Beating around the Bush
I don't know what the President is smoking, but I want some. Yesterday he released part of the latest NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) on the spread of terrorism since we invaded Iraq. He did this because he was angry that some people drew the wrong conclusions from 2nd hand reports of the document's contents and he thought that by providing the source material he could prove his point. Well, the document titled "Declassified Key Judgments of the National
Intelligence Estimate "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States" dated April 2006, is pretty clear.
You can read the document here.
The intelligence analysts who prepared the report predicted a spreading "global, jihadist movement" and concluded that it would be uncontainable by the West. Oh, yeah, and it apparently has nothing to do with Al Quaddeh, but was quite clear that it has spread because of our invasion of Iraq, which has become the cause celebre of a whole new generation of terrorists who hate the U.S.
Shortly after 9/11, President Bush gave a speech in Europe where he said that America was going on a "Crusade." Well, he has his crusade now. God help all the people who will die from terrorism attacks and the innocent Muslims who will have their homes destroyed and lives forfeited as we futilely try to stop the spread of miitant Islam. All because of the arrogance of a group of old white men and a befuddled child of privilege whose only claim to fame prior to starting this war was running a half-assed baseball team.
Posted on September 27, 2006