Keeping Score
Recent reports claimed that US forces killed the #2 leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Azzam, during a Baghdad raid. Now what I wonder is, where exactly does the Army get its ranking system? I mean it’s not like the terrorists gave us a list entitled “The who’s who of Al Qaeda in Iraq”. Who’s to say this guy isn’t #3 or #4? Or that he even ranks that high? On an Islamist website frequently used by Al Qaeda, the group denied that Azzam was the aide of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the so called #1 Al Qaeda leader in Iraq.
This is what I like to call the “We Got Him” syndrome. By announcing the killing or capturing of a so called “Top leader” of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Bush administration can make claims that progress is being made in stamping out the insurgency. The only problem with this is the Bush Boys seem to think there are a finite number of terrorists. The reality? Bush's foreign policies, from the Iraq war to his unwavering support of Israel, is helping to create more terrorists everyday.
(Originally posted on Yahoo360)
This is what I like to call the “We Got Him” syndrome. By announcing the killing or capturing of a so called “Top leader” of Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Bush administration can make claims that progress is being made in stamping out the insurgency. The only problem with this is the Bush Boys seem to think there are a finite number of terrorists. The reality? Bush's foreign policies, from the Iraq war to his unwavering support of Israel, is helping to create more terrorists everyday.
(Originally posted on Yahoo360)
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