"jak163" wrote in message
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If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would say he does seem to serve
Bush's purposes much better on the loose than if he had been captured.
Capturing him would have given him only a temporary boost in the
polls:

http://img69.exs.cx/img69/7638/aprov...lert_chart.gif

But now he has him as a perpetual Emmanuel Goldstein to use for two
minutes hate at any notice. This distracts the floundering middle and
working classes while allowing him to cut taxes for the wealthy, hack
away at basic domestic services, and enrich a clique of businesses
with inside connections who contribute to his party and serve as a
Republican farm system,


Like you said, if you were a conspiracy theorist.