that's the price that we all pay our valued destiny comes to nothing
Thomas Friedman, the man who taught his asshole to talk:
We also need to spotlight the "excuse makers," the former State Department spokesman James Rubin said. After every major terrorist incident, the excuse makers come out to tell us why imperialism, Zionism, colonialism or Iraq explains why the terrorists acted. These excuse makers are just one notch less despicable than the terrorists and also deserve to be exposed. When you live in an open society like London, where anyone with a grievance can publish an article, run for office or start a political movement, the notion that blowing up a busload of innocent civilians in response to Iraq is somehow "understandable" is outrageous. "It erases the distinction between legitimate dissent and terrorism," Mr. Rubin said, "and an open society needs to maintain a clear wall between them."
Excuse makin', heart breakin':
Britain's involvement in Iraq has exacerbated the terrorist threat to the nation, a think tank on international affairs, Chatham House, said yesterday.
It said in a report that there was "no doubt" the Iraq war had "imposed particular difficulties for the UK and for the wider coalition against terrorism" by boosting al-Qaeda's propaganda, recruitment and fund-raising.
The think tank's finding will prove embarrassing for British Prime Minister Tony Blair and perhaps Australian Prime Minister John Howard,
The report does not directly link last week's London bombings and the war, but it finds that Britain's position as a "pillion passenger" with the US - "compelled to leave the steering to the ally in the driving seat" - has damaged its counterterrorism campaign.
As America's closest ally and for its role in Afghanistan and Iraq, Britain was "at particular risk" from terrorism, according to the report written by terrorism specialists Paul Wilkinson and Frank Gregory.
I guess Paul and Frank doffed their keffiyeh headdresses for the school photos.
Jesus, doesn't he even read his own newspaper? He gets a free copy, right?
Thomas Friedman - so mindless, he's avant garde!
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