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Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:00 AM

Politicizing the terrorist plot

Bush supporters are already attempting to squeeze political gain out of the airplane plot in the U.K.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:20 AM

    I hope it is politicized

    That is, politicized by the Democrats by asking why we aren't devoting our foreign policy resources to stopping al-Qaeda instead of pouring billions of dollars into Iraq.

    The card can be played two ways. The correct play of this one is that the War in Iraq has not prevented al-Qaeda terror attempts.

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