Why Haven’t We Been Attacked Again?

by tristero

Of course, we’ve been attacked, again and again. No, I’m not talking about the anthrax attacks. Or the assault on July 4, 2002 at LA airport, an incident that was relabeled possible terrorism when no one was looking. I’m talking Spain and Britain and Indonesia and Jordan and so on, so on.

Y’know the fake term “Islamo-fascism” used to justify the invasion of Iraq for an attack perpetrated primarily by Saudis? Guess what? Al Qaeda thinks the same way about “the Jews and the Crusaders.” New York, Madrid, London – they’re all in it together, if we attack Indonesia we send a message to Paris not to fuck with us. America’s support for Israel, Western-style nightclubs in Bali – it’s transnational, an ideology of hate. These are people who simply want to destroy us. The West – we’re all the same to al-Zawahiri, all responsible. The US bombs us? Hit Spain.

The awful tragedy of this time, and what makes it radically different than Lincoln’s or FDR’s, is that Osama is facing an enemy even more ignorant. narcissistic, and insecure than he is. Ignorant armies clashing by night, indeed.

Susan Sontag got a lot of flack when she wrote, a short time after 9/11/01 that everyone knows the US is strong, the question is whether we can be smart. Sontag was no fool. She knew there was no doubt about it, not with these clowns in charge.