The Republican attack machine has long featured the big lie technique that Joseph Goebbels used during the reign of terror of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich.

Under the Lee Atwater and latterly Karl Rove technique words, as exemplified in George Orwell's prescient masterwork "1984", are instruments to be used for selfish political gain.  Their meanings are essentially irrelevant but for their sword-like thrust in making political points.

For instance, while Senator John McCain becomes demagogue of the moment for the Republican Party attack machine in asserting that Democratic candidates seeking the presidency are advocating "surrender in the Iraq War" the first point to encounter is the definition of the word "surrender."  

In fact, McCain has asserted that America should remain in Iraq for perhaps "one hundred years" if necessary to complete its mission.

During the struggles of America's infancy it was Paul Revere who rode down the streets of Boston issuing a warning.  Now German journalist Mathias Broeckers has issued a fateful warning that if America is to survive it better collectively awaken fast.  

Mathias Broeckers has written a compelling work questioning the mainstream media account of 9/11 that has been trumpeted by the incumbent Republican Administration. It has risen to bestseller status in his native Germany.

"Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, and the Secrets of 9/11" provides the insights of a German observing what happened across the Atlantic that fateful day with an enhanced perspective.

This perspective gives Broeckers advantages in analyzing the events of that fateful day and the many ramifications resulting from them.  His German roots provide an important perspective that he shares with his readers.