MAUREEN DOWD: Hey, W! Bin Laden (Still) Determined to Strike in U.S.

[kevinmc]

WASHINGTON

Oh, as it turns out, they’re not on the run.

And, oh yeah, they can fight us here even if we fight them there.

And oh, one more thing, after spending hundreds of billions and losing all those lives in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’re more vulnerable to terrorists than ever.

And, um, you know that Dead-or-Alive stuff? We may be the ones who end up dead.

Squirming White House officials had to confront the fact yesterday that everything President Bush has been spouting the last six years about Al Qaeda being on the run, disrupted and weakened was just guff.

Last year, W. called his “personal friend” Gen. Pervez Musharraf “a strong defender of freedom.” Unfortunately, it turned out to be Al Qaeda’s freedom. The White House is pinning the blame on Pervez.

While the administration lavishes billions on Pakistan, including $750 million in a risible attempt to win “hearts and minds” in tribal areas where Al Qaeda leaders are hiding and training, President Musharraf has helped create a quiet mountain retreat, a veritable terrorism spa, for Osama and Ayman al-Zawahiri to refresh themselves and get back in shape.....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/07/maureen-dowd-hey-w-bin-laden-still.html

[jpgray]

1. Did MoDo just write something substantial?

Pick me off the floor. :o

[SoFlaJet]

2. these are last few paragraphs

W. swaggers about with his cowboy boots and gunslinger stance. But when talking about Waziristan last February, he explained that it was hard to round up the Taliban and Al Qaeda leaders there because: “This is wild country; this is wilder than the Wild West.”

Yes, they shoot with real bullets up there, and they fly into buildings with real planes.

If W. were a real cowboy, instead of somebody who just plays one on TV, he would have cleaned up Dodge by now.

[hatrack]

3. So, MoDo, how're those Al Gore earth tone/alpha male/Internet invention stocks doing?

Big dividends? Skyrocketing values? Inside track on the IPOs?

:puke:

[MasonJar]

4. She certainly nails the bastards; I give her an enthusiastic thumbs up on this one.