surrender ? On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am convinced that there has been and continues to be far more going on > behind the scenes than we know about in the war on Islamic fundamentalist > non-state actors (no more war on terror, right?). Nevertheless, I disagree > with the notion that the State Secrets Act gives any administration immunity > from illegal behavior. > > My feeling is that they are attempting to protect foreign governments, > particularly the Saudis but also many others, from having to reveal how much > they are helping us fight against terrorism. I understand the need for > discretion, but sooner or later these governments are going to have to stand > up publicly and acknowledge that they are fighting with the U.S., and that > is the right side to be on. In a way, it makes all of this very conciliatory > behavior toward the Islamic world very understandable, though I regard the > bowing in front of King Abdullah is a horrible breach of protocol. > > Still, if Obama can bring governments in the Islamic world around to > publicly acknowledging the extent of their support for the fight against > terrorism, he gets a pass on the bowing and scraping and apologizing for all > the bad things we have supposedly done. It's like we're witnessing a > drawn-out Kabuki theater, and we can only see what's on stage, not what is > going on behind the curtain. I am very curious to see what comes next. > >
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