[lit-ideas] Cronyism in al-Qaeda
- From: Scribe1865@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:50:30 EDT
In a message dated 4/16/2004 3:53:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
justinemandelbaum@xxxxxxxxx writes:
To have someone like Larry Gould serving in a position of public trust is a
cynical joke on the taxpayers and students of Kansas
It's also an endemic cynical joke played on people in almost all
organizations.
One imagines that cronyism occurs in al-Qaeda. World-class terrorists, with
more sophisticated knowledge of cryptography, explosives, foreign languages,
concealment techniques, etc., are probably routinely passed over for leadership
positions -- in favor of slavering morons who either have a better verbatim
memory of Qutb's writings or are related to some bigwheel al-Qaeda with
connections or plenty of baksheesh.
One possible explanation for the Shoebomber.
Eric
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