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The coward played right into bin laden's hands
"We must listen to the words of the enemy. We must listen to what they say."
First of all, I don't see anyone advocating that we ignore "the enemy."
But I have to believe that by invading Iraq and cutting our civil liberties, Bush has done exactly what bin Laden would wish him to do. He has given those so inclined in the world reason to hate us even more. He has made us look like panicky fools, throwing the very rights the world admires overboard in response to a guy in a cave in Afghanistan. By torturing and imprisoning without recourse to justice, he has lowered us to the standards of the vilest dictators.
Bush has made us look like cowards. His war is like the codpiece in his flight suit. He straps it on so he can feel like a manly man. His manhood might feel protected, but the rest of us are terribly exposed.