Worthy Of His Steel

[poliphilo]

The symbiosis of Bush and bin-Laden.

Bin Laden helped to get Bush re-elected by weighing in with a broadcast that seemed to be urging support for Kerry. Of course it had the effect of bolstering support for Bush. CIA operatives have concluded that this was entirely what bin-Laden wanted.

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bin-Laden needs Bush's blundering War on Terror. It recruits jihadis for him. It anoints him as the Commander of the Faithful. And Bush needs bin-Laden. He was a one term president in the making until bin-Laden handed him his war.

Both men are boosted by aggrandising their enemy. Every superhero needs a super villain. You're only as heroic as your opponent is fearsome. Holmes needs Moriarty and Moriarty needs Holmes.

Comments

Re: I already knew(instinctively)

[jubal51394.livejournal.com]

I still cannot shake the feeling that Bush doesn't want anything.

My sense is the Bush is the puppet. Maybe Halliburton wants war? And Cheney knows how to intimidate men like Bush?

Re: I already knew(instinctively)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

People who've met Bush say he's smarter than his public image suggests, so, I don't know. I guess we'll have to wait for the history books to be written to find out who's been the brains behind this administration.