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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: T L Comiskey who wrote (56139)	11/28/2008 7:36:08 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224679

Be thankful for Pres GW Bush--he did it!: Don Surber, dailymail.com, November 28, 2008 Fareed Zakaria: “My sense is that for the last several years, the core of Al Qaeda — Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri — has been very weak.” In trying to sort out the bombing of hotels in Mumbai, I find it difficult to make sense of a senseless act. All I can say is it shows that the Global War On Terrorism must precede. The aforementioned Zakaria was interviewed by his employer, Newsweek about this event. He cannot fathom it either but there was this exchange: NEWSWEEK: Do you suspect an Al Qaeda connection? ZAKARIA: I doubt it. My sense is that for the last several years, the core of Al Qaeda — Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri — has been very weak. This seems more like a Kashmiri, Lashkar kind of thing. They have the organization, they have the recruits, they have a cause they care about. The thing about Al Qaeda is that they’ve been quite unsuccessful in their core areas—attacking American soldiers and American targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan, attacking the U.S. embassies. But it’s possible that they are now going where they can, and India is a big soft target. If you go to a five-star hotel in Pakistan, it’s like a fort now. There are often two levels of security, and you often have to take a separate car to get from the gate to the door. It’s not likely that will happen in India, an open, democratic society. What a stunning admission by a knee-jerk opponent of President Bush and the policies that have made this nation and the world safer since 9/11. Al Qaeda is through. Finished. Ousting the Taliban — worked. Waterboarding KSM — worked. Going after all the lower cadre — worked. Fighting al Qaeda in Iraq — worked. Bush is not perfect. He took his eye off the ball in Iraq. His domestic policy has soured rapidly. But he got al Qaeda right. Do not look for anyone on the Left to admit that they were totally wrong, wrong, wrong these last 7 years. They will a year from now credit Obama for everything that Bush has accomplished. Dissent may be patriotic but in this case, it has been idiotic. Let me repeat that quote, “My sense is that for the last several years, the core of Al Qaeda — Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri — has been very weak.” Gee, Einstein finally noticed the obvious. blogs.dailymail.com