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07/14/2004: Needing wider dissemination....
is Juan Cole's smackdown of the Chimpanzee in Chief's ridiculous assertions that his policies have made America safer. The whole article is worth reading, but the summary gives you a taste:
So, no, Americans are not safer, Mr. Bush. They face the threat of substantial narco-terrorism from Afghanistan. Iraq is a security nightmare that could well blow back on the American homeland. Pakistan remains a military dictatorship with a host of militant jihadi movements that had been fomented by the hardline Pakistani military intelligence. Saudi Arabia is witnessing increased al-Qaeda activity and attacks on Westerners. And the Israeli-Palestine dispute is being left to fester and poison the world.
These are not achievements to be proud of. This is a string of disasters. We are not safer. We face incredible danger because of the way the Bush administration has grossly mishandled the Middle East.
Len on 07.14.04 @ 01:01 PM CST
Replies: 2 comments
on Wednesday, July 14th, 2004 at 10:15 PM CST, Gooseneck said
Wow. That's potent stuff.
on Thursday, July 15th, 2004 at 7:09 AM CST, Len Cleavelin said
It's even more potent when you read the whole thing. Incidentally, Juan Cole's a historian at the University of Michigan who specializes in Middle Eastern history. He's lived in the area and speaks/reads/writes fluent Arabic, and his blog, Informed Comment, (http://www.juancole.com) is just about the only no-bullshit source for information on what's going on in the middle east that there is.