23 Oct 08 Al-Qaeda Likes McCain
Yes indeed, al-Qaeda knows a good thing when they see it. Bush’s war in Iraq has given them an army of new recruits, and they know that John McCain will keep our troops there and give them plenty more. And then there’s the financial cost of the war, which is enormous.
Al-Qaeda prefers an indefinite U.S. occupation of Iraq and a bellicose U.S. all across the Muslim world in order to radicalize Muslims to its terrorist cause and drain the U.S. of its financial wealth — what Osama bin Laden calls his “bleed to bankruptcy” strategy.
Attackerman at Firedoglake link:
http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/22/woolseyschenemannalqaedamccainfreakout/
28 Sep 08 Pakistan Double Whammy
McCain and Palin just can’t keep their stories straight when it comes to Pakistan. It might not matter quite so much if Bin Laden didn’t live there, but he does. Everybody knows he’s hiding out in the Waziristan province of Pakistan, but Georgie Porgie seems in no hurry to find him.
It seems like it would be a really good idea for a presidential candidate to study up on the history and politics of Pakistan. I sure would if I was running for president. But McCain doesn’t agree, he seems quite happy to remain clueless about Pakistan, calling it a “failed state” in the first debate.
Pakistan was a democracy until Musharraf took over in 1999, with a democratically elected government. It wasn’t the most stable country in the world, but it was far from being in a state of anarchy. You could look it up, and in fact the American government protested Musharraf’s coup in 1999. Sadly, McCain doesn’t seem to be very good at reading or remembering stuff.
It also seems like it would be a really good idea for a presidential candidate and his vice-presidential running mate to keep their stories straight, especially about someplace as critical to our future as Pakistan. However Palin disagrees with McCain about hunting down Bin Laden.
McCain said in the debate that he’ll be just like Georgie Porgie: unwilling to cross into Pakistan to take out Bin Laden. Palin was out getting a cheese steak last night, and told everyone she’d march straight across the border into Pakistan if that’s what it took to get him. Sounds like Palin agrees with Obama on that issue. Who’da thunk it lol.
