Humanizing al Qaeda, Demonizing the Bush Team

WSJ ^ | July 22, 2008 | WILLIAM MCGURN

[ricks_place]

David Addington and Omar Khadr are two names that will forever be linked to the war on terror.

Mr. Addington is chief of staff to Vice President Richard Cheney and a former colleague of mine. He's the son of a West Point man who earned a bronze star in World War II and went on to become a general. Before coming to the White House, David put in stints at the CIA, at a congressional intelligence committee, and at the Pentagon -- all giving him an expertise on intelligence and national security issues only a handful of others can match.

Then there's Mr. Khadr. He is the son of a man who helped found and finance al Qaeda, and who died in a 2003 gun battle with Pakistani troops near the Afghan border.

So close were the family ties that the Khadrs lived for a while in the bin Laden family compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan; and when Mr. Khadr's sister was married, bin Laden was an honored guest. Mr. Khadr himself went through weapons training at an al Qaeda training camp, and was captured in 2002 after a battle in which he is alleged to have killed a Special Forces medic. Ultimately he was brought to Guantanamo, where he awaits trial before a military commission for war crimes.

Guess who gets the sympathy in the press?

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While the operative for al Qaeda is humanized, the counsel for the vice president is demonized. Such is the temper of the times that Rep. William Delahunt (D., Mass.) felt free to joke during recent hearings that he was sure al Qaeda was watching -- and was "glad they finally have the chance to see you."

[ricks_place]

Too furious to comment.

[Leo Carpathian]

Is there Reagan II somewhere?
If we do not wake up and shake commie/greene/liberal creeps now, it might be too late, especially if Obamaramdingdong gets in. Carter years would seem like honeymoon.

[ricks_place]

Is there Reagan II somewhere? If we do not wake up and shake commie/greene/liberal creeps now, it might be too late, especially if Obamaramdingdong gets in. Carter years would seem like honeymoon.

It may already be too late. The commie/greene/liberal creeps have an activist core inside government, the media, private business, academia, and their untaxed nonprofit organizations.

[Rummyfan]

While the operative for al Qaeda is humanized, the counsel for the vice president is demonized. Such is the temper of the times that Rep. William Delahunt (D., Mass.) felt free to joke during recent hearings that he was sure al Qaeda was watching -- and was "glad they finally have the chance to see you."

What a bastard! Is there no one with any sense of decency left in Massachusetts?

[RaceBannon]

Delahunt is pals with Hugo and his daughter is a lobbyist for the Saudis

[indcons]

“a lobbyist for the Saudis”

Well, that’s true of the Bushes too!

[SnarlinCubBear]

The demonizing of everything Bush has become a national pasttime. We are all surrounded by a bunch of IDIOTS in the press. And not just IN the press - to the press. Letters to the editors/comments on the web...turn my stomach.