Juan Cole: "al-Zawahiri is endorsing McCain's plan to bomb Iran"

[leftchick]

<snip>

Actually it occurred to me to ask who is endorsing McCain in the Muslim world.

Well, it turns out that al-
Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri has declared that he is actually on McCain's side in wanting to destroy Iran. Al-Zawahiri is hurt that McCain keeps confusing hyper-Sunni al-Qaeda with radical Shiism: "Ayman al-Zawahiri said al-Qaeda wants to see the destruction of Iran - a Shiite nation battling the terrorists . . . "The dispute between America and Iran is a genuine struggle, and the possibility of the US striking Iran is real," al-Zawahiri said. . ." Al-Zawahiri hopes that the US struggle with Iran will destroy the latter and weaken the former, putting al-Qaeda in a position to administer the coup de grace.

In essence, al-Zawahiri is endorsing McCain's plan to "bomb, bomb, bomb/ bomb, bomb Iran."

http://www.juancole.com/2008/05/zawahiri-endorses-mccain-plan-to-bomb.html

[NewJeffCT]

1. I'm sure Fox News will be all over this endorsement

followed by CNN, Rush, Boortz and Savage.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Madmen - Both of them

Advocating for total destruction of a country. And why? Because you don't like their leaders.

Meanwhile, the planet is warming up and people are starting to go hungry.

At times like this, I have no faith that humanity will survive.

[NewJeffCT]

3. well, with McCain

He thinks you can kill Al Qaeda & Iran at the same time by bombing the same country...

[Canuckistanian]

4. Early onset of dementia - that's the only explanation

He'll be walking around the White House in a daze and calling Cindy "Mommy" before his first year is up.

Is America ready for another Alzheimer president?

[GrpCaptMandrake]

5. Depends

Oh! Couldn't resist!

[Canuckistanian]

11. An oldie, but goodie

:rofl:

[jmowreader]

8. He thinks it's the same country, anyway...

don't both start with "I-R-A"?

[annabanana]

6. Boy Howdy does this need recs!! It's a pretty simple story,

one that corpomedia won't touch. It's one that can be comprehended in an instant.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

7. Oops!

Thanks for the reminder. Went back and Rec'd. Yeah. This one needs a big ol' sledge hammer applied to it.

I'm using a new term for the corpomedia. Short simple and to the point: "The For-Profit Media." Nice, no?


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[annabanana]

9. (Watching my TIVO'd Daily Show now). . "Hamas endorsed Obama"

MCLame just restated that Hamas did, in fact, endorse Obama and "I guarantee you they won't be endorsing me!"

[leftchick]

10. did John correct him?

mcshame is a fuckhead!

:grr: