Wrong, wrong, wrong

The real importance of Seymour Hersh's latest piece in the New Yorker is beginning to sink in. Hersh tells us that the Bush administration has essentially decided to take sides with the Sunnis in the Sunni-Shi'a conflict, and, since al-Qaeda is among the Sunni radicals, that means secretly siding with al-Qaeda to defeat the radical Shi'ites (particularly in Iran).

This, then, gives some perspective to VP Cheney's comments yesterday to Musharaff where he told the Pakistani leader that the Democrats might shut off aid to Pakistan if Musharaff doesn't crack down harder on the al-Qaeda camps on the Afghan border. It isn't the Bush administration that's forcing his hand, its the Democrats. In fact, the Bush administration endorsed Pakistan's truce with the tribal leaders who are allegedly sheltering bin Laden.

But, can anybody imagine anything more wrong-headed than siding with al-Qaeda? These guys have their heads stuffed up their wazoos.