9-11 -- another view raises questions

"...Adding other examples of omissions and distortions, Griffin points out the administration failed to rebut the prima facie case that it orchestrated 9/11 and used it as rationale to implement the aim of American global supremacy previously devised by persons who occupy posts in the administration. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, Libby, Bolton, and Woolsey among others formed the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). They conceded that the plan was so ambitious it would require an event such as Pearl Harbor to mobilize the American public. CBS reported that President Bush, before going to bed on 9/11, noted in his journal "the Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today."

Griffin describes how Christian faith originated in first century Palestine under Roman domination aided by compliant Jewish political and religious aristocracy. Jesus challenged the kingdom of Caesar, hailed as divine benefactor and bringer of peace. Rome’s real beneficiaries were the Roman power structure and client rulers of their colonies. The masses both in Rome and especially in the colonies suffered horribly.

Jesus proclaimed the in-breaking of God’s rule on earth, deliverance of the poor from captivity to demonic powers of illness, poverty, and hopelessness. In the early decades the Jesus movement was a nonviolent protest against empire, forming a mutual help community among the downtrodden as a living body indwelt by the spirit of Jesus offering a new way of life.

Once Christianity adapted to surrounding culture and became the religion of the Empire it lost its authentic character and became complicit in the imperial project. Faith in Jesus became the means to get individual forgiveness and assurance of heaven. Griffin describes this process at length and ends with an appeal to Christians to rediscover the anti-imperialist aspect of authentic faith and bring it to bear on America today. Political, financial, and industrial leaders are content; commercial media have no interest in challenging the status quo. Christians must act now to dissociate from the American imperial project, as did the Confessing Church that protested Hitler and the councils of churches that condemned South African apartheid. The place to begin is demanding an objective investigation into 9/11 to determine whether the attacks were, as Griffin suggests, "orchestrated on behalf of U.S. imperial interests." ...

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