The synergy between the GOP and Al Qaeda

In the years post 9/11, one can look back at the actions of the Republican party in this country and realize just how dependent the GOP is on Al Qaeda.
Without Al Qaeda, the GOP would be a bunch of Jesus freaks and corporate welfare dads. With Al Qaeda, the GOP is transformed into a carrier runway strutting, bring-it-on bravado wielding, global defender of freedom.
The GOP needs Al Qaeda like a baby needs breastmilk. Al Qaeda has served as a wellspring of political nourishment and strength for the GOP in America.
When George W. Bush allowed a bunch of punk Al Qaeda terrorists to successfully commit the 9/11 attacks, he rode a wave of political will influenced by fear and revenge against a relatively unsophisticated enemy.
In fact, under Bush's leadership, Al Qaeda has been offered a new base of operations, in Iraq, and has never been defeated in Afghanistan. Why would the GOP ever want Al Qaeda defeated? As long as there is Al Qaeda, there is fear of another 9/11, there are trembling sheep willing to vote GOP, and there is hence political power.
It is time for America to move beyond the rhetoric of fear. We could have prevented 9/11 with nothing more than information of Al Qaeda's actions. We did not need a single F16, Stealth bomber, or battalion of soldiers. We could have stopped 9/11 with a few well-informed security guards in the Boston and Newark airports.
We can stop Al Qaeda through intelligence, not senseless warfare. The military industrial complex has forced us to open our checkbooks and children's futures in the post 9/11 world. It is time we say enough. We know our enemy. Our enemy is not scary. They are stoppable. We can thwart Al Qaeda's actions through proper intelligence.
It is time to reject the rhetoric of fear, spewed from the GOP. It is time to stop coddling Al Qaeda and other like minded terrorists. It is time to wean this country and the GOP from the milk of political will that Al Qaeda has offered. It is time for real political, economic, and anti-terrorism leadership in this country.