“OK- Let’s see here. I need to praise the enemy.”
In case you haven’t noticed, the people running Al Qaeda are smart. Saturday’s bombing in Bali, presumably carried out by a group connected to Al Qaeda, was monstrously evil. It was also, I’m sorry to say, very clever. And it reinforces the sinking feeling that our leaders, who seem determined to have themselves a conventional war, are playing right into the terrorists’ hands.
“Now I need to throw in some shit so people think I know what I am talking about. What can I say about their economy- oh, this will do.”
Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, has not been a major breeding ground for terrorists. It is, however, a nation with severe economic, social and political problems