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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: LindyBill who wrote (233665)1/5/2008 3:56:40 PM
From: KLP   of 793914
 
Hopefully, every major blog in the country will pick that up, LB! It is especially frightening that Al-Qaeda should see through the Democrats, some Repubs and the anti-war Left so well, and yet, so many here in this country, don't know about it.... And worse, don't WANT to know about it.

How is it possible that WE are allowing some in our Media to drag America down?

<<<<<<<<<<<< There were no other options to resort to

The problem for al Qaeda was that they had no viable options. Allying with the Western media was it. Military victory on the ground was simply impossible:

… however far our capabilities reach, they will never be equal to one thousandth of the capabilities of the kingdom of Satan that is waging war on us. [Section 5]

On the other hand, the media strategy still offered a real chance for victory, given that the West's anti-war media had succeeded in creating American defeat in the past:

(from Al-Qaeda_
Things may develop faster than we imagine. The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam-and how they ran and left their agents-is noteworthy. [Second section A.] <<<<<<
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