How not to win the war on terror

[norml]

October 3, 2005

How not to win the war on terror
By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon, DANIEL BENJAMIN and STEVEN SIMON are the authors of "The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting it Right," which will be published by Times Books in October. Both ser


IRAQI AND COALITION forces tracked down and killed Abu Azzam, the second-most-wanted Al Qaeda leader in Iraq. This guy is a brutal killer. He was one of Zarqawi's top lieutenants. He was reported to be the top operational commander of Al Qaeda in Baghdad."

Those who heard President Bush make this claim in the Rose Garden on Wednesday could be forgiven for feeling that they were suffering from a case of déjà vu.

It was just over two months ago that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers announced the capture of Abu Abd Aziz, whom he described as Abu Musab Zarqawi's "main leader in Baghdad."

And it was only three months ago that Pentagon officials announced the arrest of Mohammed Khalif Shaiker, a.k.a. Abu Talha, of Mosul, which they described as "a major defeat for the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq."


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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-benjamin3oct03,0,3731305.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

[OKDem08]

1. yawn

is anybody even listening to their crap any longer?

[oblivious]

2. I think they make these announcements just to get a laugh.

It always gets a big laugh on DU when they announce the capture of another #2.

They're past the frustration and desperation phases. I guess this is the "last throes" phase for the invaders.

[SammyBlue]

3. Another #2 was captured? Isn't that like six or seven #2's?

How not to win a war on terror: Make Donald Rumsfailed, Chimpy McFlightsuit, Contradicta "Dr. Gap" Rice and Paul "Yellow Stain" Wolfowitz in charge of it.

How not to win a war on terror: Ignore the man who attacked us and put our troops and resources in a quagmire in Iraq.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Are they making up stuff as they go along? Exaggerating a bit?

So hungry for good news they grab for straws....???

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Great News