Paul Spills The Beans

Remember the days following September 11th? Recall that the terrorists "hated our freedoms" and were motivated by their ties to Satan himself? Those days may be gone.

Paul Wolfowitz, in arguing the case for war, asserted that, as the U.S. occupation of Iraq will mean that U.S. troops won't need to be stationed in "the holy land of Saudi Arabia", then "Osama bin Laden's principal recruiting device, even more than the other grievances he cites," will have been eliminated. This may be the first time that a member of the Bush Administration has acknowledged the existence of grievances -- all the more revealing in that he implies that the grievances are legitimate.

Granted, the logic is beyond the pale (not least because the second-most frequently cited grievance is the decimation of Iraqi culture). But, baby steps here, folks. Baby steps.

Posted by Eddie Tews at March 3, 2003 01:40 PM