Reading Around II
Istanblog says the real pre-9/11 mistakes continue to this day:
Why is the Bush administration so fixated on these three countries? Granted, these are not warm and cuddly places. But none has directly attacked the US - sure, we’ve tangled with them in neighboring countries, the Iranians did nasty stuff to Americans in their country during their revolution. But we are facing a group, and a political-religious movement, which has bombed two embassies, attacked a navy ship, killed 3,000 people in New York city and successfully attacked the Pentagon. Their sponsors are still the dominant political and social force in Saudi Arabia, and are allowed to roam in nuclear-armed Pakistan.
The Bush administration’s fixation on the Axis of Evil Rogue Nations appears to have distracted the FBI and CIA from al-Qaeda prior to 9/11. Will this fixation hurt us again?
Gee, do ya think?
