Blowback

Americans also know, in their guts, that 'the U.S.
government's arrogant interventions in their own
lives is no different. Most have yet to admit it
publicly. When they do, it won't be visible...at
first.

What form will it take?

Why didn't more of us ("us" being those of the
anti-war/anti-state persuasion, whether "left" or
"right") abandon our way of thinking in response
to 9/11? Because 9/11 didn't teach us anything we
didn't already know. We've been saying for
decades that the U.S. government's arrogant
interventions around the world have only been
increasing the risk of blowback, and that the
State, in the event of such blowback, would be as
ineffective at protecting the civilian population
as it is at everything else. The 9/11 attacks
simply corroborated our "pre-9/11 mindset."

All of the essay.