Monday, February 19, 2007
Bush Finds Religion...
Or At Least, Afghanistan
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Al Qaeda Chiefs Are Seen to Regain Power
With all due respect to Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde, this article stumbles through the smell test.
If this is a Tony Snow Special, complete with blind quotes, it fits the M.O. perfectly. The administration has happily rediscovered its neglected stepchild war just this past week as its "Last Chance for Iraq" surge doesn't seem to be working. With grand announcements from The Lame Duck Dictator, and sly asides from administration minions (all to take your attention off of how badly they've battered and abused Number One Son War), it seems we have a new toy!
"uhhh, OK, so Iraq doesn't scare you anymore? It just pisses you off? Umm, You say you like THIS war, over here? OK, THEN, WE'RE ALL ABOUT THIS WAR! THAT DOPEY OTHER WAR IS SO-O-O-O LAST WEEK! THIS WAR? IT'S REEEALLY SCARY! SCARY!...SCARY!"
Scared yet?
If, however, this is actual reporting from Misters Mazzetti and Rohde, my apologies, and we're in deep Bush-induced shit.
Question:
Has anyone noticed anything happening in the last six years that hasn't been EXACTLY the way Osama bin Laden would have drawn it up on paper?
2nd Question:
Could President George W. Bush have done ANYTHING more to aid and abet the enemies of the United States?
If Frank Gaffney, Jr. of the Washington Times and the other Neo-Con zombies want to go around hanging people for treason, let them start with their own leadership which has so much blood on its collective hands.
I assume they've recently stepped up work on Bush's retirement home in Paraguay.
From Mazzetti and Rohde:
Officials said that the United States still had little idea where Mr. bin Laden and Mr. [Ayman al-]Zawahri had been hiding since 2001, but that the two men were not believed to be present in the camps currently operating in North Waziristan. Among the indicators that American officials cited as a sign that Qaeda leaders felt more secure was the release of 21 statements by Mr. bin Laden and Mr. Zawahri in 2006, roughly twice the number as in the previous year.
They "couldn't" find them, because they didn't "want" to find them, OK?
But, yes. We are scared now. Because these are the really bad guys. They've killed before and they'll kill again.
And they've been given a bloody, absolute, Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card from this administration.
Do government types really want to know where these men are? Really?
Simple. Do we have to tell them EVERYTHING!? Cheeesh!
OK. This is easy. GOP campaign fundraisers. Just back up the paddywagon. There is no more safe and secure a haven for crooks, cranks and evildoers in the world than your basic white tie affair among Bush's Base, with folks trying to get their Paraguay tickets punched. But only if you've got tons of cash and no soul. Osama bin Laden would blend right in.
posted by Gotham 10:16 AM
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