Carnal Reason

The Independent discusses Lucia Annunziata, an Italian journalist:

For Ms Annunziata, Bin Laden’s success in mounting a military challenge to the only superpower, “the first such Islamic military success in more than 400 years”, is analogous to Tony Blair’s achievement in rescuing the Labour Party from its moribund state in the 1980s. But both men are shallow, she says, and in need of bolstering by theoreticians.

Mr. Blair must feel very honored by this comparison.

The first “Islamic military success” in more than 400 years was no military action, but rather an act of mass murder. It was not military; was it a success? No doubt Bin Laden thought so. The result of his success is that he is dead and the Taliban is ousted.

The bolstering Ms Annunziata mentions is going to require some mighty fine theoreticians.

Posted on June 9th, 2005 by pwyll
Filed under: politics