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Poor George W. Bush. Except for his cohort, Dick
“Buckshot” Cheney, no one really likes his Iraq policy —
not the generals, not the troops, not the people of Iraq, not his fellow
Republicans, and certainly not the American public.
But wait — there is one group that is ecstatic
about what he’s doing there: al Qaeda! Yes, Osama bin Laden’s
network of terrorists. Bin Laden is responsible for 9/11, and Bush himself
promised in 2001 to “smoke him out.” Then George, Buckshot, and
Rummy decided instead to divert our military to Iraq, so bin Laden is still
on the loose.
To get Congress and the public to accept their
nonsensical detour, the Bushites claimed that al Qaeda had a presence in
Iraq. That turns out to have been another of their little fibs, but guess
what? Thanks to Bush’s invasion and occupation of this Muslim nation,
al Qaeda now has a great big presence there. They’ve been able to
recruit thousands of mostly young men to go to Iraq and fight the
Bushites’ imperialist ambitions. In fact, Iraq has now become al
Qaeda’s top recruiting ground! Indeed, al Qaeda now exports
war-tested veterans from Iraq to train anti-American forces in Afghanistan
and elsewhere.
Thanks, George!
Bush has turned Iraq into a cash cow for al
Qaeda’s whole terrorist network, energizing donors from all across
the Middle East. Add in ransoms from their kidnappings of wealthy Iraqis,
and al Qaeda is generating so much money in Iraq that it can not only keep
fighting our troops there but also export funds to other al Qaeda pockets.
The CIA has learned that even Osama bin Laden’s core command is being
financed by its Iraq franchise. As one American counterterrorism official
concedes, “Iraq has been a moneymaker for them.”
Ironic, huh?
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, columnist, and author.
Ironic, huh?
Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, columnist, and author.
