Al Qaeda 3.0
The NYTimes has a major story on the emergence of a newer younger class of leaders in Al Qaeda leading to this frightening conclusion.
Good thing we went into Iraq then.
Also notable, "American officials say they still know little about how operatives communicate with Mr. bin Laden and Mr. Zawahri."
(But of course if they did, they probably wouldn't say so.)
Although the core leadership was weakened in the counterterrorism campaign begun after the Sept. 11 attacks, intelligence officials now believe it was not as crippling as once thought.
Good thing we went into Iraq then.
Also notable, "American officials say they still know little about how operatives communicate with Mr. bin Laden and Mr. Zawahri."
(But of course if they did, they probably wouldn't say so.)
posted by mikevotes at
10:40 PM
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History will record our national, political and military post-9/11 actions as a tragic low point in the American saga. It will be used as a case study -- a perfect storm -- of partisan politics, national fear, and totalitarian-esque hubris. History will pick up Bush's WWII meme, but will hold up his presidency (and us) as the antithesis of the Greatest Generation: a tragedy of self inflicted wounds to the American way of life... to the standard of traditional American values.
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-epm, at 9:12 AM
Really. You think that 50 years from now the WWII comparison will be held up as the model for this conflict?
I would think that the WWII comparison would be held up as example of the complete miscomprehension of the enemy Bush faced somewhat encapsulating the misundertanding of the enemy and, thus, the non-applicable policy.
I'm certainly not certain, but I'd be curious what you think.
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mikevotes, at 9:20 AM
"You think that 50 years from now the WWII comparison will be held up as the model for this conflict?"
Not as a model; but an anti-model. WWII and this conflict will be held in juxtaposition, as polar opposites of confronting a global threat.
Perhaps I was inarticulate when I said, "...will hold up his presidency (and us) as the antithesis of the Greatest Generation." I didn't mean to suggest that Bush was the next FDR. He's more of a cross between, I don't know, Franklin Pierce and George A. Custer, with a pinch of Joe McCarthy and a dash of a tent revivalist/snake oil salesman
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-epm, at 10:08 AM
OK, that makes sense. I think I read your comment too fast.
It seemed an odd assertion, so I had to ask.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 10:50 AM
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