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| bin Laden looks for an exit strategy | ||
| 2007-09-11 | ||
| Steve Schwartz. Excerpt: These snippets in the OBL tape were obviously trolled from the internet and thrown together with "clever" gimmicks like the call for Americans to embrace Islam, plus jabs about taxes and the inefficacy of the Democrats. The old and aggressive Islamic idiom found in Bin Laden's discourse is missing. So is the fire. The tone is that of exhaustion, not exhilaration in jihad. I believe, six years after 9/11, that Al-Qaida is losing badly in Iraq, and while George W. Bush perseveres with the promise he made to fulfill America's democratic legacy, Bin Laden is looking for an exit strategy. The Western mainstream media has it backwards; we are winning, the enemy is losing, the war was inevitable and honorable. And the innocents killed on 9/11 will be fully redeemed.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #10 The man I know from the anti-Soviet Afghan War will fight to the end - there is no broad/general exit strategy, nor intent for one, for Osama except Islamist victory or his death. Likely more Correct to say or argue that, with Radical Islam losing the GWOT at the moment, that the Islamists intend to buy time to rebuild by "pushing" for geopol confusion and multi-polar/later mil confrontation among the great powers.* RADICAL MULLAHS > REGIONAL-GLOBAL WARFARE AND MUTUAL DESTRUCTION IS TO ISLAM'S = ISLAMISM'S ADVANTAGE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-11 21:53 |
| #9 I am conflicted between the following exit strategies for Binny.. 1) Drawing and Quartering with slow oxen 2) Keelhauling in chummed waters until eaten 3) dipped in honey and wrapped in wet leather then placed in the Kalahari desert next to an anthill. 4) placed in the polar bear exhibit at some zoo. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-09-11 19:36 |
| #8 plus jabs about taxes ... Looking at the standard of living of the average muslim country vs. that of infidel taxpayers, I'd rather pay taxes. That way I get roads and stuff like that. ... and the inefficacy of the Democrats Hey, even Hitler wasn't all bad, but he still had to go. But that doesn't mean he has to go right away . . . :-) And last but not least: My idea for taking care of him would be to give him a sex change operation and an enormous set of hooters and release him back into Taliban society. At 6'5" he ought to get all kinds of unwanted attention. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-09-11 17:44 |
| #7 My hunch is the audio is probably Bin Laden, that someone wrote it for him because he hoped the American would be better tuned to influencing the US public. I believe the video is an old one, and it freezes just as he talks about modern stuff so that the audio doesn't have to sync and we don't ahve to see the damaged old thing that is Bin Laden these days because it would hurt Jihadi morale. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-09-11 16:29 |
| #6 #1 There is only 1 exit strategy for that guy. #2 Yep, Boss. The trapdoor on the gallows. Nope, too quick and painless. I'm thinking something out of a scene from Braveheart, i.e., public disembowelment, would be much more appropriate. Since he's not an American, the "cruel and unusual punishments" prohibition doesn't apply. But that's just me. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-09-11 15:51 |
| #5 He died years ago. They're cutting and pasting bits to make new tapes. And hanging is too good for jihadis. The execution should be bacon enhanced flamethrowers. Mmmmm, bacon. [drool] |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2007-09-11 14:40 |
| #4 I believe the speech was a fake. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-09-11 13:31 |
| #3 I agree with the theory that Adam Gadahn wrote the speech. Of all the lefties in the world who would love to hang with Binny, he chooses an ex goatherd. That's a skill set he understands. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2007-09-11 12:14 |
| #2 Yep, Boss. The trapdoor on the gallows. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-09-11 11:51 |
| #1 There is only 1 exit strategy for that guy. |
| Posted by: Boss Craising2882 2007-09-11 11:24 |