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The entire house of cards upon which the meme that all terror is being promulgated by stateless actors is shaking pretty darn hard. But we can count on both the governments committing such acts and the governments which are supposed to be stopping such acts to deny it. It is a lot handier for both sides of the equation to simply blame unhappy madmen. Naturally the entire point of Iran supporting proxies in their attacks is to make us change our position without Iran suffering a war. From the point of view of our Government blaming stateless thugs allows them to not retaliate against those who murder us in the thousands. It has become increasingly apparent that given any excuse they will avoid it. Take a look at this article by Edward Epstein then take a look at the record of terror we know was sponsored in large part by either Iraq, Iran or both after this snippet of Mr. Epstein.

Behind the 9/11 Report by Edward Jay Epstein For instance, the commission uncovered CIA documents that threatened to complicate matters by dragging Iran into the 9/11 conspiracy: The documents revealed that Iran had “apparently facilitated” the travel of most of the 9/11 “muscle hijackers” in flights from Afghanistan by not stamping their passports, and that Imad Mugniyar, the Hezbollah terrorist group’s infamous chief of terrorist operations, had flown with the hijackers. But the commissioners merely referred the “troubling” matter to the CIA project manager.

2. Iran takes over US Embassy
3. A series of kidnappings of Westerners in Lebanon, including
   several Americans, in the 1980s;
4. April 18, 1983 Bombing of U.S. Embassy in Beirut Hezb’allah sponsored by Iran.
5. Oct. 23, 1983 Bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut 241 U.S. Marines were
   killed, 100 others wounded.
6. Dec. 12, 1983 Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait Six people were killed, 80 others were injured. The suspects were
   thought to be members of Al Dawa, or “The Call,” an Iranian-backed groupÂ
7. March 16, 1984 CIA Station Chief William Buckley kidnapped
   Buckley was the fourth person to be kidnapped by militant Islamic extremists in
   Lebanon…– some, including Buckley, died in captivity or were killed by their
   kidnappers. U.S. officials believed that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah was behind
   most of the kidnappings (It is reported
   that Mugniyah personally tortured and killed Buckley)
8. Sept. 20, 1984 Bombing of U.S. Embassy annex northeast of
   Beirut In Aukar, killing 24 people, Hezbollah are “known or suspected to have
   been involved” in the bombing.
9. June 14, 1985 Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 TWA Flight 847 Robert Dean Stethem,
   a U.S. Navy diver, was shot and his body dumped on the airport tarmac.
   U.S. sources implicated Hezbollah
10. 1990 Iraqi Saddam Hussein warns Ambassador Glaspie that if the US hinders Iraq’s war to reclaim Kuwait that If you use pressure, we will deploy pressure and force. We know that you can
    harm us although we do not threaten you. But we too can harm you. Everyone can
    cause harm according to their ability and their size. We cannot come all the way
    to you in the United States, but individual Arabs may reach you (Prophetic words or merely a promise?)
11. 1993 WTC bombing Abdul Rahman Yasin escapes back to Iraq and is given safe haven. Ramsey Yousef aka “the Iraqi” comes into the Country on an Iraqi passport.
12. Attempted Assassination of Former President Bush Iraq using car bomb
    
13. Radio Free Europe plot to blow it up using Islamic Terrorists, Iraq implicated by it’s former Ambassador.
    
14. 9/11 Iraq implicated by meeting of Atta and Al Ani also by training conducted at Salman Pak. Where pre invasion photo’s confirmed reports by dissidents of a Terror training base. Later confirmed again by Marines who overrun the base finding suicide belts and other training materials besides the Airliner. Saddam was said to have explained the airliner to Weapons Inspectors by claiming he was training his own “counter terror” Squad.
15. 9/11 Iran implicated by article referenced at beginning of post.
    

A lot of us simply couldn’t understand why these connections were not touted by the Administration during the run up to the war. Now I believe that one of the main reasons was simply a desire to limit as much as possible the idea that States were behind terror. Changing the status quo inside of the Government from the facade of Stateless thugs against whom little action is possible to States using terror thugs to change policy has widespread implications that all seem to lead to World War.

Our current policy seems to be reverting back to the Clinton Policy of blaming terror attacks to “stateless terror” called 4GW by those who believe such a beast exists. Notable among those who believe 4GW is a realistic vision of what we face is William Lind. On Lew Rockwell he explains why we should distance ourselves from the Israelis based on the performance of a group Hezb’allah.

As Arab states stood silent and helpless before Israel’s assault on Hamas, another non-state entity, Hezbollah, intervened to relieve the siege of Gaza by opening a second front. Its initial move, a brilliantly conducted raid that killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two for the loss of one Hezbollah fighter, showed once again that Hezbollah can take on state armed forces on even terms (the Chechens are the only other 4GW force to demonstrate that capability).

The simplest answer to this article by William Lind is without Iran, Hezb’allah would not exist. At least in the intimidating form it displays now. Sure some Lebanese unhappy with Israel’s occupation of Lebanon might have formed a group to attack Israel. But until they started receiving money, training and weapons from Iran they were merely thugs.

Politicians appear to be in a corner right now. If they admit that Stateless terror is a fantasy promulgated by politicians, like President Clinton, to avoid holding States to account for the actions of their proxies then we must go to war with Iran and Hezb’allah. If they continue this fantasy they are giving the perfect alibi to Terror states like Iran to attack us. After all our own government is declaring that States are not involved in the major attacks against us all. Our own experts are declaring that there is no hope of combating this supposedly new threat.

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