An open letter ostensibly signed by Ralph Nader praised Mrs. Sheehan for her, "courage to spotlight nationally the character of a President who refuses to meet with anyone or any group critical of his illegal, fabricated, deceptive war and occupation of that ravaged country."
(Nader's letter received front-page coverage from that bastion of democratic thought, al-Jazeera.)
al-Jazeera gleefully reported Nader's claim that "This rogue regime, led by two draft-dodgers and officially counseled by similar pro-war evaders during the Vietnam War, is not “our country.”
"Millions of Americans, including military and public servants in his Administration, and many in the retired military, diplomatic and intelligence services, opposed this war, still oppose it and do not equate George W. Bush and Dick Cheney with the United States of America."
Music to the terrorist enemy's ears. America is being led by a 'rogue regime' of draft-dodgers who are running roughshod over the US military, diplomatic and intelligence services, and America's leadership has no support among its senior officials, especially its retired senior officials.
The potential al-Qaeda recruit doesn't know or care if those 'retired senior officials' were actually senior officials during the Clinton administration, or about Republican and Democratic politics. What he knows is that the United States is being led by criminals who are conducting an 'illegal, fabricated and deceptive war and occupation' of Iraq.
That is enough to make any ignorant Islamic purist from Backwater, Pakistan, want to jump up, grab a gun and join the jihad. Makes you wonder why there are so many of them, doesn't it? Well, we can thank people like Cindy Sheehan.
The Omegaletter ^ | August 15,2005 | Jack Kinsella |
