Bush and Osama- Made for each other? DAWN (Pakistan)

[Bhaisahab]

http://www.dawn.com/2004/06/23/op.htm#4

Anonymous (author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror") is of the opinion that the Bush administration has conducted itself exactly as Osama bin Laden would have wished, not least through "an avaricious, premeditated, unprovoked war against a foe who posed no immediate threat but whose defeat did offer economic advantage".

And Al Qaeda may be inclined to return the favour in its customarily fiery fashion, with the intention not of ushering in regime change - as in Spain earlier this year - but of guaranteeing regime retention.

"I'm very sure they can't have a better administration for them than the one they have now," he told The Guardian. "One way to keep the Republicans in power is to mount an attack that would rally the country around the president."

In a bizarre sort of way, it makes sense. Bush has been the best recruiting sergeant Al Qaeda could have wished for. So Osama bin Laden would wish to keep him right where he is: in the Oval Office (where the buck doesn't stop anymore).

He can't be expected to send the president an email saying: "Dear Bush, please let me know how I can contribute to your re-election campaign.

(more at source. link above)