damien morton damienmortonacmorg original message damien morton mailtodamienmortonacmorg sent saturday 17 august 2002 0255 polrevhooverstanfordedu subject al qaedas fantasy ideology youre right course attack performed effect muslims effect us showing done inspire others follow path hope take objection belabouring term fantasy somewhat perjorative imagining different worlds often lead world become like imagined moreso action taken basis imaginings theres interesting parralel great capitalist dream anyone make anything happen hard work bit luck equally fantasy one made approach reality consensus interesting question becomes al quedas actions furtherance fantasy fantasies george bushs actions furtherace many actions george bush us performed effect us population example much showmanship put rebuilding morale wall street much spirtual investment sacrifices al queda made cultural myopia play us make point reading australian britsish us news today noticed australian british news featuring iraqi overtures un inspectors us news featuring iraqi war preparations digging bunkers etc time us withdrawing international cooperation multiple levels fantasy surrounded enemies invisible preferably somewhat appealing self fullfilling prophesy like perhaps thats whats work httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork sat 17 aug 2002 025627 0400 usasciiqfw_re_al_qaedas_fantasy_ideology