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21, 2003
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Floyd
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20, 2003
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Faruqui
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Linda
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Said
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19, 2003
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17 / 18, 2003
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16, 2003
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de Rooij
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May
13, 2003
Saul
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May
22, 2003
A
Quick Transfer to Democracy? Forget It
The
Nether-Nether World of G.W. Bush
By BARRY LANDO
What is truly astonishing in light of the newest
wave of terrorist bombings, the shredding of the Road Map, and
the mounting problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the fact that,
so far at least, none of this seems to be impacting on the popularity
of G.W.Bush.
It's like Orwell's 1984 is here and gone;
we're floating in some surreal Matrix Reloaded. Reality is either
ignored or blatantly distorted; dialogue consists of eloquent
non sequiturs.
There's show business even in the President's
radio talks. Last Friday, for instance, surrounded by wounded
veterans of Gulf War II, George W. Bush spoke glowingly of the
valor of the troops, the technological wonder of the weapons,
and historic speed of conquest and "the liberation of Iraq
and Afghanistan"-as if Iraq was not sinking deeper each
day into chaos and disillusionment (ditto Afghanistan). And
U.S. troops which were supposed to start withdrawing from Iraq
en masse by September, are now being augmented by tens of thousands
of new soldiers. Plans for a quick transition to democracy-forget
it.
The President went on: "we have
removed allies of al Qaeda, cut off sources of terrorist funding,
and made certain that no terrorist network will gain weapons
of mass destruction from Saddam Hussein's regime."
Ignored, of course, the fact that the
adminstration has yet to find any WMD. Most reports have it that
the Pentagon is not even really seriously looking any more. But
not to worry, according to latest public opinion polls, most
Americans don't care if WMD are never found. Europeans still
do, Americans apparently don't. And U.S. politicians who criticised
Bush's rush to war, are now too timorous to speak out.
It was enough to get rid of Saddam. The
majority of Americans believe Saddam was linked to Al Qaeda-yet
the Bush administration has never been able to prove such links,
even though they now have access to the top political and military
figures from Saddam's regime.
Americans are rightly horrified by images
of mass graves now being unearthed. But remember it was the the
U.S. who was also responsible for that slaughter, by encouraging
the Shiites to rise up in 91--and then walking away.
How long will the U.S. stick around this
time? It looks like they're already getting bored.
A couple of weeks ago, the President
and his men seemed also on the verge of claiming victory over
Al Qaeda--no longer.
Said G.W. Bush on Friday, "The enemies
of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government is
taking unprecedented measures to defend the homeland. And from
Pakistan to the Philippines, to the Horn of Africa, we are hunting
down al Qaeda killers. So far, nearly one-half of al Qaeda's
senior operatives have been captured or killed. And we will remain
on the hunt until they are all brought to justice."
According to terrorism experts, the "enemies
of freedom" are not only not idle, they've spawned a new
generation, thousands of young would-be suicide bombers, acting
now in autonomous or regional units, emulating each other, but
not an integral part of some unified Matrix of evil. They don't
need sophisticated communications or weaponry. A bomb belt and
a bicycle will do just fine, thanks. And to attempt to lump them
altogether in some faceless sinister enemy "Al Qaeda"
misses the mark. They are all over the globe-from Morocco to
the Philippines to Indonesia to Kenya, their hatred fired by
nationalism and hatred of the United States and their own corrupt
governments as much as by Islam.
It is also fueled by the daily images
of on-going bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
and the fact that while G.W.Bush threatens to stomp on Syria,
and pressure the Palestinians, he looks on in silence as Ariel
Sharon tears up the Road Map, goes back on promisses to give
up settlements, and tells anyone who doesn't like it to but out.
No word of that in the radio talk. But
does anyone really care?
Barry Lando
is a former producer for 60 Minutes who now lives in Paris. He
can be reached at: Barry.Lando@wanadoo.fr
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