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Secret Gov't Documents Will be Declassified 12/31

Posted by samzenpus on from the but-not-a-minute-earlier dept.

mozzwald writes "This New Year's Eve, at midnight on the dot, hundreds of millions of pages of U.S. government secrets will be revealed. Or at least they'll no longer be official secrets — it may actually take months or more for the National Archives and Records Administration to make those pages available for public consumption."

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  1. Re:What do they have to do with each other? by Guuge · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Every history book on the Iraq War is going to mention 9/11, just as every history of World War I mentions Francis Ferdinand. The plain truth is that 9/11 was used to stir up fanatical nationalism and loyalty to the central government, which set the stage for the abuses of power that led to the Iraq War. I'm not saying that 9/11 was necessary for Bush's plan; it was simply available. Similarly, the assassination of Francis Ferdinand was not necessary for WWI to ignite.

    I suppose comparing the Iraq War to 9/11 shows how we've become that which we despise.