Josh "ua Micah" Marshall Loses His Mind

Josh "ua Micah" Marshall has officially slipped the surly bonds of credence, and slid into full raving moonbat-ism.

In this case, it's about the capture of Al Quaeda leader Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, nabbed in Pakistan. "So apparently they couldn't come up with bin Laden himself," the Georgetown fratboy sniffs, like he's sending back an overcooked swordfish filet.

That's right, Josh "ua"; they're not chasing a bunch of the most dangerous men in the world, men surrounded by fanatical guards in the midst of sympathetic populations; the job has never been any harder than finding the perfect free-trade latte; as if Donald Rumsfeld can order up an Al Quaeda leader like a book on Amazon (a concept that would seem a key part of Kerry's terror policy).

Marshall continues:

...I'd be very, very curious to hear whether when, oh say, CNN goes on about how this al Qaida guy has been hauled in they will mention at all, or with any consistency, that one of the most respected political magazines in the United States reported just weeks ago on the pressure the administration has been placing on the Pakistanis to serve up an al Qaida bad guy on this day.

Will they make the obvious connection? Or will they just ignore it?

My bosses tell me they want a project done by June 1; if I get it done, does that impute cynical motives to my bosses?

This is just the latest, but perhaps the most blatant, example of how this administration has placed politics and, really, political dirty tricks above national security itself, and along the way persisted in defining political deviance down until tactics we used to associate with banana republics start to seem commonplace here.

So accomplishing the mission - the one that even the Democrats recognize, "fighting Al Quada", is a deviant tactic?

I thought going after Al Quaeda was the job we were suppose to concentrate on rather than liberating Iraq?

Or were we supposed to put off all progress against Al Quaeda until after the election, for appearances sake?

One more question: If the administration were going to drop a cynical "July Surprise," do you suppose it would have been an Al Quaeda leader anyone might have heard of?

And while we're at it, this is yet another example of how truly important it is that we democratize the Middle East. Because once we have, some of them will be able to come back here and redemocratize us.

No, Josh "ua". But some of them can come to your Georgetown condo and explain to you what real tyranny is.

I'm starting to realize; just as Michael Savage is an embarassment to the right - a caricature of conservative pundits that makes liberals chortle with glee - Josh "ua Micah" Marshall is every bit as much a caricature of the left.

Scratch another "worth reading" lefty blog from the list. Are there any left?

Posted by Mitch at July 30, 2004 12:44 AM | TrackBack