From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Tony Williams wrote:
> Adam > wrote:
>
>> Tony Williams wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Comer wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> A lot of us are starting to agree with this sentiment. (if we didn't
>>>> before...)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can agree with the sentiment, but no way am I going to forget that it
>>> was Osama who attacked us. He's still the primary enemy, not Bush.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Depends on when the "attack" started wrt who attacked who. the SU
>> "helped" their comrades in Afghanistan & then &
then & then.
>
>
> Point taken, but I see you've answered it yourself below.
>
>> so 1979-2001.....
>>
>> Long time. Many odd events & many Afghans dying in nasty ways where coz
>> the SU had pulled out noone gave a sh*t about any more. It is possible I
>> met people then who were theorizing (more in sadness & frustration) that
>> hitting the US would change things.
>>
>> It is possible that in many ways 9-11 was the last gasp of the cold war.
>
>
> Intriguing POV, but don't forget North Korea.
>

NK is in the same category as Burma but with nukes.

>> However OBL is demonstrably much brighter than Bush which is why he's a
>> primary enemy of those to whom change is a threat.
>>
>> Always destroy the brightest & the luckiest first. The fact that OBL is
>> still at liberty (& indeed still alive) shows he's both.
>
>
> Yep. Intelligent, but batshit crazy.
>

Nah. Look at his sucesses when seen from the his Muslim/arab constituency.
Saddam? Gone, Foreign troops in Saudi? Gone. Afghanistan a forgotten war
with lots of forgotten dead? etc.



Adam

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