Okay, just to show that I<\/i> can be paranoid, too …<\/b><\/p>\n
The American public is very warm-hearted. Really. We hate to see blood being shed. So even with the greatest provocation, there are a lot of people who really hate that we’ve started a bombing campaign in Afghanistan, let alone the length of time its run.<\/p>\n
So why aren’t we hearing more protests? Because it’s not getting a huge amount of air time?<\/p>\n
What is <\/i>getting air time? <\/p>\n
Anthrax.<\/p>\n
So if you wanted to wage a war, but you didn’t want the public ragging on you about it, could you think of a better distraction than some relatively harmless, but high-publicity, anthrax scares?<\/i><\/p>\n
(I don’t really believe this. But I just wanted to show I could Theorize Conspiracies with the best of them.)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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