Al-Qaeda: Obama Must Walk in the Footsteps of Bush
Dec 30th, 2009 | 2 responses
Could we be seeing a bit of a revival of the legacy of George W. Bush? That’s the underlying implication of this article by Yves Thréard of France’s Le Figaro newspaper.
For Le Figaro, Yves Threard writes in part:
Humility prohibits untimely and definitive comments on al-Qaeda, that army of criminals that is regularly described as being held at bay. Does it function under a centralized command or is it “franchised” among Allah’s damned, as some claim? Undoubtedly a little of both.
Determined to embody “anti-Bushism,” Barack Obama must reckon with reality – as do his more ardent admirers. His soothing words on Islam from Cairo had no chance of being heard by the terrorists. Let’s see if his change of strategy in Afghanistan, which was begun by his predecessor, bears fruit. At the same time, he has promised that security in the United States will be strengthened, whatever the fiercest defenders of civil liberties have to say. In brief, between Bush and Obama, when it comes to the Islamist threat, the differences may quickly begin to blur.
By Yves Thréard
Translated By Philippe Guittard
December 29, 2009
France – Le Figaro – Original Article (French)
Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama. American presidents come and go yet the terrorists of al-Qaeda continue their deadly work. Since 1998 and the attacks against U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in which 224 were killed – none of them has managed to counter the “war against the infidels” launched by Osama bin Laden.
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2 Responses to “Al-Qaeda: Obama Must Walk in the Footsteps of Bush”
When a bully goes around beating up on smaller kids, there is a gut-level reaction that is shared by those looking on, particularly those other little kids of all shapes and descriptions. It isn't a reaction that is “organized” or “planned” or “specific”..it is only a pervasive, instinctual drive to put the bully back in his place.
Misunderstanding this is the repeated flaw of the american strategy to defeat Al Qaida. Al Qaida is the “common recognized unfairness of the US bullying” that went on under, mostly, Cheney's watch. We must bring those men and women to justice who went around beating people up for oil money. That's how they see it and there's nothing we can do short of drawing the curtains, hiding under our beds and hoping the mushrooms will stop popping up.
We need our bullies to be publicly spanked. Al Qaida isn't an organization, it's a sentiment. Make the distinction.
Gee was Cheney influencing them in 1998? Spare the rod and spoil the terrorist.