Major Acid's E-Rag
What Else Is There?
Volume 1, Number 5
Atlantis Rising
It's been a puzzle for many people - the real reason that Bush pushed the big red Invade button and sent his troops into Iraq. It wasn't really weapons of mass destruction; the Pakistanis have them already and Korea soon will (or have, depending on which report you care to lend credence to), and sooner or later one of the other of them will let fly. Iraq wasn't nearly as close yet. And it wasn't oil. It was never oil despite what people like to believe. The amount of Iraqi oil going to the US was negligible.
So what was it? Until now the most plausible reason was psychological; the war was born from a psychologically driven impulse from deep within Bush the dry drunk, the born again, the mommy dominated, the psychologically damaged youth grown to be President. That at least makes sense. But no. I now know, from a recent discovery culled from my favourite magazine rack, that even that eminently sensible psychological reason was not the root cause. Not even close. The real reason, you see, is exopolitics.
That's "exo" as in exobiology - the study of alien biology. In this case it is alien politics, or to be more precise, politics exercised with concerns about aliens as the primary driving factor. I know this from a fascinating article in the current issue of Atlantis Rising, a truly fun read.
Atlantis Rising (AR) manages to sandwich in a single issue the case for the great flood, the case against evolution, the true story of Lemuria (courtesy of dreams from Shirley MacLaine), Hopi snake dancers that originated in India, a chat with Shakti Gawain, and a host of other oddities including the on-going saga of cold fusion or cold fusion related, er, science. Not to mention exopolitics.
Writer Len Kasten, identified as "an Australian researcher," uses the works of an Aussie ex-pat, one Dr Salla, as the centerpiece in his article that claims the Iraqi invasion was driven by concerns over the imminent return of aliens. In case you're interested, the aliens in question are the Anunnaki, really tall spacefarers who are otherwise gods in the ancient Sumerian pantheon. The Anunnaki are about to drop in for a return visit because their planet - the 12th planet don't you know - happens to be wandering through our solar system again. It seems to do this every 3600 years, give or take.
With the use of a "stargate" buried in Iraq, the Anunnaki will slip across the coldness of space to see what's happening. Iraqi archeology, it seems is heavily dominated by, coincidentally, Russian, German and French archeologists. What a blow to American power it would be if aliens landed in Iraq. It would be akin to that old good news, bad news joke about the Pope: the good news is Jesus has returned; the bad news is he landed in Utah.
Here is what Kasten has to say about American politicians faced with the Anunnaki's return, and their likely landing in, of all places, Saddam Hussein run Iraq:
"� this would have the effect of propping up [Hussein's] regime. US government leaders know that such an eventuality must be prevented at all costs, so they decide that with the help of extraterrestrial allies, they must invade Iraq and close the stargate. The Russians, Germans, and French, however, � prefer that the stargate remain open, thus preventing American domination of the world. With time running out, President Bush invades Iraq. American scientists invade the museum, and close the stargate, thus frustrating the grandiose ambitions of the self-styled reincarnation of Nebuchadnezzar, Saddam Hussein, and making the world safe for the New World Order."
Whew! Breathless prose it is. The crowning touch is Kasten managing to tie the destruction of the museum in Baghdad into the whole thing. Although there was not nearly as much damage to the museum as the press claimed in the early reports, that incident certainly engaged the world's attention. If you want a really robust conspiracy theory to work with, make it revolve around real events.
Whether or not you entertain even a little bit the idea of aliens engaging in a monumental battle in secret alliances with the world's political elite, the sheer entertainment value of this article makes the magazine a wonderful find.
Another benefit of Kasten's article (and Dr Salla's work) is a capsule summary of various aliens among us theories - as in why they are among us: they are Intruders, Manipulators, Helpers, or Watchers. Take your pick.
However, if exopolitics isn't your area of interest, AR has lots more to choose from. In one truly memorable article, by Peter Bros, the great Flood (as in Noah and in countless other mythologies) is trumpeted at the expense of the ice age. It appears the ice age, at least for Bros, is a myth made up by scientists who didn't want to acknowledge anything that would lend credence to Christian mythology.
The reasoning Bros uses is remarkable, to be kind. Mostly it involves trashing anything that science - mainstream science, that is - suggests, and replacing it with more believable scenarios. There was never an ice age, but there was a planetary sized flood. He even speculates on the origin of the waters for the flood - the moon. Really. The moon has all those empty seas after all �.
There's more, of course, so much more that you'll just have to read it for yourself. Head to your local magazine stand and look for the September/October edition of Atlantis Rising. You won't regret it. Even the ads are intriguing. Have you been having difficulty finding a supply of Tesla Purple Energy Plates? An ad in AR gives a source. Even better, order my purple energy plates from that source, and you get a "free conspiracy journal." Now that's an offer that's tough to refuse.
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