Once again, al Qaeda comes around to rescue Bush in his hour of need

[TruthIsAll]

Other than the whistleblower's release of the Iraq prison photos, I have never seen a video or tape out of the M.E. which I believed to be authentic.

Whether it's a fat Bin_Laden and Al Qaeda calling for jihad; or an inquisitive, double-crossed Pearl, beheaded while investigating Pakistani involvement in 9/11; or a selfless Berg, illegally imprisoned by US officials, and let go only to be beheaded by a vengeful al Qaeda, each video has always been released at just the right time for BushCo - when ratings are in freefall.

The focus on Resident crimes of action and inaction must be diverted at all costs by a rise in the flagwaving, fear and revenge propaganda meter. In each case, the circumstances and timing were beyond the pale.

Once again, al Qaeda comes around to rescue Bush in his hour of need.

[David Dunham]

1. This won't help Bush. It's another innocent American killed in Iraq.

[nomaco-10]

2. Yep, anything they can't pin on Al Qaeda, they.....

try to pin on Bill Clinton. It's getting ridiculous, but somehow they seem to be getting away with it.

[Bozita]

3. As Chris Bury (Nightline) said, "At 3:30pm, the focus shifted."

'nuff said.

[Trajan]

4. I disagree TIA ....

Yet another dead innocent, shown in gut wrenching, gorey living color ....

This violence was pornographic to the extreme .... It's imagery will become enmeshed with the Abu Gharaib images ... It makes Bush look as if he and his enemies are BOTH creating these awful images ...

Well, of course .. because they are ....

The brutality is a shared trait ....

The ghastly images are a shared trait ...

This cannot help Bush but with only his bloodthirstiest most loyal supporters ....

[jfxgillis]

7. Cross post (below)

To put it another way, the 39% of the electorate that would NEVER vote for anyone but Bush might now be slightly more likely to NEVER NEVER vote for anyone but Bush. Which garners him exactly zero new votes.

The people who might go either way will feel disgust and anger, but they will not express it at the ballot box in any ordered or predictable way. Hurts more than helps Bush, probably.

[jfxgillis]

5. I think not ...

... ponder those terrible Right Track/Wrong Track poll numbers.

Although it may well be that Bush partisans believe, as you seem to, that the Berg killing helps Bush by "changing the focus," ultimately it contributes to the existenial dread looming below the surface of the electorate.

[Old and In the Way]

6. An interesting correlation to chart.....

AQ media events vs. the current Bush outrage/fiasco of the day. It does seem that AQ's timing is a fortuitous event of distraction for the House of Bush.

[jfxgillis]

10. I've done it informally back to the '93 WTC bombing

And you can bet your fucking life Al Qaeda knows what they're doing.

Bin Laden or Al Zawhiri or somebody big in Al Qaeda is SCARY smart about the Western media.

Personally, I suspect bin Laden himself and that's one of the reasons I'm big on the War in Afghanistan and thoroughly disgusted with Iraq.

[maggrwaggr]

18. so .... why would Bin Laden want to help Bush at this point?

because he wants more hatred FROM America so he can recruit more hatred TO America?

That's the only thing I can see.

Like 9/11, the only people who benefit that I can see is Bushco.

[noahmijo]

8. It makes me hate Bush even more

For spending our resources on a bullshit war in Iraq instead of hunting down every last Al-Queda motherfucker.

[readmylips]

9. truth: I posted exactly the same as you...

earlier today. It is all a setup, a game. The bushes think that we're all stupid or as mentally sick as they are.

[Imperialism Inc.]

11. One thing to consider is the potential motives of al Qaeda.

They aren't altruistic.

You should consider that it would be completely consistent for them to want to encourage the war to continue. I'm not trying to offer a final judgment just pointing that out for what it is worth.

The corollary to becoming aware of our own leaders sometimes bad intentions and atrocities (which is surely sorely needed) is to remember that we are not alone in that capacity.

[RafterMan]

12. Eh.

You could easily make the same argument about Bush coming to Osama's aid with his conveniently timed fuckups.

[legin]

13. Another theory would be

is that it is just a totally crass mistake by Al Qaeda. It has certainly infused the right wing with a sense of moral rightousness again on another board (mixed) I am at.

Very dispiriting.

But then the right are pretty steamed, and are being fairly obnoxious to the left, so I would say that the social cohesion of the West just went a notch lower.

:shrug:

[natrat]

14. seems like bush and his alqaeda buddies

are both angling for some type elevation of the conflict---what miserable fucks all of them

[legin]

15. It's probably not in Bin Laden's interest

to have one side, right or left, win in the West. He probably is of the opinion that the West is less efficient if the two sides are beating the shit out of each other, probably with the idiotic right just about being in the driving seat.

[Bozita]

16. 60 Minutes II on Wed: More blockbuster torture stuff

This beheading comes right in the nick of time.

[Hornito]

17. Maybe it's not so "amazing". More and more, I am coming to

believe that "Al Qaeda" is a construct of the CIA. Every time Bush needs a distraction, "Al Qaeda" provides a new video of Osama, or one of his lieutenants, or a supposed beheading, or a raised Homeland Defense warning level, or perhaps, even a reason to start an invasion of the Middle East (like 9/11?).

It all smells, and I for one have a distinct feeling in the pit of my stomach, that the most recent video is another sick attempt by the neocon black-ops people to manipulate the sheeple once again. And notice how quickly the neocon's allies jumped to use the video as a propaganda tool to assault the "enemies of Bush"?

I tell you, it stinks. These fuckers are sick, evil, traitors. We need to find them, expose them, and give them their due.

[Cronus Protagonist]

19. Uncanny, isn't it?

/sarcasm

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