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When the German Reichstag in Berlin burned in 1933, the Nazi Party told the German people that it had been the work of Communists, and proceeded to use the "threat" of Communist sabotage to curtail civil liberties and round up members of the political opposition. Neocon operatives under Dick Cheney and George Bush took a page out of the Nazi playbook and carried out the biggest psychological operation event in history. They knew that people in shock will look to their leaders for reassurance and an explanation. They had me fooled for over two years, I am ashamed to say. That the Official Conspiracy Theory promulgated in the wake of 9/11 by the Bush Administration is still believed by the majority of Americans is no mystery but due to the skillful way in which the corporate-controlled media has ignored, denigrated, and marginalized those with the courage and perspicacity to point out its glaring evidentiary and logical flaws.
