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 ideological positions. Foreign policy failures lead to domestic political 
 crimes, just as domestic policy crises lead to aggressive military 
 expansion. 
  
 The criminal frame-up of young Muslim-South Asian British citizens by the 
 British security officials was specifically designed to cover up for the 
 failed Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and the Anglo-American backing for 
 Israel's destructive but failed invasion of Lebanon. Blair's "liquid 
 bombers" plot sacrificed a multiplicity of British capitalist interests in 
 order to retain political offices and stave off an unceremonious early exit 
 from power. The costs of failed militarism are borne by citizens and 
 businesses. 
  
 In an analogous fashion Bush and his Zioncon and other militarists exploited 
 the events of 9/11 to pursue a militarist multi-war strategy in Southwest 
 Asia and the Middle East. With time and scientific research, the official 
 version of the events of 9/11 have come under serious questioning -- both 
 regarding the collapse of one of the towers in New York, as well as the 
 explosions in the Pentagon. The events of 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan 
 and Iraq sacrificed major US economic interests: Losses in New York, 
 tourism, airline industry and massive physical destruction; losses in terms 
 of a major increase in oil prices and instability, increasing the costs to 
 US, European and Asian consumers and industries. 
  
 Likewise the Israeli military invasion of Gaza and Lebanon, backed by the US 
 and Great Britain, were economically costly destroying property, investments 
 and markets, while raising the level of mass anti-imperial opposition. 
  
 In other words, the politics of US, British and Israeli (and by extension 
 World Zionist) militarism has been at the expense of strategic sectors of 
 the civilian economy. These losses to key economic sectors require the 
 civilian-militarists to resort to domestic political crimes (phony bomb 
 plots and frame-up trials) to distract the public from their costly and 
 failed policies and to tighten political control. On both counts, the 
 civilian militarists and the Zioncons are losing ground. The "liquid bomb" 
 plot is unraveling, Israel is in turmoil, the Zioncons are preaching to the 
 converted, and the US is, as always, the United States: The Democratic 
 civilian militarists are capitalizing on the failures of their incumbent 
 colleagues. 
  
 [James Petras, a former Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, New 
 York, owns a 50-year membership in the class struggle, is an adviser to the 
 landless and jobless in Brazil and Argentina, and is co-author of 
 Globalization Unmasked (Zed Books). His latest book is, The Power of Israel 
 in the United States (Clarity Press, 2006). He can be reached at: 
 jpetras@binghamton.edu.] 
  
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