Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Dubya's So Dangerous
London Daily Mirror
22 November 2005
GEORGE W. Bush is the most powerful man in the world. He could also be the most dangerous.
Fanatical leaders like Osama bin Laden provoke terrible acts of terrorism. But President Bush has weapons of mass destruction as well as an unhinged attitude to using them.
Today the Daily Mirror reveals that he planned to bomb a TV station in a friendly Arab nation. An act that would have led to countless retaliatory attacks on Western states.
Fortunately Tony Blair was told of the insane plot and persuaded Mr Bush not to go ahead.
The president wanted to take out the main studios of the Arabic station al-Jazeera because of its coverage of insurgents and terrorism - though any good media outlet would have covered those stories if they had the access.
Mr Bush’s plan was crazy enough against a high-profile civilian target. But to make it worse, the TV station is based in Qatar, a friendly nation where the US-UK invasion of Iraq was planned.
The secret memo revealed by the Mirror casts fresh doubt on claims that other attacks on al-Jazeera were accidents. It looks like these were planned assaults on civilian targets.
We must be thankful that Tony Blair stopped Mr Bush from the attack on Qatar.
But until the White House regime changes, the world should tremble with fear at what this president might do next.
