re: #66 Chicago Blonde

I haven’t seen The Power of Nightmares…(I do recall hearing a professor exclaim that the Abu Sayef was a non-existent group, a figment of the imagination, created by Americans —a CIA? iirc creation — in the Philippines…that would be because Amerikkkans want to dominate and control the Philippines, hence the creation of a non-existent terrorist group, so then Amerikkans can torture innocent civilians…etc. yeah, that was broadcast on CBC several years ago…On different topics I also recall reading an academic, he was a well respected criminologist, who maintained that the Mafia did not exist, but the Mafia was (once again) the figment of someone’s imagination, Hollywood script writers?, etc.)