in so many words

I'm borrowing a direct quote from ZNet email message, because it's so succinct:

The U.S. propels a war on terorism in
order to pursue its entirely different agendas of redistribution at home
and solidifying empire internationally -- not least solidifying control
over Iraqi oil -- and of course the predictable horrific increase in
terrorism is then used to fuel additional terror war policies and
responses.

Resist!