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maybe the guy is trying to position himself for a presidential run in a few years........
Okay, I'll admit I'm a product of public education, but if he is 21 or 22 (which seems to be the case if the Wikipedia article is correct and he was born in 1984), he'd sure have to wait a while until he's 35 which is the minimum age to be elected as President. Heck, he can't even be elected to the House of Representatives yet for a few years.
"One fraud deserves another"
In January 2004,Thomas Friedman wrote: "The real reason for this war — which was never stated — was to burst what I would call the 'terrorism bubble,' which had built up during the 1990s.
"This bubble was a dangerous fantasy, believed by way too many people in the Middle East. This bubble said that it was OK to plow airplanes into the World Trade Center, commit suicide in Israeli pizza parlors, praise people who do these things as 'martyrs' and donate money to them through religious charities.
"This bubble had to be burst, and the only way to do it was to go right into the heart of the Arab world and smash something -- to let everyone know that we, too, are ready to fight and die to preserve our open society. Yes, I know, it's not very diplomatic — it's not in the rule book — but everyone in the neighborhood got the message: Henceforth, you will be held accountable.
"Why Iraq, not Saudi Arabia or Pakistan? Because we could — period."