[Oldeconomybuyer]

By: Sidney Blumenthal

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[Pharmer]

By: Sidney Blumenthal
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Agreed. Stopped reading right there. I have a big enough headache from St. Patty's day!

[KC_for_Freedom]

Within hours of the attack, George Bush and his secretary of state Colin Powell helpfully pointed their fingers at Eta. A day before the election, however, alleged terrorists linked to al-Qaida were arrested. The credibility of the government was in tatters and it suffered a shattering defeat.

This is simply a lie. The Bush administration immediately said that the attack looked very much like al queda. The Spanish were out there with a statement that it was the ETA, but other suspects were not ruled out.

But far from this being the death knell for Bush's doctrine, these attacks will cause it to flourish even more. (Perhaps not in the old European nobility, but here in the USA, its all Bush.)