Al Qaeda is always there to help Shrubby out of a tight spot, huh?

[Junkdrawer]

Remember who is ostensibly taking credit: al Qaeda. As an organization, al Qaeda's main goal is to see America and Israel COMPLETELY out of the Middle and Near East. It hopes to obtain that goal by uniting all Islamic people in a Jihad against the United States and Israel. With anyone other than Bush in power, this would be a laughable goal. However, every day Bush remains in power.....

And so al Qaeda has two short term goals:

1.) Become the leader of this Islamic revolution

2.) Keep George W. Bush in power as long as possible

So, does today's beheading advance these goals? Yes on both counts.

Can we expect al Qaeda to come to Bush's aide in the future? Unfortunately, yes.

Could this explain why Bush has had three chances to take out Al-Zarqawi and demurred? Quite possibly.

[Junkdrawer]

1. Kick

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[Junkdrawer]

2. Changed tiitle...

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[bloom]

3. it is interesting how that works.....n/t

[gristy]

4. I don't think that alQ wants to keep Bush in power as long as possible

I don't think they care. What I do believe is that alQ has absolutely no friggin control over how long he stays in power.

This whole administration and the world events they have directly and indirectly instigated are completely out of their (and most everyone's) control at this point. They have metaphorically put our country and much of the world onto a horseless stagecoach and pushed that damn thing off the top of a very high hill. Where the thing ends up at this point, or whether it survives the ride down at all, is completely out of the control of the 3 clowns sitting up front: bush, cheney, and rumsfeld. The rest of the planet is stuck inside peering out the windows and hanging on for dear life.

Finally, the Berg beheading advances the shrub not one iota. The far freeping right is of course salivating at the thought of whatever bush can muster in response. But the middle is repulsed just as the left is. Bush will NOT win this election with an eye-for-an-eye approach to this conflict. Bush will not win this election, period.

[Junkdrawer]

5. Did you ever hear the phrase: "Fanning the Flames of Discontent"

Oh, al Qaeda just loves Bush.

And as for helping Bush, that video just gave every RW hawk without a leg to stand on, a leg to stand on.

[leesa]

6. Yeah. It's almost like they work for our government, huh?

[Junkdrawer]

7. leesa, the maddening thing is that when you get one of these symbiotic...

things going on, it's almost impossible to tell where one stops and the other ends.

[nostamj]

8. well, Bush certainly did them a favor

when he removed Saddam...

NOW Iraq has AQ operations...

how does that 'friend of my enemy' thing work again ???

the last thing AQ wants is an American administration that would actually take something like a 'war on terror' seriously.

for the bushies, it's just a slogan to terrify Americans.

[Junkdrawer]

9. For sober Middle East watchers, and that does NOT include this admin,....

the most frightening development would be the alliance of Wahabi Sunnis and radical Shia. That would have been unthinkable prior to the invasion of Iraq, but now.....

[CWebster]

10. yep. nt

[robbedvoter]

11. There was an AQ srarement after the Madrid acts that W is good for

them, while Dems are mors adroit in talking "civilization" rather than crusade.
Can't find it anymore, but it was quite clear.

[Junkdrawer]

13. WE WANT BUSH TO WIN:

The statement said it supported U.S. President Bush in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry, as it was not possible to find a leader "more foolish than you (Bush), who deals with matters by force rather than with wisdom."

In comments addressed to Bush, the group said:

"Kerry will kill our nation while it sleeps because he and the Democrats have the cunning to embellish blasphemy and present it to the Arab and Muslim nation as civilization."

"Because of this we desire you (Bush) to be elected."

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/18/content_315816.htm

[Junkdrawer]

14. ^^^^A message we all should be getting out^^^^^^

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[ithacan]

12. Bush is Al Qaeda's best friend...

[Junkdrawer]

15. You know, they could have a back channel....

"We'll let this guy out of prison if you do this..."

It's not like it's unheard of:

http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd0909.html

[ibegurpard]

16. Such opportune timing.

The only thing that could go wrong is if the Berg murder doesn't produce the anticipated reaction.

[onecitizen]

17. The thought has crossed my mind........

a time or two too.