Has Bush outfoxed bin Laden?

New Australian ^ | Thursday 27 September 2001 | James Henry

[scooter2]

Interesting read.

[AZFolks]

I am absolutely amazed at what the President and his team have accomplished without firing a shot to date.

[DouglasKC]

Excellent article.

[francisandbeans]

Me thinks the author has donned some spectacles with a rosy hue.

Don't underestimate bin Laden. Don't underestimate the willingness of Arabs to force this into a West Vs. Islam conflict. Don't underestimate the willingnedd of some Israelis to turn this into a Wesy vs. Islam conflict. Don't underestimate anyone...including friends and so-called allies. We are knee deep in the thornbush right now and the last thing we need to do is assume victory.

[Freemyland]

Remember in his joint sessions speech, when he said he would turn the terrorists against each other?

[CatoRenasci]

This is consistent with the article by Jonathan Turley comparing the Islamic terrorists with the Boxer Rebellion in China at the turn of the last century. Interesting.

[SodiumWarthog]

Yep, the author has it right. Instead of the blind lashing out, he's got the steely, crushing hand. The Islamic revolition backlash that was to occur is just his fantasy. I think it's all going to be lots of SAS/Special Forces operations with the occasional air strike. Low level actions without a wholescale invasion.

NaW.
(Too bad. We really, really wanted to nuke somebody...)

[deport]

..........I’m not saying that terrorism will end with bin Laden, only that his head must be the first to roll if victory is to be achieved. Once this is done, the invisible war against terrorism will accelerate, from the freezing of bank accounts to the assassination of terrorist organizers and the smashing of their networks. ..

[freedom4ever]

Ammanpour from CNN is on right now and she is saying there are defections from the middle ranks of the Talliban armies. She says checkpoints are being left unmanned. Maybe things are starting already?

[Silly]

Wesy vs. Islam

Isn't that Wesy vs. Ferguson?

Okay, okay, I'm just being,

[Silly]

Very good article. For another great one with a similar theme, search for "Lights Action -- Reason," published in a Frankfurt, Germany newspaper.

[Redleg Duke]

It just eats at you to have to consider that maybe our President is doing a good job, doesn't it.

You are either a DU fanatic, a "Hate America First" traitor, or a pathetically confused person.

Thank you for choosing sides and telling all of us.

[francisandbeans]

Dude...take some Ritalin. If you are finding reds under my beds of caution, then you're mistaken. If you want to go ahead and claim victory now, be my guest...I trust in our Pesident and his excellent cabinet officers to keep thier eyes on the prize here. bin Laden is sitting idle, waiting for complacity...don't give it to him. This is not an easy battle....right now, saying anything other than "so far-so good" is premature and could be dangerous.

[GEC]

Do you have a link to the Turley article?

[JamesinGA]

I think francis was just trying to say let's not make the fatal mistake of underestimating our opponents, like we did in Vietnam and like MacArthur did with the Chinese in Korea. It's just common sense, that's all.

A DU fanatic would have said "Bush blew up the Trade Center so he could start a war to enrich his oil buddies," or something like that.

A traitor would have said "America got what it deserved because of our horrible foreign policy which has no regard for human rights in developing countries," etc.

All francis said was, "Let's be careful out there." I've got no problem with that.

[mombonn]

Thanks for finding this, I wish we had more journalists like James Henry in the U.S. If we did maybe we wouldn't be suffering from the impression so many around the world believe about the U.S. -

The sad fact is that what little they knew of US history and policies came entirely from the country’s anti-American left, which has painted a grossly dishonest picture of America that neatly fitted in with these terrorists’ anti-American dogma thus blinding them further to the political and military consequences of their actions.

Our media stinks.

[Freemyland]

I also think that some of the coalition building that has been decried is partly a way of assessing who is with us, and who is against us.

[Rustynailww]

everything has changed with the peace mission by jackson giving the taliban a new direction and focus.

[alancarp]

"Those, for example, who attended US universities learnt nothing of US history or cultural values, confusing topless bars, which some of them enjoyed, with moral decay and lack of will. The sad fact is that what little they knew of US history and policies came entirely from the country’s anti-American left, which has painted a grossly dishonest picture of America that neatly fitted in with these terrorists’ anti-American dogma thus blinding them further to the political and military consequences of their actions."

I could write for a week about the implications of this, but I'd be preaching to our own choir. Suffice it to say, that maybe, posssibly, the liberals in academia may have both caused the confidence in these infidels to do their diabolical work, and caused the underestimation of the patriotic American-right response that will lead to their downfall.