The Lesser Evil (Was: Re: Lazare: Unpatriotic opposition)

[JBrown72073 at cs.com]

>> If the ex-Trotskyist writer Christopher Hitchens is to
>> be believed, America is torn between those who favour a showdown
>> with Saddam and those who "truly believe that [US Attorney General]
>> John Ashcroft is a greater menace than Osama bin Laden" (2).
>
>Am I insane to think this is actually true? Which I
>do. jks

While they both have god on their side--which must count for 
something--Ashcroft has more paid agents under his control, better-armed and 
trained, with a bigger budget (at least now), is able to operate in the open 
(mostly), with the backing of a massive, well-organized system of courts and 
prisons in his host country.  Al Qaeda, though perhaps more wontonly 
bloodthirsty, is a pretty rickety operation compared to the DOJ.  So, no.

Jenny Brown