Who Does Osama Bin Laden Work For?

I’m always struck by the great timing the Bush Administration seems to have. I mean just as it was getting beat up daily for domestic spying on American citizens and the ongoing death count in Iraq, along comes Osama Bin Laden to bail them out.
And this isn’t the first time Osama seems to have helped out. Back at a time when Bush was floundering in a political morass, Bin Laden struck the twin towers in New York City.
That and the attack on the Pentagon were all George and company needed to make their Plan for a New American Century (PNAC) come to life. As the plan itself said, it would take an event on the par of Pearl Harbor to implement such a plan.
Time and time again since that day in September 2001, Bush has had the greatest timing just as his political fortunes seemed to be at their worst.
When Enron looked to overtake him, suddenly there was a new threat against the American people.
When scandals broke out, there has always seemed to be a threat or emergency condition about to occur.
Even when Katrina’s response was being angrily decried by the American people there seemed to be some event to divert the attention of the people.
I think the one thing that has always been consistent about the diversion of the people from the Bush Administration’s political disasters has been threat and fear.
Tonight I watched the latest news with Osama Bin Laden making new threats against the American people with tape of unknown time and place shown on Aljazeera television. The reporter on CBS mentioned the irony of this newest threat making the case for Bush’s defense of his domestic spying.
Irony seems to follow George wherever he goes. For example his lack of service in a combat zone because of obvious family connections never seemed to be an issue. The lies against a decorated Vietnam combat veteran became “the issue”. That seemed to follow an election in South Carolina where it was an ex-POW being under scrutiny for his record instead of Bush for his lack of record.
I seem to also remember another tape of Osama right before the election of 2004 making threats against the American people. Bush’s failed connection between Bin Laden and Iraq seemed to go by the wayside.
There’s still never been one iota of a connection between Iraq and 9-11 but a seeming mass amnesia occurs every time Osama Bin Laden or al Qaieda is mentioned.
I keep wondering why it’s been so difficult to track down Osama Bin Laden. We seem to be able to read the mail, the email and the minds of most Americans but can’t find a tall terrorist known to people all over the world.
And I keep wondering who in the world does this guy really work for? Sometimes it almost seems he’s George Bush’s greatest ally. But we all know that couldn’t be the case as Bush has told us over and again how much effort has gone into catching the guy.
The effort in Iraq is proof of that very effort it seems.

Terry Leichner
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