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03/23/2004 Archived Entry: "I'm wondering what this means..."
I'm wondering what this means...
CNN's Richard ensor was just reporting on the 9/11 Commission hearings, and let drop that there will be some 'big news' coming out of the hearings today, apparently regarding Osama bin Laden.
My guess - Rummy will announce that they have confirmed the death of Osama. Although I have no real idea what it's going to be.
Update: Atrios says it's this. To which I say, big deal.
Replies: 7 people speak up
So if Osama is dead, does this mean the War on Terra is won and can we all go back to being our fat, stupid, happy selves?
I'm holding my breath waiting for the Green Alert notice.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 03/23/2004 01:16 PM NY
Sorry, Rummy has already said several times that we will be in a war against terra for a very long time. It reminds of the National Lampoon poster from the late 60s early 70s that I've amended: "War is not unhealthy for Halliburton and other living things." Thanks to Cheney, we now have a huge corporate lobby that will push for perpetual war.
Posted by Mike @ 03/23/2004 01:41 PM NY
Atrios thinks that the "Big News" is that just before 9/11 BushCo had decided to escalate the attempts to get Osama bin Laden out of Afganistan past diplomatic efforts, including workign for the overthrow of the Taliban.
*yawn*
Posted by JaBbA @ 03/23/2004 01:52 PM NY
I ask again..
who is Tera, and what did that poor girl do to us?
Now what if Bin Laden knew we we're going to try to take him out (stay with me in the hypothetical for a second) and Sept 11 was a pre-emptive strike on his part, would that not be justified under the new Bush Doctrine?
On a related note, I saw a bumper sticker today. It said this:
Who Would Al Qaeda Vote For? With a big ass W/Cheney in 2k4 sticker right next to it..
Posted by djdissent @ 03/23/2004 09:04 PM NY
of course al qaeda would vote for bush. bush has been great for buisiness for them. sure, he blew a lot of them up, but i doubt being blown up is a huge deterrent to suicide bombers who plan on blowing themselves up anyway. besides, im sure bush has brought them more new recruits than he has killed. a terrorists main goal is to get attention for their issue whatever it may be. a war against terrorism is like an orgy against promiscuity, it is completely counter productive (and might i add less fun than an orgy against promiscuity too...)
Posted by justin @ 03/23/2004 10:14 PM NY
and on that note, and in the spirit of the war on terrorism, I plan on organising and orgy against promiscuity. look for an orgy coming to your town in the near future :)
Posted by djdissent @ 03/23/2004 11:38 PM NY
Um..If the bush administration was so aggressively on the verge of overthrowing the Taliban, then why did the bush people give them $43,000,000 in May 2001?
(note to Condi Rice: the Taliban is a group of oppressive zealots who use terrorism as one of their oppressive tools. They exist in places like Afghanistan and rely on a cruel misinterpretation of Islam.They are widely considered to have provided shelter and aid to Al Qaeda. You know, Al Qaeda. Ask Richard Clarke about Al Qaeda if you don't know about that terror group.)
Posted by skywalker77 @ 03/24/2004 10:39 AM NY
