Conspiracy conspiracy

I'm sorry Donald and Bob but is this [1] what you guys are referring to?

Perhaps I am a Muslim, or 'English' or just plain naive, but [to me] it seems a little extreme to engineer mass-murder and grand treason because of what may or may not be happening (or happen in the future) in Eurasia.

The Pearl Harbour atrocity was actually an act of war by one of two immediate major global threats (Nazism and Japanese Imperialism) who also happened to form a coalition. By contrast the recent atrocities were:

1. NOT conducted by ANY military power that was threatening USA
2. NOT going to directly benefit anyone immediately

I have heard rumours that the Taliban were actually removed because they were proving inflexible over the Caspian Sea deal [2] but:

1. political attitudes and interests tend to change over time
2. the longer you wait for a fossil fuel the greater its worth (especially when demand starts to severely outstrip supply)

So you'll have to forgive me if I find your suggestion [that this was some grand 'coalition' conspiracy plan hatched between The Pentagon and the Republican Hierarchy] a little difficult to consume.

By the way bearing in mind that [at least to my knowledge] Yemen is NOT regarded as 'US Territory' wouldn't it be foolish to 'switch off the radar' even if USS Cole was docked?

I'd like to add that just based on this article [3] I would propose Reverend Bill McGinnis is the most knowledgeable 'Muslim Scholar' out there [though bearing in mind 'Muslim Scholars' are busy screaming hellfire and brimstone declaring 'Holy War' on the 'Infidels', its not really surprising].

Incidentally [I believe] 'infidel' derives from 'Infidelity' and means 'Unfaithful', and was used during the Crusades to mean 'Unfaithful to the Cross'. I'm still unclear what 'Muslim Scholars' mean when they use this term.

If we then accept the Americans aren't 'infidels', 'kafirs' [or whatever other accusation is being aimed in their general direction] then I would propose that Colin Powell's warning to President Bush ("you break it you own it") [4] has more than a ring of truth attached to it.

References:

1. http://www.wanttoknow.info/brzezinskigrandchessboard
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/west_asia/37021.stm
3. http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/opedne_rev__bil_080112_the_qur_an_forbids_t.htm
4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303259.html?wpisrc=rss_artsandliving/books