Terror Inc.

[Dennis Perrin]

> The principle is similar: local thugs who stepped in where national
> authorities could not or did not step in, who had only the most minimal
> local support, who combined tactical shrewdness and business sense with a
> penchant for terrifying violence, etc. Al-Q could get away with more than
> Al-C, is all. Brecht's "Arturo Ui" may have been wrong about Hitler, but
> got Osama right.
>
> -- Dennis

Al-Qaeda is quite a bit more than Al Capone, and the Taliban (and Saudi
Arabia and its collaborators in the Pakistani ISI) are quite a bit more than
corrupt cops on the beat. Sorry, this comparison just won't take.

DP