Juan Cole on the Middle East comments from Shrubya's SOTU

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http://www.juancole.com/2006/02/arguing-with-bush-middle-east-portion.html

Quoting Bush:

"Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously.

"They seek to impose a heartless system of totalitarian control throughout the Middle East and arm themselves with weapons of mass murder.

"Their aim is to seize power in Iraq and use it as a safe haven to launch attacks against America and the world."

And then says:

Bin Laden can't seize any part of Iraq. That is ridiculous.