Monday, March 31, 2003
I TOLD YOU SO
Near Basra, Iraq: British military interrogators claim captured Iraqi soldiers have told them that al-Qaeda terrorists are fighting on the side of Saddam Hussein's forces against allied troops near Basra. At least a dozen members of Osama bin Laden's network are in the town of Az Zubayr where they are coordinating grenade and gun attacks on coalition positions, according to the Iraqi prisoners of war.
I can see both the pro and anti-war crowd putting a spin on this discovery to say "I TOLD YOU SO"
Kashei: quotes James Taranto at Opinion Journal who says with sacrasm Impossible! Don't these al Qaeda guys know that they're Islamic fundamentalists and Saddam is secular? How could they join forces in the face of such basic philosophical disagreements? Why Saddam and al Qaeda are enemies! We heard it from Osama bin Laden himself. Say it ain't so, Osama!
Using a reverse spin one can also say: I told you this war would make two enemies work together against a most hated common enemy. If Al-Queda and Saddam Hussein weren't working together before they definatly are now. What kind of a person joins Al-Queda in the first place....Bingo, the same kind of person that would be drawn to fight the Western Infidel invasion of Iraq. It is no suprise that Al-Queda are fighting with the Iraqi's against the Coalition. But this teamwork is the result of the war more than it is a reason for the war.
I believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
Near Basra, Iraq: British military interrogators claim captured Iraqi soldiers have told them that al-Qaeda terrorists are fighting on the side of Saddam Hussein's forces against allied troops near Basra. At least a dozen members of Osama bin Laden's network are in the town of Az Zubayr where they are coordinating grenade and gun attacks on coalition positions, according to the Iraqi prisoners of war.
I can see both the pro and anti-war crowd putting a spin on this discovery to say "I TOLD YOU SO"
Kashei: quotes James Taranto at Opinion Journal who says with sacrasm Impossible! Don't these al Qaeda guys know that they're Islamic fundamentalists and Saddam is secular? How could they join forces in the face of such basic philosophical disagreements? Why Saddam and al Qaeda are enemies! We heard it from Osama bin Laden himself. Say it ain't so, Osama!
Using a reverse spin one can also say: I told you this war would make two enemies work together against a most hated common enemy. If Al-Queda and Saddam Hussein weren't working together before they definatly are now. What kind of a person joins Al-Queda in the first place....Bingo, the same kind of person that would be drawn to fight the Western Infidel invasion of Iraq. It is no suprise that Al-Queda are fighting with the Iraqi's against the Coalition. But this teamwork is the result of the war more than it is a reason for the war.
I believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
