The World is burning
The assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Washington?s chosen linchpin-to-be in Islamabad, was an unmitigated disaster for America?s war on al Qaeda and its jihadist allies in the key Pakistan-Afghan arena. The 27/12 murder closed a cycle sent spinning by al Qaeda's 9/11 assault on America in the early days of President George W. Bush's first term. It has left him clutching at thin air.
This single act of violence hit the West as US-led NATO forces suffer one setback after another in Afghanistan and Taliban and al Qaeda are in control of more than 75 percent of the country. It has done more harm than all the evil wrought against US forces by al Qaeda's ace commander in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the two years before he was slain.
Lebanon is being lost to Syria, The US has authorized Turkey, its sometimes ally, to bomb the Kurds, it permanent ally and al Qaeda is on the march all over.
And Rice fiddles with a non-problem, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Israel should be left alone to deal with the Palestinians.
The US has much bigger problems elsewhere that are out of controlTed Belman
tedbel1@israpundit.com Sunday, December 30, 2007
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