Bush's Political Survival Depends on Terror Threats

"Bush's 'war on terrorism' is a political slogan -- not a coherent strategy for national defense -- and it succeeds brillantly only as politics. For everything else, it is quite illogical."

The president is trying for the third time to make terrorism his big campaign issue -- are Americans going to finally snap out of it?

Can't people see the campy joke in this docudrama called "Terror in the Sky"? The joke is on them. "

"It's a good, scary movie, but it's a slapstick war."

One question to ask is: Why now? The police have had a "mole" inside this operation since late 2005, but have yet to explain why they felt the need to swoop down and arest alleged plotters at this moment (two days after the Connecticut primary produced a triumph for anti-war politics).read the article here

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