One of the best lines from the 1962 version of The Manchurian Candidate is Major Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) lamenting his apparant failure with Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) by saying, "Intelligence Division? STUPIDITY DIVISION! If they want to form a Stupidity Division, they can get me to head it!"
Such is what one can say about the National Intelligence Estimate on the Iraq War and the war against Islamo-Arab imperialism in general, at least as presented by the Mainstream Media. As usual the New York Times is leading the charge of the not-so-bright brigade by presenting an analysis of the NIE in crassly manipulated form, in order to present a case against US victory in Iraq.
And as usual they get it all wrong. But then getting it wrong on this issue has a history.
It's the same mantra - "we're creating more terrorists than we're killing." Where this idea comes from is never explained, especially as it never comes true in history and has not been bourne out in Iraq, though the Left keeps trying to prove otherwise despite Al Qaida's admission of heavy losses to American forces. Islamo-Arab enmity has never been about grievences, it has always been about pure hatred. And the whole mindset about "we're creating more terrorists" remains the equivalent of, "If you're being raped, don't fight back, because the rapist will become more violent."
Ted Kennedy and company can head the new Stupidity Division of the US.
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