Martyrdom, holy war, the lure of power and economic profligacy: with these weapons of the weak, al-Qaeda has drawn the United States into a conflict that has sapped our moral, political, and financial resources.
We have persuaded ourselves that we're in control, even in this last act of extrajudicial killing. But even here, bin Laden has managed to glorify himself at our expense. Expert John Feffer of the Institute for Policy Studies comments on the death of Osama bin Laden.
No, not buying the story. OBL has been dead for years. The questions are why 'kill him' now and what next. The only sure thing is that, as Pablo Neruda wrote of the Spanish anti-fascist war, the blood of children will flow in the streets - like children's blood.
IPS - cheers Phyllis Bennis - is great on some questions, but not this one.
kitabwalli 10 months ago