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July 06, 2005
Diplomacy, Al Qaeda StyleIt's difficult to devise a dumber strategy than this, and it reeks of desperation. Some of these countries have significant sympathy in their population for AQ's goals in the region. However, these attacks not only risk alienating their less-lunatic enables in the Middle East, they threaten to turn Arabic governments from positions of benign neglect to active and deadly opposition to AQ and its supporters. No government will blithely allow its envoys to become targets for Islamists, no matter how sympathetic they might be. Ever had a losing hand in poker you couldn't get away from? So you re-raise in a desperate attempt to drive your opponent out of the pot? And then when he re-re-raises, you go all in? It doesn't work. It just doesn't. You may drive out the weaker hands -- namely, countries like Pakistan -- but you won't drive out the big stack with the strong hand. The one who will beat you in the showdown; the one you're just feeding money to. And the big stack's name is America. Bonus Question For The Daily Kos: "Why do they hate Arab/Muslim diplomats?" Imperialism, I'm guessing. Or something to do with Guatemala in the 50's. Not really sure what happened in Guatemala in the 50's, but then, I get the feeling that the Kossacks don't really know either. Another Question: Will the left rebuke Al Qaeda for its "unilateralist," "you're with us or you're with the anti-terrorists" ultimata? And you thought John Bolton was too lacking in "nuance" for diplomacy. Last time I checked, he wasn't, you know, shooting people he was trying to persuade. Hmmm... well, mabe I should see if it works before denigrating such a strategy. I have to say I wouldn't have minded if Colin Powell had bound and ball-gagged Dominique De Villepain and had The Gimp sodomize him in the basement of the UN building. Then again, I'm not sure if Dominique would have minded so much, either.
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CommentsLove the bonus question. I'm seeing a lot more open hostility between the lefty and righty blogs lately. Yesterday alone, Goldstein went after Rox Populi, LGF went after Kos, and Patterico got into it with Digby. I think O'Connor's resignation has put everyone on a war footing. And it's going to be sweet. "The missiles are flying. Hallelujah." Posted by: Allah on July 6, 2005 03:03 PM
"The missiles are flying. Hallelujah." Best line ever delivered by Martin Sheen. Posted by: Dman on July 6, 2005 03:42 PM
You lost the war, wingnuts. Deal with it: http://mattstover.blogspot.com/2005/07/can-i-just-say-here-how-wonderful-it.html The rest of you who are cowardly white christian fucks should not bother, just stick to the Rovian message machine talking points. Posted by: Caine the anti-neocon on July 6, 2005 04:29 PM
Awww, some po' wittle commies got dey wittle feewings hurt. Awwww. Posted by: Sue Dohnim on July 6, 2005 04:53 PM
Ah Caine, Do you see the problem. Tom Cruise said it best. You have to get off the Ritalin. The Dark side of the Force has you now Caine! And stop trolling for readers you lame shit! It's not worth reading if you have to troll for readers shit for brains.
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