The following report from a NYTimes article is kicking around a few blogs from the reality community.
A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks...
So how's that 'War of Terrorism' working out for you Dick?
This was about as easy to predict as how Art Shell's new tenure would work out with the Raiders. But, as Eric Alterman rightly reminds us constantly, for some bizarre reason those who knew and said this in the media pre-Iraqi invasion are still marginalized while bonehead so-called 'liberal hawks' who have finally seen the light are still consulted. (Yes you Friedman, and Broder and Sullivan ... I guess Little Roy is a conservative who pretends he got wise)
In the United States you can really make ignorance work for you. Intelligence and foresight on the other hand are debilitating characteristics.
Next up Iran and just so we can get this out of the way now .... I told you it would be a bloody disaster that would only lead to more terrorists and terrorism, thousands and thousands of innocent deaths and a much much more dangerous world.
Got that?
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