Yeah, Thomas. Like most great quotes, it can be used either in defence of a great good...or in furtherance of a great evil. This is typical of political rhetoric, and that's why we must look past 30-second sound bites in order to understand what's happening in the world today.

Alas, I don't think the News Media care. They are just entertaining the public in order to sell commercial product, and they are wittingly or unwittingly carrying out Big Brother's propaganda program for him at the same time.

The most desirable state of affairs from the point of view of a military-industrial system is to maintain a constant level of fear, and a constant, but controllable level of combat in distant places with opponents who can't possibly win...but who will provide a convenient "enemy" on which to focus the desired levels of fear. The last thing a military-industrial system wants is the achievement of universal peace, equality, and brotherhood. That would mean the end of them and their System.

That doesn't mean it's impossible...just that they will do almost anything required to prevent it from ever occuring.

- LH