New Book by Greg Felton

Enemies by Design is a rigorously researched exposé of the greed, corruption and racism driving George W. Bush’s “War on Terrorism.” Journalist and scholarly historian Greg Felton reveals how Zionist expansionists and oil interests cultivated and exploited hateful images of the Muslim world to justify aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.

Part I of the book explores the life and background of Osama bin Laden, arch-icon of America’s Muslim demonology. Through several lenses of history we see how bin Laden became an Islamist: U.S. and British Arab policy; the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Islam and jihad; the Gulf War, the Taliban, and the Saudi royal family. It becomes clear where bin Laden really fits in, and how the war on terrorism is a politically motivated sham.

Felton focuses on the U.S.A. in Part II, tracing the philosophical histories of neo-conservatism and Christian-Jewish Zionism to their fusion in the 1980s, which triggered the degeneration of the American republic into a fascistic empire. Noteworthy is his incisive analysis of Leo Strauss’s radicalism, which bred this metamorphosis and grew into the “War on Terrorism”.

In Part III we see how and why the U.S.A. was responsible for the rise and fall of the Taliban, the radicalization of bin Laden, and the destruction of Iraq – all on the altar of oil and Israel.

Part IV looks at the “Project for a New American Century” and how this arms-and-oil lobby completed the Zionist takeover of the United States. The final chapter analyzes the effects of Bushian militarism, including recent fiascos like Abu Ghraib, and suggests two possible alternatives for the U.S.A.

This book is basic reading for understanding the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy.

Greg Felton is an award-winning columnist and investigative reporter on international politics and the media. His internationally self-syndicated columns on the Middle East appear in the Alberta Arab News, mediamonitors.net, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and indymedia.com. Greg was born and raised in and around Vancouver, B.C. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Russian Studies and a Master’s in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.

Further Information: An interview with the author, with links to excerpts from Enemies by Design, may be found at www.waronfreedom.org/feltonab.pdf. The book is being released in July as a paperback with a 4-color cover, and 400 pages, including index and bibliography. ISBN 0930852-567, price: $15.95.