September 12, 2001 Prediction of the Future by Hunter S. Thompson

13 years ago today, Hunter S. Thompson made an amazingly accurate prediction of the future, in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

America the Battlefield
by Timothy A. Pope
September 12, 2014

Predicting the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks less than 24 hours after they happened with a keen understanding of human nature, the military-industrial complex and its main players, and perhaps a hint of clairvoyance, American journalist, author and military veteran Hunter S. Thompson wrote in his ESPN column Fear & Loathing in America on 09/12/01:

"The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now — with somebody — and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.

It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy.

We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows? Not even the Generals in what remains of the Pentagon or the New York papers calling for WAR seem to know who did it or where to look for them.

This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won’t hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force."

Unfortunately, no one was more correct and clear-sighted at that time about what was to come.

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