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: Rants about Bush & Co

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If the Daily Telegraph poll hasn't had much coverage over here it's because it's not telling us anything we don't already know. The only Brit who has any time for George Bush is Tony Blair. Most of us are deeply ashamed that Blair, who was elected to do something very different, has tied our fortunes so closely to those of a right-wing, war-mongering president.

Re: Rants about Bush & Co

[methodius.livejournal.com]

Two right-wing war-mongering presidents in a row, in fact.