W = Q?
Over at AmericaBlog, John is reading Suskind’s new book, “The One Percent Solution.” (I’m waiting to hit the library for that and Sirota’s new one.) His post may not be a complete picture of the whole global-historical dynamic, but it boils down to a fairly tight storyline:
… 1. George Bush is lying when he talks about how everyone should vote Republican because we haven’t been hit since September 11. He knows damn well that it’s quite possible we haven’t been hit because bin Laden has decided not to hit us in the US.
2. George Bush is doing exactly what bin Laden wants by keeping US troops in Iraq. According to the Suskind book, bin Laden was hoping we’d invade Afghanistan and that IT would become our quagmire to inflame the Middle East. The fact that Iraq ultimately became the quagmire wasn’t the initial plan, but it’s working just as well to isolate our country and foment even more anti-Americanism across the globe.
So, that makes George Bush the closest thing to the al Qaeda candidate, and it makes anyone who wants US troops to remain in Iraq the next best thing to al Qaeda enablers. …
That’s some piquant pith. But of course you can’t have a real conversation about it in the media. That would be unamerican.
August 24, 2006 at 10:46 am
Seriously, though, is there anyone who’s been paying attention to which these points are not already totally obvious? They may not be to the general public, since the cowardly media institutions we have would probably portray such assertions as leftist propaganda, but I’ve known about this for years (as I’m sure you have).
So what’s so great about saying it now?
August 24, 2006 at 5:32 pm
I was writing a comment here, John, but I bumped it up to the front page (the next post after this one). Thanks, as always, for dropping by.
August 24, 2006 at 5:39 pm
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