GW Bush and the War on Terror

With the unfortunate events in London, we should give pause to review Western efforts on the war on terror and the consequences they have generated.

In a vein of positive reinforcement, we should be willing to acknowledge success where success is due. With this in mind, we should note that George W. Bush should be given an award. An award as an honorary member of Al Qaeda.

Why is this? No other leader of a Western country has offered more assistance to the efforts of Al Qaeda. GW Bush's greatest aid to Al Qaeda, of course, has been in allowing its leader, Osama Bin Laden, his freedom for the past 4 years since the 9/11 attacks. This act alone is enough to inspire would-be terrorists to join Al Qaeda's efforts - joining an organization that boasts a leader who has attacked the most powerful country in the world, and remains a free man despite such actions.

Then, of course, is GW Bush's efforts, or lack thereof, in Iraq. The chaos that Iraq has spiraled into has been a boon for the insurgency and provided a new base of operation for Al Qaeda. For the forseeable future, Al Qaeda now has a country where it can refine its bomb making skills and terrorist strategies, at the expense of US taxpayer funded targets. Every time Bush makes his claim that Iraq is part of the war on terror, we should add the following qualifier - because you helped make it that way.

It would be only fitting for Al Qaeda to acknowledge such gifts it has received from George W. Bush and his administration. At this rate, the war on terror has been not so much a war as a series of blunders by the western world. When will the United States realize that the best efforts in fighting an effective war on terror include voting out the current administration?