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It’s funny how the failure to get Osama is portrayed as a major failure but the death of Zarqawi is already being played down as a minor blip.
Minor blip? Heck, it's all the news outlets can talk about.
That however does not remove the fact that attempts to get Bin Laden have been a major failure. After all, the Authorization to use military force, granted by congress days after 9/11, specifically targeted those responsible for the 9/11 attacks, and Bin Laden was the top dog of that attack. Zarqawi was not even a player, and was even an opponent of Al-Quadi at the time. It wasn't until October 2004 that he became a supporter and changed his groups name in response to our invasion of Iraq.
But the timing could not have been better. The administration has been trying to divert attention from things like the illegal domestic surveillance by the NSA, the actions by US soldiers in Iraq resulting in the military initiating 'ethics' training and the use of presidential signings to bypass congressional and legal controls placed on the administration. The recent push for the Marriage Protection Amendment failed to divert much attention, so the timing on Zarqawi was perfect.
Cheers,
Brad
Point Proven
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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