The second biggest boom industry in the United States today, after the manufacturing of bombs, guns and bullets, is the "terror" industry - how to fight terrorists, how to catch terrorists, how to prepare for terrorist attacks and how to survive terrorist attacks.
The US spends tens of billions of dollars a year on "anti-terror"-related industries. It's the new Cold War, and the fear-mongering is just as dire, overblown and hysterical.
"Experts" pumping out warnings, advice and propaganda in the press and on TV haven't been this busy since the early 1980s. It's boom time in the US right now, but since 9/11, thankfully, there haven't been any real booms when it comes to terrorism.
There have, however, been literally hundreds of "warnings" issued via the White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, various think tanks, neocon cheerleaders and an endless parade of Middle East and terrorism "experts."
As one prominent Republican recently stated, what America needs right now is another major terrorist attack.
The good news in the bad news, then, is this terror expert claims an "event" is not only "imminent," it could happen...
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