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8:38 AM
by Gene
More impartial, unbiased news:US terrorism specialists Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon have reached a stark conclusion about the war on terrorism: the United States is losing.
Despite an early US victory over the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, President Bush's policies have created a haven for terrorism in Iraq that escalates the potential for Islamic violence against Europe and the United States,
the two former Clinton administration officials say. Wait a second, Dave: shouldn't that be insurgency, or militancy? Or do we get a special dispensation when a REPUBLICAN's in the White House?
PLUS IT'S A PLUG FOR A BOOK. A NEUHARTHISM OF THE WEEK AWARD (MILITANCY DIVISION) TO DAVE!
P. S.
US fortunes could improve, the authors say, if Washington took a number of politically challenging steps, such as bolstering public diplomacy with trade pacts aimed at expanding middle-class influence in countries such as Pakistan.TRANSLATION: We're DEMOCRATS -- and we don't have THE FOGGIEST NOTION WHAT WE'RE DOING.