Isis

You never know how things might turn out.Which action will lead to what consequences. But one bit of 'folk wisdom' has it that what doesn't start out well is unlikely to end up well.

The "intelligence" on Iraq, for example. The laughable presentation of cartoons and fables by Colin P at the U.N. Everyone conveniently forgetting that Saddam had been a sand niggah for a while..."our sonofabitch", to paraphrase Kissenger.

So, after all the billions of dollars spent, the loss of human life, the erosion of liberties in the so-called war on terror, and what have you got? A rag-tag group of crazies walking into Iraq's second city as if they were out for an afternoon stroll on Brighton pier. Al-Q may or may not have had much of a presence in Iraq before the war but I think one can safely say that the invasions have led to the growth of fundamentalism (both in the region and in Pakistan). A case of unforeseen consequences? Well, not really. A lot of people at the time said that al-Q was a spent force (intellectually, morally,politically and spiritually bankrupt). And there were wise heads in Jordan saying that these 'operations' would create a thousand bin Ls. Time will tell. But right now, it does look that way.

Disaster and catastrophe are overused words. But you have to wonder.