Levedy

Grrr

I don't often discuss politics on my blog, but this article pissed me off big time:

This ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6099899/site/newsweek/ ) article from Newsweek questions why Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam, Phyllis, whatever) was re-routed to Bangor on his DC flight. Here's the thing that gets my blood boiling:

Records show that since 1999, he has visited the United States at least 19 times, most recently last May, when he traveled to Washington and met with top Bush administration officials, including U.S. foreign-aid chief Andrew Natsios; Jim Towey, chief of the White House office for "faith based" programs, and a Treasury official hunting terrorist financiers."

He's Mr. Peace Train, folks. He acts as a diplomat for moderate Islam. He's been in the country, and was cleared to meet with Bush officials. Newsweek hints that one possible motive for treating Phyllis like a terroroist now is to kick off a round of arrests of Muslim "terroroists" based on - get this - soft intelligence.

WTF is soft intelligence?

I hope Kerry will be better at this than W. Next, they'll be arresting nuns and cute babies.

Posted by Jen at September 26, 2004 8:45 AM