Flash! Terrorists fight back in global war on terrorism!
"Errors on Terror," by Paul Krugman, New York Times, 25 June, p. A25.
Bush-hating Paul Krugman rants on. A smart guy but he's gone so far over the deep end on Bush that he's no better than the NYT's Michael Moore on the subject.
Much ado over State Department report on terrorist acts around the world actually increasing in 2003—the worst total in 20 years. First edition of report claimed much lower numbers, but the definition of what to count was too narrow, so when analysts complained, the numbers were plussed up to reflect a better grasp of reality.
Krugman naturally sees a conspiracy—he of so much experience in doing this kind of security-issue data crunching over his career.
What I find so amusing is how Bush-haters take such delight in pointing out that there's more terrorism now than before 9/11, as if our finally joining this global war was supposed to result in the terrorists immediately giving up!
Imagine going to FDR in 1943 and complaining that his global war on fascism actually seemed to be backfiring because Japanese and German forces were fighting harder now than before! More than that, you could cite a huge up-tick in their attacks when compared to the period before 7 December 1941! Even worse, American casualties were rising!
Talk about having your head up your ass. And many of these idiots are considered "opinion leaders."