Say-So

After the assassination last week of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, I was intently listening to the general public reaction in the US. The consensus among the left leaning opinion is that the killing accomplished nothing and was a tour de force to assert the president’s supporters that America is winning the war on terror. Not one opinion however admitted that it is not only futile but may in fact become detrimental to our safety and the ethereal goal of eradicating terror. The intense face of Abu Ayyub al-Masri as included in the article U.S. Identifies Successor to Zarqawi, NY Times brings to mind Steve Breen’s cartoon which was published in the Week in Review section of last Sunday’s NY Times. It portrays the usually simian Bush exclaiming: “Success!” at a headline “Zarqawi Dead!” and to the right of it an Arab leader raising his hands to a long row of armed and masked volunteers addressing them as: “Successors!”
Since Al Zarqawi’s assassination carries no strategic benefits but hardens Al-Qaeda in it’s plight and validates the mujaheddin’s hate of America, it should not have been undertaken. Sadly, the administration through its simplistic thinking and boisterous demonstration of hard muscle only exasperates Bush’s maniacal prophecy of terrorists wishing to annihilate America. Continuing on this path we are only helping them along. And now hum along with me:

But the cat came back the very next day
The cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, he just wouldn’t stay away

(lyrics from kididdles.com)

If you can, watch one of the best animated films ever and see if I am wrong.