Hey Noam, did you catch that?

I don't doubt that Chomskyites will find a way to still maintain that the U.S. is the the cause of al-Qaeda (through our imperialism/hegemony/unfair economic practices/arrogance/poor manners/love of baseball/or whatever other theories they've come up with), and that if we didn't act the way we do, Osama and company would be peaceful lovers of all that is good in the world. Still, one would hope that the latest quote from al-Qaeda in Iraq under Zarqawi might make them start to wonder if maybe Arab fundamentalist really are the totalitarians that Paul Berman says there are:

In their latest announcement of January 24, Zarqawi announces that "We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy and those who follow this wrong ideology. Anyone who tries to help set up this system is part of it."

For the full article, click here (Too bad this kind of news can't make frontpage above-the-fold, instead of being hidden in the "International Section")

Incidentally, it's quite the world we live in when the terrorists in Iraq understand that America is fighting for democracy, and yet the disciples of Moveon.org and Indymedia still think we're fighting for oil...