Well, Osama bin Laden is back, and with a new video tape. It has been three years since we have seen him, and nearly a year since we have heard from him.
However, this is not the bin Laden of 2004. In this new video there are no overt threats, no "death to America"s, nothing. The message is more of a moral appeal to the American people. bin Laden attempts to persuade Americans to convert to Islam, for it will enhance their lives and, as bin Laden wisely points out, you do not pay taxes in Islam! Why wouldn't Americans be for that, eh?
most of the 25-minutes tape seems to be rambling. He blames the US for global warming, talks about the housing crisis in the US, and about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is where bin Laden becomes the most focused. He speaks about how America ellected the Democrats into the congress to stop the war, and yet they have done nothing.
He then, however, goes on a lengthy rant about the Vietnam war and the Kennedy assasination.
Calling his message, "The Solution," bin Laden offers only two solutions: either al Queda becomes more agressive in their attacks, or the US pulls all of it's forces from the region.
The video is fairly recent, as bin Laden name drops newly-ellected French President Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Brown, and author Michael Schuer. This is troubling, as it shows that neither age, living conditions, or the US military have succeeded in killing bin Laden. Although, this latest message, I believe, shows one thing: al-Queda is loosing some of its donimance. The US government somehow gained access to the tape before even the extremist websites, causing al-Queda to shut them down to find the leak. Let us hope there actually is a mole in al-Queda, for it might bring us closer to victory.
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