Wolly Liberal Guardian Readers

[rich]

I'm reading The Looming Tower, Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11--
One of Bin Laden and Co.'s stated goals was to encourage massive
counter-strikes by the USA in response to terrorist actions perpetuated by
Al Qaeda, so as to gain sympathy for his cause.

These knuckleheads have no political plan/agenda (beyond the naive restoring
the caliphate, pure islam) besides nihilistic suicide martyrdom
ops--unfortunately, we have given Bin Laden, who appears not to be a deep
thinker, a few gifts over the years, the biggest one the fiasco that is iraq
currently.

just as an aside, I think Zarqawi accomplished his mission--spurring on a
low-level civil war b/w shiites and sunnis b/4 he was eliminated.
but only time will tell whether these folks can actually govern beyond the
bombs.

rich


On 8/14/06, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> "The argument that terrorism is, in fact, a response to Western
> actions overseas has gained currency. It was voiced most recently on
> Saturday in an open letter by a number of influential British Muslim
> leaders to Tony Blair."
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1843538,00.html
>
> The trouble is that I cannot find this letter!
>
> 2006/8/14, John Carvill <JCarvill at algsoftware.com>:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I meant to respond at the time to whoever it was (a week or two ago),
> who
> > decried Pynchon's love for the Guardian newpaper, as reported in the
> > supposed Playboy interview. Basically I just wanted to point out that
> > whatever the historical accuracy of the popular belief that the Guardian
> is
> > a left/liberal paper, it has followed Blair and 'New Labour' hard to the
> > right over the last decade. In case there be any doubt of this, here's a
> > good example: a leader in the Guardian's Sunday incarnation The Observer
> > yesterday. Now tell me, is this right-wing enough for ya?:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1843538,00.html
> >
>
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