On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:01:57 GMT, Zeke Zzzzpt
wrote:

Stunning news heard on the Beeb today, July 12...

"A U.S. threat assessment finds al Qaeda has rebuilt its capability to
mount attacks to a pre September 11 level".

Now, hold on a minute, folks...

--Hundreds of billions spent on "Homeland Security".

--Hundreds of billions spent on the "War on Global Terrorism" in
Afghanistan and Iraq for the last SIX YEARS.

--Tens of thousands of lives lost on both sides.

... and after -all that-, we are back at Square One???

Truly, we can say "Heckuva job, George"!

The IRA used to say something like "They have to be lucky all the
time; we only have to be lucky once." So the cops can prevent any
number of terror attacks but one may still succeed.

Also, getting rid of Sadaam Hussein has not at all made us safer.
Sadaam may have been a nasty bit of work, and he may have persecuted
Shi'ites, an action of which Al-Qaeda would have greatly approved,
but, except when it might be useful, Sadaam considered Al-Qaeda types
to be a threat to his rule to be mercilessly supressed. Sadaam may
have made Islamic noises but his real object of worship were those big
idols of himself.

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