On the Spread of Terrorism

Georgie Anne Geyer has written an alarming essay about "A Spreading Terrorism" that is published in today's Dallas Morning News. Here's a quote:

Two points grip you:

•The first is found in the words of French scholar Bernard Rougier, author of Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam Among Palestinians in Lebanon. "The main point is that these camps are no longer part of Palestinian society," he told The Washington Post . "They are only spaces -- now open to all of the influences running through the Muslim world."

•The second is that Iraq, where we were supposed to be "containing terrorism," is now clearly exporting insurgents to other regions -- to Lebanon, to Syria, to Gaza, to Bangladesh, to Kurdistan.

Unfortunately, the points that grip Geyer make no impression on President Bush. Here's his response to the same facts:

Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny."