Saddam - bin Laden
* Or Here Comes Osama Claus

On 9/11/2001 after the planes hit the twin towers and the damage was done, the Bush administration ordered all planes grounded except one peculiar one, the plane carrying the members of the bin Laden family out of the US to safety far from these stricken shores.

Later, the US goes after Osama and his terrorist organization by sweeping over Afghanistan and bombing the Taliban and their children. Osama bin Laden they let escape.

Then instead of finishing the job, they determine to attack Iraq preemptively and depose Saddam Hussein who had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks and was no particular threat to the USA.

So now they have Saddam, occupy Iraq, and have tentative control of its oil. But, that won't do them much good if Osama bin Laden and his followers are not prevented from acquiring the nuclear weapons currently in Pakistan.

And so, for Christmas this year you get continued cheap prices for oil and a terrorist threat at high alert.

Merry Christmas.