Zarowai/Zarqawi is a strawman

[ariellyn]

A generic OBL if you will.

They've been pushing him for several years, so much so that his name is now recognizable and associated with OBL. Now, they kill him and, what, this is supposed to be a big victory? I think not. They created him as much as they created OBL who they can't seem to find despite his full movie sets and unending stream of videos.

Most people already know it here. Zarowai/Zarqawi is NOT Emanuel Goldstein.

[neoblues]

1. He may be real enough... But...

He's hardly alone and there are only a million or so other's who're ready to take his place without missing a beat. Short of disarming practically every single person in IRAQ and sealing the borders, they won't be stopping anything.

[unschooler]

2. But aren't we "turning a corner" now that our glorious leaders

have eliminated this huge, scary bogeyman?

[rucky]

3. MSNBC actually called him an Al-Queda member

even though he's killed Shias and spoken out against Iran.

:shrug:

[mogster]

4. A Super Muslim

The Enemy incarnated. Like OBL, Saddam Hussein, Ahmadinejad et cetera.

When they need a new one, they invent him and promote him to stardom by hype and exaggregation.

Osama Bin Laden = product of the CIA and ISI/Reagan administration
Saddam Hussein = product of the CIA/Reagan administration
Ahmadinejad = product of whom? Remember, the CIA was present in Iran/Persia from 1953 to 1979.

I remember Ayatollah Khomeiny and how he was set up as the bad, bad guy - a monster. At the same time, the reaganites had a cozy little weapons-for-money scheme going with him, and the release of the US hostages happened miraculously as Reagan was inaugurated.
Reagan had close ties to the Talibanists during the 80's.

[malaise]

5. Expect a propaganda

blitz.

[Philosoraptor]

6. Totally.

Dead or alive, he's irrelevant.