Who does Osama bin Laden support? (Get the book, it's great.)
Bush Administration rhetoric has long been devoted to portraying Republicans as his Great Satan, but is that really the case?
After all, we know 9-11 was bungled. We know Osama has popped up, conveniently, whenever Bush has seemed to be in trouble.
And now, with support for the Iraq War down to a small number of Bush dead-enders, good Al Qaeda soldier Zaccharias Moussaoui suddenly cops to everything, practically demanding the death penalty when his advocates had just about gotten him off.
See, he's saying. Bush protected you from me. These evil lawyers had my life spared. Now get back in line or they'll let me kill again. Bwaa-hah-hah-ha!
As an Atlantan, I have finally figured out the plot. Uncle Remus.
Bin Laden's plot has always been to unite the Arab world. But to do that he needs an enemy, a real one. And, with George W. Bush, he has the perfect foil.
Everything which has happened since Bush's election has served Bin
Laden's ultimate goal. Iraq is the Tar Baby. Afghanistan is the Briar
Patch.
Vanity, ignorance and arrogance have had Americans dancing, and dieing, to Osama bin Laden's tune for over five years now. The right way to fight him is to treat him as what he is - a criminal - and not as what he claims to be - a holy warrior. When we act as though men in caves can really destroy us, we empower them. When our government does this to empower itself, we are the greater fools.
The way out remains a floor price under energy so alternate domestic production comes on-line, it means getting out of Iraq, it means accepting responsibility for our own cupidity and playing smarter. The answer to fear is to stop being afraid.
When will we figure this out?
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