Al Qaeda was never a political organization. That is a fundamental difference between Hezbollah and Al Qaeda and Hamas and Al Qaeda. Hezbollah and Hamas, while termed terrorist organizations, are part of the governments in their respective regions of the world. Hamas won the Palestinian Authority's general elections in January. Hezbollah has several seats in the Lebanese parliament.
That President Bush compares Hezbollah and Hamas to Al Qaeda shows his ignorance of the political situation in the Middle East, the history of these organizations, and the facts. Of course, he uses this tactic to continue to prey upon the fear generated by the September 11 WTC attack for whatever purpose he deems important on any particular day.
Despite what the news media is reporting about Israel, Lebanon, and all the shit going on over there, George the Lesser still has his little war raging over in Iraq, where the following U.S. soldiers were killed fighting for freedom democracy Bush:
The Congress doesn't have to continue to fund the killing ... unless the President also has usurped the Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
Posted by Bill at August 1, 2006 05:15 PM