| George W. Bush shares many traits with Osama bin Laden |
| Both see the world in terms of good vs. evil. Both are unwilling to compromise or acknowledge the legitimacy of any element of the other's position. Both derive their world view and their view of each other from a religious platform. Both are guilty of executing an unprovoked attack with no specific justification on an entity that they perceive as the enemy. (Bin Laden on New York, Bush on Iraq.) Both believe that they will eventually succeed in changing the form of government in the others domain. Both pursue a policy of extremism that makes it more difficult for moderates on the other side to contain the violence and impede the cycle of violence. Both believe that killing innocent people that they perceive as "the enemy" will change the opinion of the other side, when in fact it will only inflame hatred among the survivors and serve to rally the other side to exact revenge. The 9/11 attack implemented by Bin Laden killed just under 3000 people. The Iraq invasion implemented by Bush had killed 7798 people as of July 7, 2003 (as estimated by the NGO and media reports compiled by Iraq Body Count.) Source: Working Assets Radio (San Francisco) - Laura Flanders - 8/25/03 |
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