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| Bin Laden Gave Up on Jihad |
| 2012-02-12 |
| According to family members, by the end of his life Osama bin Laden was telling his family to “Go to Europe and America and get a good education.” I guess that explains why we finally realized we knew where he was and went and killed him. Or maybe why the Paks let us. But what about the obligation to take up the cause of jihad and violence and crush the evil doers in the West? Never mind about all that, Osama supposedly told his children and grandchildren. “Do not follow me down the road to jihad,” he said. “You have to study and live in peace and don’t do what I am doing or what I have done.” His kids should have no trouble following his advice to study in America, by the way. Just think of the essays they will be able to write on their college applications. Some pieces self-snark. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #8 Go to America and study, THEN JIHAD THERE. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-02-12 23:19 |
| #7 It be hard to take the road to JIHAD when the SEALS are gunning for you EVERYWHERE. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-02-12 21:47 |
| #6 What sayeth AYMAN + MULLAH OMAR, etal. to this??? And even iff presum that this Artic is true, why OBL to have + raise a Son to be the "CROWN PRINCE OF TERROR", i.e. as his Successor to AQ Chieftaincy. Also, where one Sonny-boy is, IMO Osama prob had several others to follow + support in Jihad. AYMAN + OMAR, ETAL. WHAT SAY YOU??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-02-12 19:24 |
| #5 Hope he's enjoying his time in Hell anyway, ZF. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-12 18:53 |
| #4 I'm not surprised. Bin Laden hoped he was the Hand of God, and speculated (while speaking in the tones of someone certain of this - what John Keegan call the Mask of Command) that Uncle Sam was the Great Satan and God would help him strike down the Great Satan. When no help from God materialized and men who had believed in bin Laden died in the tens of thousands, he realized that he had been wrong and wrong in a big way. If he did indeed say these words to his children, I'm guessing that his foundational beliefs including his belief in his mission, and perhaps in Islam, had been shaken to the core. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-02-12 18:39 |
| #3 He's dead, Jim. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2012-02-12 16:45 |
| #2 Methinks OBL gave up on everything. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-02-12 14:24 |
| #1 A liberal-left version of "too good to check..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2012-02-12 13:32 |