Only evil men benefitted from this war. Bush has had a resurgence in the polls. Olmert, thought of as soft by Hamas and Hizbullah, now has a tough reputation. Cheney continues his march towards a war with Iran. Nasrallah and his Hizbullah has become a political and military force to be reckoned with in Lebanon. They are stronger than ever. And Iranian President Ahmadinejad is the new champion of the Palestinian cause, stronger and more defiant than any other Muslim state and soon to have nuclear weapons.
The Nation
An evil symbiosis does exist between Muslim terrorists and American politicians, but it is not the one Republicans describe. The jihadists need George W. Bush to sustain their cause. His bloody crusade in the Middle East bolsters their accusation that America is out to destroy Islam. The president has unwittingly made himself the lead recruiter of willing young martyrs.
More to the point, it is equally true that Bush desperately needs the terrorists. They are his last frail hope for political survival. They divert public attention, at least momentarily, from his disastrous war in Iraq and his shameful abuses of the Constitution. The "news" of terror--whether real or fantasized--reduces American politics to its most primitive impulses, the realm of fear-and-smear where George Bush is at his best.
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"It killed...perhaps a couple hundred Hizbullah fighters".
That alone makes the war worth it. It's a shame that Israel didn't annihilate the whole bunch of fanatics.
I suppose you'd support wiping out the entire Shi'a population to accomplish this.
Just how do you tell the bad guys from the good guys.
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