What is our government's fear-facilitated agenda?
A quote from Charles Stross, in an article (re)examining the actual cost of terrorism in human lives — against the number of people dying in lightning strikes or striking deer with cars.
"It used to be said that patriotism was the first resort of the scoundrel. Now terror-mongering is giving it a close run for its money. When someone tries to scare you, the first question you should ask is "who benefits?" Al Qaida and their friends carry out terrorist actsin order to terrorise you, with a specific political agenda in mind. Why are the US and UK governments trying to do the terrorists jobs for them? And what is their fear-facilitated agenda?"