Com'on, Anderson, yuou're dancing... and not very well.

And let's see about some of the other comments, while we're here.

What are the statements making fun of KSM's claim of responsibility (ies) but a claim that he was less important to the Islamo- fascists than we've been saying all along?

And yes, the left seems on board with this claim

And here, too:

The point that I was trying to make is that it seems as though, with these reports of KSM's sensationalized "confession" of having masterminded so many terrorist attacks over the years, most notably 9/11, he is being made to seem more important than OBL himself, especially since we actually captured him. Ultimately, I think that this whole story, in addition to trying to take our focus off the Bush (mis-)administration's "whack-a-scandal", is intended to further marginalize OBL and minimize Bush's failure to capture him.

You tell me, Anderson; How are we to take such comments, other than to suggest KSM is a small fish, and more complaints about not having landed OBL?

Now, if you'd like to tell me that those posting on the democratic underground are not routinely members of what we would call "the left", I can't help you.

Weak beer, indeed. We were told "the left" does something, and that turns out to be false. (Who, anyway, is "the left"? A sure hint that B-head doesn't actually know who he's talking about.)

Anderson -- you're wasting your time.

I know, just like I know I don't like Twinkies, but every few years I have to eat one anyway ....

I call b.s. — who, “for just as long as we’ve held” KSM, has said he was a small fish?

Well, here's one such.

Well, its cheesy the story on OBL and 911 and KSM. KSM is nobody but a small actor in the vast plot..if he was that important, he would not have been caught. He was certainly caught for the purpose of spilling the beans of a supposed OBL plot on 911, plot that resides only in the minds of those who believe in UFO's etc...

No shock that this is William Arkin's place at work. The DU was full of this kind of comment as well, at the time.

I call b.s. -- who, "for just as long as we've held" KSM, has said he was a small fish?

As an aside, since his offering now, mirrors almost exactly what he admitted under duress, what does that say to the claims of tourture not being effective, hmmmmmm?

Aha! And I bet that he said his name was Khalid, didn't he? Torture works!!!

We’ve presumed from nearly the beginning that KSM was a/the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. We now have ever-so-slightly more evidence in that direction.

Well, yes and no... depends on who 'we' encompasses.

Mind you, James... this is off the cuff, here.

The left has, for just as long as we've held the goon, been suggesting he was a small fish and complaining we'd not captured BinLaden yet.... because, said they, we're not safe until OBL is caught, supposedly. KSM's previous claims of responsiblity have been discounted by the left, who complained that his admissions were not worth spit because of the 'torture' he went through.

So along comes KSM, suggesting this time, it's a free will offering... which thus eliminates that 'he was tortuned' argument. They'll have no choice but to at least consider he's been telling the truth.

(As an aside, since his offering now, mirrors almost exactly what he admitted under duress, what does that say to the claims of tourture not being effective, hmmmmmm?)

If we take KSM at his word... (granted a tricky proposition, for reasons we've discussed) we see he's of greater import than BinLaden, if getting the guy responsible for 9/11 was the agenda.

We also find a little wake up call for the anti-war/anti-Bush crowd... whose backside kissing as I said before, doesn't exempt them from being slaughtered, if this guy and his followers have the chance.

From all of this, we come down to two points, which semi-conflict;

* We were safer all along.. at least in the short term, than many would have us think, given KSM's out of the picture, he being a bigger fish, in reality, than OBL....
...and...

* those who wish us to withdraw (nee, Cut and Run) from this fight, have had a bit of a wakeup call... which makes us safer in the long term... that wakeup call will (one would hope) lessen their stridency against our actions in Iraq and elsewhere... and that left, upon seeing how personal this was getting against their people,too, will finally to start cheering for OUR side, for once.

That last part alone will make us safer...maintaining the resolve to fight.

And what step would that be?

KSM has been in custody for four years. He still is.

We've presumed from nearly the beginning that KSM was a/the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. We now have ever-so-slightly more evidence in that direction.

What else did we gain from Saturday's "confession"?

That’s my definition for “good thing that happens in the War on Terror.” What’s yours?

You're talking about ultimate goals. This is about a major step in that direction.

Illustration:

In changing a flat tire, one does not have a rolling car when one has performed the steps of locating the jack, figuring out how to USE said jack, using it, getting the hubcaps off, the wheel loose, and then removed from the vehicle.

Those are merely a number of the steps needed to bring about the desired end....a rolling car.

Carter??? Why Carter?? Carter would happily surrender and wear a burka if necessary

Just so.
But apparently even that amount of lip/butt contact would not have availed him. Lesson there, ya think?