On the other hand, Al Qaeda has nothing to show for its efforts except blood and grief.

Isn’t that all they wanted?

, but George W. Bush is too politically correct to offend the Muslim terrorists and their supporters.

We don’t want to make the Saudis and the other Muslim nations angry. Do we?

After all, Bush helped the Saudis flee America right after September 11 for fear of retaliation.

Indy Conservative on May 28, 2008 at 6:46 AM

Zero. Count them ZERO attacks on the homeland since 9/11 and you are complaining.

I think the demise of Al Qaeda just might have a little something to do with the removal and execution of one Saddam Hussein, and the subsequent removal of his money and organizational support.

Hey, instead of blowing out the candles on the anniversary cake, why not they just go blow themselves up instead?

Preemptive attacks should start at home, but George W. Bush is too politically correct to offend the Muslim terrorists and their supporters.

We don’t want to make the Saudis and the other Muslim nations angry. Do we?

After all, Bush helped the Saudis flee America right after September 11 for fear of retaliation.

profitsbeard on May 28, 2008 at 12:07 AM

Amen and hallelujah, my fellow Crusader.

The problem with Islam isn’t extremism, it’s Islam.

the social conditions that gave rise to the movement are largely unchanged…

The organization was constructed from rotten intellectual bits and pieces—false readings of religion and history

Bit of a non-sequitur.

The social conditions that gave rise to Osama the billionaire, and all those doctors and engineers?

No wonder Bambi’s wife and spiritual advisor rail against middle-class-ness. It gives rise to terrorism!

Well, they do have Spain.

Tony737 on May 27, 2008 at 10:55 PM

Ouch…it’s painful because it is true.

In other words, Fadl is not against violent jihad because it’s wrong to kill non-Muslims but because it doesn’t futher the Muslim conquest of the world. This illustrates the immature morality of Islam which does not consider the justice of acts but only whether they reward you or not. That’s how morally-stunted kids and criminals think, not how fully-formed moral humans think.

“Terrorism springs from rigidity, and rigidity from literalism,” he said. Each concept is a circle within a circle, and just getting a person to inch away from the center was a victory.

Tamil Tigers – 1974
FARC – 1958
PLO – 1974 (as a fully independent organization)
Hamas – 1987
Hezbollah – early 80’s
ETA – 1959

Must I go on? It’s nice to look for hopeful parallels, but one must set the conditions for the demise of a terrorist organization and follow through with it, not engage in wishful thinking.

The central production line for this malignant model is the Koran.

And the main promulgator of this 1400 year old march of religious imperialism, infiltration, subversion, colonization, “legal” attack, and cultural (as well as violent) assault, is Saudi Arabia, the home base of Mohammadism and its Jihad pocketbook.

Until the root ideology of Islam is challenged and defeated, these bloody offshoots, whether the Taliban or Al Qaeda or the Algerian jihadis, will spring up ceaselessly like tumors dispersed by the core cancer of their intolerant, misogynistic, and terroristic playbook.

Unless it is addressed, the conflict is endless.

According to al Qaeda, their collapse in Iraq was steep and catastrophic. According to their stats, in late 2006, al Qaeda was responsible for 60 percent of the terrorist attacks, and nearly all the ones that involved killing a lot of civilians. The rest of the violence was carried out by Iraqi Sunni Arab groups, who were trying in vain to scare the Americans out of the country.

Wow. Harry Reid really is a member of al Qaeda.

If my calculator is correct, it would mean that AQ was created in 1988. It will come as a shock to some moonbats that AQ existed before the Bush presidency.

Bigfoot on May 27, 2008 at 11:22 PM

It also means that Al Qaeda came into being after the US stopped aid to the Muhajadeen.

This August, Al Qaeda will mark its twentieth anniversary.

If my calculator is correct, it would mean that AQ was created in 1988. It will come as a shock to some moonbats that AQ existed before the Bush presidency.

I’m still convinced he’s dead. Despite the reports by the CIA and others that the tapes are genuine (I know, how do I square that?).

Read Willfull Blindness by Andy McCarthy. The goverment is much more into CYA than actually stopping these freaks. I’m not kidding. “Imagine the liability” is something of a mantra in the CIA/FBI.

Now the Afgani Taliban are adopting Iraqi tactics. And it will have the same effect.

Why now the Taliban are talking about winning the “Media war”

I guess you’re right. Maybe little bobbleheads of President George could be handed out along the parade route.

Thank goodness it is wayyyy past beer-thirty.

Want to piss the libs off? A ticker tape victory parade celebrating the defeat of AQ in Iraq should be organized in October featuring President George and General David. With thousands cheering along the parade route holding American flags, what would the liberals think? What would Blitzer, Cafferty, Reid, Polosi and Olby think? Do you think they would come to the parade?

Travis1 on May 27, 2008 at 10:52 PM

Can’t do that. All that paper is bad for the environment on soooooooo many levels!