On Appeasement

Kevin Drum's new location, The Washington Monthly, has the following comment from Thumb. I hope he doesn't mind me citing it in its entirety:

Bush wrote the book on appeasing Al Qaeda:

Al Qaeda wanted Saddam removed from power, Bush removes Saddam from power. Al Qaeda wanted US military out of the Saudi peninsula, Bush removes US military from Saudi peninsula. Al Qaeda wanted to be treated seriously as a world class player locked in a fundamental clash of nations (for recruiting purposes) as opposed to rogue criminals, Bush declares them world class players locked in a fundamental clash of nations and refuses to view this as a law enforcement action. Al Qaeda wants Bin Laden's families, financiers and operatives flown out of the US immediately after the 9/11 attacks, Bush overrides the national flight ban to allow private Saudi aircraft to round up everyone connected and whisk them out of the country before they could be interviewed by the FBI. Al Qaeda wanted a chemical weapons lab at Kirma, the pentagon wanted to destroy it, repeatedly requests to destroy it; Bush refuses to allow it. Al Qaeda wanted the US to restrict freedoms on it's citizens, the Bush administration restricted freedoms on citizens. Al Qaeda wanted the population to be afraid, Bush tells the population to be afraid.

Now that's appeasement. (I guess he owed them big for all their financial help in his early business ventures)

Let's stop appeasing Al Qaeda. Vote out the Bush administration before they encourage Al Qaeda any further.

And, for the record, Spain did NOT appease Al Qaeda. They voted out a government that lied to them. We in the United States might want to consider that. A government that lies about one thing might well be lying about other things.

On a different note, this will likely be my only post of the day. I'm running down to New Iberia in a little bit, and won't get back until this evening. My father has been experiencing some health related issues and checked into the hospital last night. For those of y'all who believe in the power of prayer, mantra, or just warm thoughts, you're welcome to pray, chant, or think. He'll appreciate it, along with myself and our family. Have a good one.