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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-04 02:12 PM
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Al-Qaeda delighted to have * in WH - American Conservative Mag
Edited on Mon Aug-02-04 02:26 PM by rmpalmer
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_08_02/article.html

One of the striking things about the Iraq War is the extent to which American foreign-affairs professionals—intelligence analysts, diplomats, and high-ranking military officers—recognize it is a tragically misguided venture. Among the most recent to speak out is the CIA officer formerly charged with analyzing Osama bin Laden. Known only as “Anonymous,” he is the author of the new book Imperial Hubris —a scathing look at the way the United States has conducted the War on Terror thus far. TAC editors Philip Giraldi (a CIA veteran with extensive Mideast experience), Kara Hopkins, and Scott McConnell recently visited with the author. Here are excerpts of the conversation.

TAC: You’ve said that Iraq was the best Christmas present that Osama bin Laden could have possibly received …

ANON: Have you seen the movie “Christmas Story,” where the boy wants a Red Rider air gun and his mom says no? Then at the end of Christmas day, when he has opened all his presents, he gets the gun and he thinks, “My God, I really got it. I never thought I’d get it.” Iraq was Osama’s Red Rider BB gun. It was something he always wanted, but something he never expected.

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TAC: You suggest that al-Qaeda would be delighted to have George Bush stay in the White House because nothing could be better for their international objectives. How do you see this playing out in terms of—this is totally hypothetical—a potential terrorist incident, somewhat like the bombing in Spain?

ANON: I said that al-Qaeda itself has said that it could not wish for a better government than the one that is now governing the U.S. because, on the policies of issue to Muslims, al-Qaeda believes this government is wrong on every one and thus allows their insurgency to grow larger to incite other groups to attack Americans.

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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-04 02:25 PM
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1. I'm going to give this a shameless kick
dang GD moves fast. :kick:
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-04 02:31 PM
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2. No shame from here. It's a GREAT article.
It should be bumped, and often.
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pretzel4gore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-02-04 03:02 PM
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3. so, intellectually, the arabs
are running us like ....'ho's'? they arranging trysts etc, then after the satisfied rapo runs away, we left raped and bloody, so time to get angry?
our innocence abused?
our privacy violated?
our profits stolen?
in PAIN?
poor fukken us!
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