Comments on: The three waves of Al-Qaeda - managers, murderers and muppets http://polizeros.com/2008/03/03/the-three-waves-of-al-qaeda-managers-murderers-and-muppets/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/03/03/the-three-waves-of-al-qaeda-managers-murderers-and-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-149549 DJ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:14:33 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/03/03/the-three-waves-of-al-qaeda-managers-murderers-and-muppets/#comment-149549 That assumes those in charge WANT to end it. I seriously doubt that. War benefits the incumbent, who gains power, restricts freedom, and gets to call his/her enemies unpatriotic. An adept politician can always use a war to his/her own benefit. And even an unadept politician falls prey to the temptation. A change in administration might cause a change in policy, depending on who gets in. I expect Clinton would jump right on the national security bandwagon rather than give back all the executive power Bush has accumulated. That assumes those in charge WANT to end it. I seriously doubt that. War benefits the incumbent, who gains power, restricts freedom, and gets to call his/her enemies unpatriotic. An adept politician can always use a war to his/her own benefit. And even an unadept politician falls prey to the temptation.

A change in administration might cause a change in policy, depending on who gets in. I expect Clinton would jump right on the national security bandwagon rather than give back all the executive power Bush has accumulated.

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