In Which It’s A Pretty Good Trick
Here’s a question – when you think of radical Islamic terrorism what pops first into your head?
Obviously, blogging isn’t immediately interactive or I could wait for an actual response, but I’m going to assume that at least one person said “Osama bin Laden”. At least one. After all, he’s the reason that America is so well-respected today. OBL brought down the World Trade Center so the US correctly invaded Afghanistan and then (having lost track of him there) invaded Iraq because…oh, god, because of so many reasons. I think my favorite Iraq-Al Qaeda link was the al Qaeda leader the CIA found in an Iraqi hospital. With logic like this, it’s a wonder we never invaded Buffalo, NY.
Anywho – since we can’t find OBL we decided to stop looking for him. Americans, theoretically, should have stopped thinking about him, too, since thinking about the failures of the government (at least until 1/20/09) is unpatriotic. So, kudos to Jonathan Shanzer for spend just under an hour on the topic of Defining the Threat from Radical Islam and managing not to speak the name of perhaps the most famous radical Islamist that ever walked the face fo the earth. SORRY, NSA – I meant INFAMOUS.
Take a listen. It’s worth it. And don’t expect any of that Ron Paul crap about we had it coming to us. We didn’t. And even if we did there’s nothing we can do about it now except…um…move on.
