Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.....
Kudos to Bruce Cockburn for lyrical inspiration. I actually first heard this on a Bare Naked Ladies cover.
Today's New York Times reports that a current CIA officer has released a book under the pen name "anonymous". The book outlines how the US Government is screwing up the battle against muslim extremists:
"U.S. leaders refuse to accept the obvious," the officer writes. "We are fighting a worldwide Islamic insurgency — not criminality or terrorism — and our policy and procedures have failed to make more than a modest dent in enemy forces."
The book denounces the invasion of Iraq as "an avaricious, premeditated unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat," and said it would fuel the anti-American sentiments on which Mr. bin Laden and his followers draw. "There is nothing that bin Laden could have hoped for more than the American invasion and occupation of Iraq,"
Talk about stating the obvious.
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Today's New York Times reports that a current CIA officer has released a book under the pen name "anonymous". The book outlines how the US Government is screwing up the battle against muslim extremists:
"U.S. leaders refuse to accept the obvious," the officer writes. "We are fighting a worldwide Islamic insurgency — not criminality or terrorism — and our policy and procedures have failed to make more than a modest dent in enemy forces."
The book denounces the invasion of Iraq as "an avaricious, premeditated unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat," and said it would fuel the anti-American sentiments on which Mr. bin Laden and his followers draw. "There is nothing that bin Laden could have hoped for more than the American invasion and occupation of Iraq,"
Talk about stating the obvious.
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