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Entry: The Smoking Gun Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_smoking_gun#4997 Post contents: Furthermore, the above commenter wrote, "The conspirators in this case includes all 3 branches of our failed government." Well if that's the case, then almost 100 percent of all citizens of the USA are co-conspirators, insofar as they knowingly and willfully have continued to cooperate with a government which - according to you - is just one vast conspiracy. Ah, but I suppose you could argue that a precious few Americans (of whom I am one) publicly dissented from the war before it began, and they should not be identified as co-conspirators. Fair enough in the abstract, but practically speaking, the vast majority of Americans can be called "co-conspirators" insofar as most of them supported the war when they knew or should have known that it was illegal. Ah, but then, MOST Americans who publicly opposed the war before it began, continued in one way or another to cooperate with the three branches of government whom you accuse of being conspirators. That means, that even many ANTI-war Americans could arguably be called co-conspirators. As all three branches of the government have continued to aid and abet this ongoing war, then any and all Americans who support this ongoing conspiracy could be called co-conspirators. Oh yes, this really is how it works, according to the American legal definition of "conspiracy." Or at least, such an argument could be made - very logically - according to your premise that all three branches of the government are conspirators. That would mean that the vast majority of Americans would be fair game for an all too vaguely defined (dare I say, "sophomoric?") witch-hunt to get to the "bottom" of this debacle. The "bottom" of this debacle is the majority of the people of the United States. Sent at: 2008 09 06