/mapsg16zionistquotes.html\" >many similar statements by other Zionist leaders<\/a><\/strong>, make it readily apparent that <strong>the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palestineremembered.com\/download\/Palestinian-Transfer-Chaim-Simons.pdf\" > transfer of the Palestinian Arab population,<\/a> along with an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.startpage.com\/search?q=zionist+leaders+quotes+apartheid\" >apartheid<\/a> policy (yet another <\/strong><em><strong>crime against humanity<\/strong><\/em><strong>) were inherent in Zionism from its inception.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the territorial ambitions of the Zionists far exceeded that of Palestine alone. According to Zionism\u2019s founder Herzl, \u201c<strong>[T]he area of the Jewish State stretches: \u201cFrom the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates.<\/strong>\u201d <em>[Emphasis added] <\/em>Rabbi Fischmann, member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared in his testimony to the U.N. Special Committee of Enquiry on 9 July 1947: <strong>\u201cThe Promised Land extends from the River of Egypt up to the Euphrates, it includes parts of Syria and Lebanon.\u201d <\/strong><em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ruling Brits attempted to resist the increasing numbers of Jewish emigres to Palestine in the early 1900\u2019s, on the basis that the result was out-of-control sectarian violence. <strong>Jews comprised only about 2% of the half-million Palestinian population at the end of the Ottoman Empire before the turn of the century, their ranks climbed to about 11% by 1917, and rose to about 30% by 1945<\/strong>. The British Monarchy eventually yielded to the increasing international pressure calling for a Jewish homeland and <strong>signed the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Balfour_Declaration\" >Balfor Declaration<\/a> in 1917.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eventually in 1947, exhausted by the many acts of sectarian violence and terrorism against the military rule, by, but not exclusively, Jewish groups (such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine\" >the Irgun, Lehi, and Hagenah<\/a>) from 1938 to 1946 (see forthcoming <strong>Part 2: \u201cA Rich History of Historic and Recent Provocations and False Flag Operations.\u201d<\/strong>), they sought in earnest to fulfill their 1917 promise made to the Zionist Congress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffaf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"592\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/faf43ad8-7ac5-42bd-8b98-7d0a8a9cb4d7_712x686.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:686,&quot;width&quot;:712,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/thepeoplesvoice.tv\/lord-rothschild-israel\/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The late 80-year-old Rothschild said in an <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brighteon.com\/0154348c-f9ca-4e50-afa6-421890c82830?t=149\" >interview last year<\/a><\/strong> that his ancestors \u201c<em>helped pave the way for the creation of Israel\u201d<\/em>, <strong>forcing the British government to sign the Balfour Declaration in 1917<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Rothschilds are commonly believed to have <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedaysofnoah.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/03\/the-rothschild-1901-1919-the-secret-creators-of-world-war-1\/\" >engineered WWI<\/a><\/strong> and waited until 1917 when Britain showed signs of\u00a0trouble. The Zionist-oriented family\u00a0then <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rothschildarchive.org\/family\/family_interests\/walter_rothschild_and_the_balfour_declaration\" >offered the British Government their assistance<\/a> in funding the war and also convincing\u00a0the US to formally engage in order to help Britain\u2019s victory over Germany \u2014 in exchange for <\/strong>the British paving the way for a new nation of Israel in Palestine. <em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thus the Balfour Declaration was an official letter from the British Government Foreign Secretary James Balfour to Baron Rothschild:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"842\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/87eceb9b-800b-489c-ae13-e9c6df217f8d_1200x1579.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1579,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\">\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Importantly, it stresses that,<strong> \u201cnothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine. . .\u201d <\/strong><em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The following interview of Lord Jacob Rothschild (formerly \u201cBauer\u201d) was conducted by Daniel Taub, former Israeli ambassador, celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the document.\u00a0(Taub interviewed Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, a manor bequeathed to the nation by the Rothschild family\u00a0in 1957, where the Balfour Declaration is housed.)<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/series-gaza-astounding-parallels-911-part-i-territory-country-targeted-previously-established-geostrategic-goals\/5852201\/screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11-17-36-am\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-5852206\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5852206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM-1024x574.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.17.36-AM.png 1434w\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardgage911.substack.com\/p\/a-series-on-gaza-and-its-astounding\" >Click here to watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Balfour Declaration of 1917<\/strong> had an immediate and harsh reaction from the Palestinian Muslim community. One representative declared,<strong> \u201c[T]his will have as a result, the replacement of the Arabs by the Jews<\/strong>. . . It is opposed by All Arabs in the [Middle] East.\u201d <em>[Emphasis added.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/series-gaza-astounding-parallels-911-part-i-territory-country-targeted-previously-established-geostrategic-goals\/5852201\/screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11-18-43-am\"  rel=\"attachment wp-att-5852207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5852207 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM-1024x563.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM-400x220.png 400w, https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-15-at-11.18.43-AM.png 1440w\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardgage911.substack.com\/p\/a-series-on-gaza-and-its-astounding\" >Click here to watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera spoke with Avi Shlaim, a historian and professor emeritus of international relations at the University of Oxford, about the motivation behind the fateful document and its ongoing legacy:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"864\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c3636b69-31ef-4275-90e7-7501f06a6a74_609x864.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:864,&quot;width&quot;:609,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:427621,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shlaim:\u00a0<\/strong>This shows<strong> the absurdity of the Balfour Declaration in denying national rights to the 90 percent majority and granting it to the 10 percent minority<\/strong>. Arthur Balfour knew full well that his declaration contradicted the principle of national self-determination. In short, <strong>the Balfour Declaration was a classic colonial document, which completely disregarded the rights and aspirations of the people of the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Britain had no moral or legal right to promise Palestine to the Jews<\/strong> as a national home. The concept \u201cnational home\u201d does not exist under international law, and one Jewish writer Arthur Koestler, summed it up by saying: <strong>One nation, Britain, promised the country of another people, the Palestinians, to a third people, the Jews. <\/strong><em>[Emphasis added.]\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/10\/29\/balfour-uk-government-should-hang-its-head-in-shame\/\" >this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The British approved the 1947 UN Plan to divide British Palestine into two separate states \u2014 one for Jews and one for Arabs. This started the 1947\u20141948 Arab Israeli War in which Israel nearly doubled the amount of territory originally granted by the UN, and which saw tens of thousands of Palestinians forced from the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"325\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/c926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:373,&quot;width&quot;:595,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:185365,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note that about <strong>half of the historic nation of Palestine was carved up and given to Israel, even though its population was 90% Palestinians. The 1947 UN fulfillment of the original English Monarchy Balfour Declaration <\/strong>fulfilled the 1917 promise (for a Nation for the Jewish People) to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Rothschild,_2nd_Baron_Rothschild\" >Lord Rothschild<\/a> and to the 1899-founded Zionist Federation.<\/p>\n<p>This was in return for his promise to pull some heavy strings in order to bring America into England\u2019s war (WW1) which at the time they were losing to Germany.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"507\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/083a11ba-fc1a-4fde-85fa-d5f6209756e2_1311x1059.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1059,&quot;width&quot;:1311,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:811225,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>As you can see by territory colored in black, today, Israel is in control of nearly all of Palestine \u2014 nearly doubling the area granted to it under the original UN Plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"sizing-normal aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fefdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg 1456w\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"647\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/efdf0c96-d68a-4ad6-a54c-734f8fb16415_922x966.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:966,&quot;width&quot;:922,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, In the subsequent 1967 \u201cSix-Day War\u201d, Israel <strong>seized not only the remaining Palestinian territory but a significant portion of Syria to the north and of Egypt to the south. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This left Israel as an occupier of those territories and their people. <\/strong>But since then <strong>three-quarters of a million Israelis have illegally moved into and taken over significant portions of the occupied West Bank and Gaza <\/strong>territories (initially granted to Palestinian Arabs as a Palestinian State by the UN). The Israeli settlers were subsidized by the Israeli government and protected by their military, <strong>forcing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of their ancestral homes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, in 2005, Israel removed all of its settlers from the Gaza Strip. Senior advisor to Ariel Sharon, Dov Weisglass, noted, \u201c<strong>[T]he significance of the [Gaza] disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process. You prevent the establishment of the Palestinian State. . .<\/strong>\u201d <em>[Emphasis added]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Had the Israelis already begun their negotiations with those who became Hamas \u2014 knowing that within a year Hamas, founded and funded by Israeli and US intelligence <\/strong>(see Part 3 of this series),<strong> would win the 2006 Gaza Strip election and become the problem that would provide Israel the enemy it needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>10-minute, fast-paced, graphically-rich, simplified summary of the history of the conflict<\/strong> by Johnny Harris seems to provide an objective assessment for those less familiar with the important facts and historical context of the Israeli\/Palestinian conflict during the last century:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc926a18d-8f4c-4e93-a234-732405fb6436_595x373.png 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A deeper dive into the vast set of issues from <em>If Americans Knew<\/em>, written by Jews sensitive to the indigenous population of Palestine, highlights <strong>the absurdity of the Zionist land claim to Palestine<\/strong>. What don\u2019t <em>you<\/em> know yet?<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be continued\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Richard Gage, AIA\u00a0is a 30-year San Francisco Bay Area architect and member of the American Institute of Architects. He is the founder and\u00a0former\u00a0\u00a0CEO of\u00a0Architects &amp; Engineers for 9\/11 Truth. He now leads the charge for a new WTC investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/series-gaza-astounding-parallels-911-part-i-territory-country-targeted-previously-established-geostrategic-goals\/5852201\" >Go to Original &#8211; globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>Join the<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><i><b> <\/b><\/i><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>BDS-BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, SANCTIONS <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>campaign<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> to protest the Israeli barbaric siege of Gaza, illegal occupation of the Palestine nation\u2019s territory, the apartheid wall, its inhuman and degrading treatment of the Palestinian people, and the more than 7,000 Palestinian men, women, elderly and children arbitrarily locked up in Israeli prisons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>DON&#8217;T BUY<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>PRODUCTS WHOSE<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>BARCODE<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> STARTS WITH<\/b><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>729<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\">, which indicates that it is produced in Israel. <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>DO YOUR PART! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>7 2 9:<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b> BOYCOTT FOR JUSTICE!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 Mar 2024 &#8211; Has the Israeli government betrayed its own people, as well as the Palestinians, with its own \u201c9\/11 Moment\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":257512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[3251,2477,1199,1284,87,865,1029,1126,260,1050,88,427,2159,880,124,70,886],"class_list":["post-257510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-7-oct","tag-9-11","tag-ethnic-cleansing","tag-false-flag","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-hamas","tag-hegemony","tag-history","tag-imperialism","tag-israel","tag-palestine","tag-rogue-states","tag-state-terrorism","tag-united-nations","tag-usa","tag-zionism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257516,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257510\/revisions\/257516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}