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September 20, 2008
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19 men. 6 box cutters.
Seven years later, the once mightiest nation in the
world is in complete collapse; yet bin Laden's al Qaeda is still
alive and taking out hotels and embassies from Yemen to Pakistan;
American soldiers are still dying in Iraq, 7 just a few days back, 2
couple before that, in fact, two on the very day John McCain gave
his convention speech - death of American soldiers has become so
common McCain didn't even mention the deaths in his speech or take a
moment to pause.
He was centrally involved in bringing down the former
Soviet Union. And now, he has been central to bringing down
America. He attacked the World Trade Center, symbolically
indicating that, not having an army to fight America, that his goal
was to destroy America's financially. I don't know if even bin
Laden dreamed he would be so successful. Like the towers went
from gruesome blaze to awe-inspiring, horrific collapse, so has the
American economy.
Without bin Laden, George W. Bush would never have
been a two term President. On September 10th, George Bush's
aproval ratings were in what is called "the
danger zone for an incumbent," hovering at 50 percent and headed
downward. Look at this graph that contains his approval
ratings (from
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm )
You can see clearly, if it wasn't for 9/11, and then
his use of 9/11 to invade Iraq, George Bush was, from his first year
of office, careening from 50 percent downwards. He would have
never likely gotten a second term.
But he did, barely. That temporary bump right
at election time in 2004. Just enough temporary insanity
created by election pitches to get him back into office.
Never Forget
Fallujah - it was the battle that brought America down.
And so, Osama's work got to be completed. The
trashing of the economy we are seeing play out is only one way Osama
bin Laden, through George Bush, defeated America. Bin Laden
managed to get our Constitution discarded. He managed to
eliminate our right to privacy, throw out our right to due process.
He managed to get thousands of our soldiers killed, and tens of
thousands of his Middle Eastern enemies, the Iraqi people.
In short, he has left America broke and battered, a
merely shell of the once rich and powerful nation it was; and a
shell of the democracy it once espoused.
He's still having fun, still blowing up stuff and
killing people.
America is desperately trying to figure if it can
figure a way to survive at all.
Maybe John McCain will get to use his existence to
get into the White House, claiming America needs a "strong
Republican" because they are better for "foreign policy."
Right John. Osama certainly thinks so.
It is time to give credit where it is due. With
the mightiest military in the history of mankind, we have been
unable to defeat an unarmed sandbox for five plus years. With
a few men, a few box cutters, and something called a smart leader,
bin Laden has now been a central part to taking out the two
mightiest empires the world has ever known.
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