So many parallels

The French army wanted to believe they were drawing the line against international communism. Paris thought all the weapons and money was coming from Cairo. In fact, the Algerians were nationalists first. They had little but rhetorical support from the blowhard Nasser until after Suez and Third World anti-imperialism forced his hand. Meanwhile, Moscow and Beijing were Johnny-come-lately as well, but I suppose you get what you wish for.

Bush needs to claim that “al-Qaida in Iraq” is the main enemy in Iraq, and that it’s the same as the al-Qaida who attacked the U.S. He’s wrong on both accounts, but I assume he thinks we’ll fall for if he keeps repeating it enough.