My name is Philip Hoag, I am the author of the book No Such Thing as Doomsday. I have not sent any newsletters in a long time because I was not sure people would be all that receptive to my message but now I am going to give it to you anyhow. I am disappointed in what has occurred as a result of 9/11. Like the Oklahoma City disaster I do not think that we will ever find out the truth of what really occurred. The nation got swept up in a psycho political storm. I feel that the event was scripted and that public emotion was intentionally channeled into supporting an invasion into Iraq. Who scripted and capitalized on the event? I personally think the people behind this were a coalition of U.S. corporate elite and a particular foreign interest that controls the flavor of the media, holds the strongest lobby in our Federal government and has managed to place people supportive of their agenda into key positions in our intelligence community.
"... it is increasingly clear that Cheney and his proteges have used the tragedy to validate their dangerous delusions of grandeur. The so-called War on Terror was always just an expedient reason for the unilateral use of military power to achieve global dominance."Jim Lobe
The irrational emotional response "conquer we must for our cause it is just" is not necessarily valid since no one ever decisively determined who was responsible for 9/11. In a Constitutional Republic no one is condemned or punished without a trial substantiating their guilt beyond a shadow of a doubt. The invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq was an act of international vigilanteism. Proof of a link connecting Osama bin Laden to 9/11 has never been found and they never found the dangerous stockpile of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Hitler used the same inferred guilt tactic in Germany in his rise to power. It is easy when you get this type of mass emotion to just suggest someone is guilty and the lynch mob is off running to get them. Do not get me wrong, I am not a fan of Saddam Hussein. Actually both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden would probably be nobodies today if the CIA under daddy Bush had not supported them in their rise to power.
I do not support military actions that polarize the Arab world (or any other religious or ethnic group) against the U.S. and any propaganda that paints the U.S. as good guys and the other guys as some sort of inhuman sub species. Shooting, bombing and suppressing people is not a solution. Be it in international affairs or inter-personal affairs, using tactics of violence to control people only forces the issues below the surface and when they inevitably re-surface they have multiplied ten-fold. Remember the story of the sorcerer's apprentice? Every time he broke the broomstick in half, ten more appeared. Anyone interested in a good alternative check out the work of Marshal Rosenberg and the Center for Non-Violent Communication.
If this makes you think I am un-American you have judged me unfairly. I support the lawful government of this nation. A Republic as clearly defined by the U.S. Constitution is a government of Law, whereby the Federal Government is restrained by Law, whereby the President cannot commit the nation¹s military forces or financial resources to military campaigns without a Congressional Declaration of War. The Founding Fathers placed these clauses in the Constitution for good reasons, primarily the long lessons of political intrigue in the history of European states. The difference between a dictatorship and a Republic is quite clear. One has a concentration of power in the executive branch and one has a balance of power shared between the legislative, judicial and executive branches respectively. We now live under a dictatorial system, in spite of the fact that it chooses to be moderately friendly toward its subjects at this time for reasons of calculated expediency. If you argue this point go interview the surviving Branch Dividians.
Saddam Hussein's politically incorrect crimes (aside from gross human rights violations) were really that he was a threat to Israel, he started converting Iraqi oil wealth out of U.S. dollars and into the Euro and he was sitting on the world¹s largest untapped oil reserve. Hitler's reason for going into Eastern Europe was a drive to gain control of the Romanian oil fields. Hitler effectively used the provocateur acts like the burning of the Reichstag as a tool to gain support for his own Patriot Act and his military adventures. The German people were good people just like the American people today. The problem with both is that neither could recognize they were being fed propaganda from a controlled media. No one wants to admit that they are being manipulated.
In regards to Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden wanted too big of a cut on the UNICAL pipeline deal (negotiations fell apart in April of 2001). UNICAL pipeline deal (now signed) will bring Caspian oil and natural gas across Afghanistan to the port of Karachi Pakistan. From Karachi it will go on ships to Japan and the West. The U.S started moving military assets into position for an operation in Afghanistan back in June of 2001, a little bit before September 11, 2001.
I was in Kabul Afghanistan on business for one week during April of this year. Everyone I met in Kabul supported the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan because the occupation forces were creating some semblance of stability, and they felt the Taliban (mostly non-Afghans Arabs) had raped Afghanistan. The war lords fighting among themselves for turf control destroyed (flattened) an area ten by fifty miles that included two thirds of Kabul. In spite of their gratitude for the U.S. invasion, the Afghans I met all shook their heads in disapproval regarding to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Now with the short attention span of the public and the effective attention diversion tactics of the controlled media, the current administration is not under any pressure to mount a meaningful investigation into who was really responsible for 9/11. The fact of the matter is that the current administration is not even remotely interested. If anything happens it will just be another Warren Report which was good food for the undiscerning. As a general rule of thumb, when things happen, forget what the media tells you and just ask the golden question: Who stands to benefit from this?
World situations keep intensifying. An unprecedented increase in solar flares (sun spots) seems to have some sort of connection to the disruption of normal weather patterns and potentially, the stability of mass emotions. Researchers have found that there is a correlation between sunspot activity and human behavior. A.L.Tchijevsky, a Russian professor studied the social movements of 72 countries between 500B.C. to 1922 A.D. and noted social unrests in the histories of these countries, particularly wars, rebellions and up rises. Tchijevsky research established that 80% of the most significant historical events on earth occurred at the period of maximum sunspot activity. These included the American Civil War, around 1858-1861, the World War I in 1916-1918. Interestingly, the Vietnam War, 1967-1969 occurred during a period when the sunspot activity was at its maximum. Tchijevsky also concluded that in times of minimal sunspot activity people were less apt to rebel against repression.
On Tuesday, 11/04/03 the largest solar flare every recorded occurred. Dr. Ernest Hildner, director of the NOAA/NASA Space Weather Center stated, "This solar flare was the largest I have every seen... The solar flare that occurred today was so large, we do not have a chart high enough to register it. My best guess would be between a X-25 and an X-30." Dr. Ernest Hildner went onto say "we maxed out the instruments". The needles were pegged for at least 11 minutes.
On November 8th we will see a full moon eclipse. Astrologically we may see some rough water on a national and international scale. I know some of you may view astrology as something evil or "occult" In reality, good astrology is a means of forecasting emotional weather. It does not preordain free will. If the weather man tells you it is going to rain you have the free will to decide whether or not to take an umbrella to work with you. The weather prediction did not preordain you getting wet, your free will decision did.
In relation to this pending astrological event, I received an interesting article posted this week on the Indymedia site http://www.indymedia.org/ from The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament- Scotland (CND). The article reported that a major US air strike somewhere in the Middle East may be imminent? According to the article "since Saturday, people in the Highlands of Scotland have been witnessing large movements of US warplanes overhead. Experienced observers say the large numbers are reminiscent of those that preceded the bombing of Iraq in 1998 and military strikes on Libya in the 1980's as well as the first Gulf War. On the weekend, warplanes were flying over at a rate of roughly one every 15 minutes. "The size and scale of the movement suggests that the US may be preparing to strike at a country in the Middle East in the next week to ten days. Š" the US may be planning to use the pretext of "foreign" terrorist attacks on US personnel in Iraq to attack Iran or Syria."
Over the past year manmade and natural disasters continue to happen with increased regularity. In August, we saw a massive power failure in the North East, in September, Hurricane Isabel struck the south east and in October, fires ran wild in Southern California. The ongoing American occupation of Iraq is bogged down and U.S. casualties continue to mount. The general unrest in the Middle East is a concern in relation to the threat of terrorism and further war. It is hard to say where U.S. military action may take this nation in the near future.
I am not telling you all this to incite fear. I hope all goes well in the world but that may not be realistic. It is true that what we focus our attention on we give life to or attract to ourselves. So it is important to not get emotionally invested in "threats". Just be aware and try to be an unattached observer to the drama. Fear tends to poison.
The current world crisis is a spiritual crisis. We all need to slow down, get centered and get control of the conflict in our own minds and emotions. The world turmoil is a reflection of the turmoil that is inside us all. Guns, more police and bigger bombs are not going to fix the problem, just make it worse. We need to reach out to communicate, extend compassion and empathy, understand and find common ground. Anything short of this is a temporary fix.
We, as humanity, need to stand back and look objectively at the span of human history. We need to identify and replace those ineffective and destructive cultural belief systems that continue to perpetuate misery. These typically pivot around guilt, judgment and punishment. Every major religion espouses love and compassion as its essential core, but human interpretation, mutated doctrine and justification always seem to distort human choice and opaque the expression of unconditional love.
I do think eventually nations and people will come to their senses and change their behavior, but it will probably get worse before it gets better. People need crisis to motivate change in their lives. Life has a plan. Embrace whatever life brings to your doorstep, even if you can't initially understand it. Life tends to smooth off our rough edges if we flow with it. Most of our suffering comes from resisting the change that life brings to us.
The bottom line is to be prepared. I am not a fatalist. Be positive, focus in the present moment, but have some basic physical preparedness to fall back on. We are all human, we all tend to procrastinate. Preparedness doesn't usually become a primary concern until the impact of some sort of disaster hits home. The only effective reaction is action. Preparedness helps insure the best possibility for the future. You wouldn't drive a car without a spare tire. Why live in these troubled times without some form of contingency planning and preparation to fall back on? Don't let anyone suggest to you that preparedness reflects an anti-government attitude! The need for preparedness is based on the legitimate reality that disasters can cause government relief services to become overwhelmed and in short supply. Ask anyone who lost their home in San Diego or San Bernardino, California last month.
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Best regards,
Philip Hoag
P.S. Here is a little poem I found that I thought was worth reading:
THE WARS WE MAKE
I gaze into the world with sorrowing eyes
And see the wide-abounding fruits of hate.
We fight, we say, for peace, and find
The wars we make
To be a spring of hate and source of future wars.
Is there no peace for man?
No hope that this accursed flow
Of blood may cease?
Is this our destiny: to kill and maim
For peace?
Or is this `peace' we strive to gain
A thin unholy masquerade
Which, when our pride, our greed, our gain is
touched too far,
Is shed, and stands uncovered what we are?
Show me your light, O God
That I may fight for peace with peace
And not with war;
To prove my love with love,
And hate no more!
Author: Nicholas Peters
The poem, below, was written just after the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Peters, who lived for some years at Grande Pointe, Manitoba had emigrated from Russia in 1925 as a boy of 10 and had seen firsthand the horrors of revolution and war in his native country. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and trained as a flying officer. He died on the night of March 7-8, 1945 after his aircraft was hit by enemy fire. The poem is from a collection of Peters' work entitled Another Morn.
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