Abbas Steps Down, Dealing Big Blow to U.S. Peace Plan
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept. 6 — Mahmoud Abbas submitted his resignation as Palestinian prime minister today and Israel lightly wounded the spiritual leader of Hamas with an airstrike in Gaza City, events that put the Bush administration's initiative for Middle East peace close to the point of disintegrating.
--> New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/international/07MIDE.html
Read this article in Newsweek last night... and I am just filled with rage. Afghanistan is crumbling into chaos again, the Taliban has control of large areas of that country, and apparently, Al Queda does too. Bin Laden continues to send out communiques to his troops. And what do we do? We go and screw things up in Iraq and ignore Afghanistan. How sensible.
Imagine if we'd taken out Hitler, but had no Marshall Plan to rebuild the country. Imagine if we just left everyone in Europe to keep killing each other. Well, now you don't have to imagine it.
And as for us, we're in just as much danger as before. Probably more.
I fear that once again, we'll look back on this summer and say "The signs were there. Why didn't we connect the dots?"
And our illustrious leader will wrap himself in the flag again.
Oh, sorry, I forgot. I'm just a Berkeley liberal who hates America, and I'm "whining". Don't mind me.
--> "Rumors of Bin Laden's Lair: Some believe life on the run has made it impossible for Osama bin Laden to control and lead Al Qaeda. In Afghanistan’s Kunar province, people tell a different story", Newsweek, September 8, 2003 issue, www.msnbc.com/news/959544.asp
