I dislike Mr Bush on a nearly personal level - without ever having met him. He just grates on me. But the fact is that he is not only "suffered" but well liked in a large part of the US population. And so are his decisions - whether we like it or not. For what it's worth, I personally don't think that he has anything to do with the bombing - partly because I don't believe he thinks along those rather intricate lines of reasoning, partly because there are not a lot of European countries left who have anything positive to say about the war in Iraq. I don't think to bash an ally would be his first choice. Not after having had tea with the Queen. I think, however, that Mr. Bush has to be rather grateful that Mr. Bin Laden is equally unsubtle and boneheaded. Just imagine the latter saying. "But that was not us this time. Definitely not. That must have been someone else. Someone who disagrees with the leniency towards Muslims in Britain. Someone who had need of a distraction and and has the means to do this." For that kind of "Bomb" Mr Bin Laden would not even have to pay the explosives.
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Date: 2005-07-13 03:07 pm (UTC)For what it's worth, I personally don't think that he has anything to do with the bombing - partly because I don't believe he thinks along those rather intricate lines of reasoning, partly because there are not a lot of European countries left who have anything positive to say about the war in Iraq. I don't think to bash an ally would be his first choice. Not after having had tea with the Queen.
I think, however, that Mr. Bush has to be rather grateful that Mr. Bin Laden is equally unsubtle and boneheaded. Just imagine the latter saying. "But that was not us this time. Definitely not. That must have been someone else. Someone who disagrees with the leniency towards Muslims in Britain. Someone who had need of a distraction and and has the means to do this."
For that kind of "Bomb" Mr Bin Laden would not even have to pay the explosives.