Taranto: Best of the Web Today: Dead Man Talking (Bin Laden using Dem talking points?)

WSJ Opinion Journal ^ | April 15, 2004 | James Taranto

[QQQQQ]

"It is in the interest of both parties not to give a chance to those who shed the blood of nations for their limited personal interest and obedience to the gang of the White House.

This war earns millions of dollars for big companies, whether those who manufacture weapons or those involved in reconstruction, such as Halliburton and its sisters and daughters. . . . Rational people do not risk their security, money and sons to appease the White House liar. "

[QQQQQ]

If you read the quotes they really do sound just the kind of thing the Dems would say. Are the Dems sending Bin Laden their talking points?

[eureka!]

Very interesting. The bad guys picked up on the "Vietnam" mantra by the Rats. I hope Rush, Sean et al. gets on this thing...

[Ruth A.]

Not your typical OBL fodder. Is G. Soros underwriting, developing and filming these tapes now?

[thoughtomator]

Or is it the other way around?

[QQQQQ]

Actually, I found the news item, which may have given Al Qaeda the idea. Couple this with the way Spain rolled over.

Mo Mowlam: Time to talk to al-Qaeda
By Tom Wilkinson in London
April 10, 2004

The former cabinet minister Mo Mowlam has called on the British and US governments to open talks with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda around a negotiating table.

The former Northern Ireland Secretary said that by carrying out military campaigns in the Middle East, Britain and the US were acting as a "recruitment officer for the terrorists".

In a TV interview to be broadcast on Easter Sunday, she described the current hard-line approach to the "war on terror" as "completely counter-productive".

Ms Mowlam said Britain and America must open a dialogue with their enemies.

Asked if she could imagine "al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden arriving at the negotiating table", she replied: "You have to do that. If you do not you condemn large parts of the world to war forever."

[eureka!]

Interesting. Here's another take from an article posted about 6 to 10 articles below yours titled "End of the beginning of the [WOT]":

"Then there is the purported offer from Osama bin Laden of an extraordinary “truce“ to European countries. Presumably this crude attempt to swing European public opinion against US policy was inspired by the Spanish election victory of Jose Zapatero, who has now, interestingly, modified his stance on Spanish forces in Iraq, saying that they could remain under the umbrella of “any“ multinational organisation. More important than the absurd truce offer, which has been unanimously rejected by European leaders, is the change of tone. Rather than a nihilistic rant about worshipping death, bin Laden is talking the language of mediation. Terrorist leaders traditionally resort to this either when they have lost control of their own forces, or when they believe that they are losing."

Personally, I think it was an attempt to disrupt the coalition of the willing and, as shown by our allies, ain't gonna fly...

[BB2]

Maybe this means the noose is getting too tight.

I don't doubt that the area of "freedom" he is in (if alive at all) is getting pretty small by now, and the excape routes are being cut of more and more.

[wattsup]

MoveOn.org should be very proud of themselves. (extremely facetious)

[WinOne4TheGipper]

It's clear "Skinner" is OBL using the useful idiots.</doing my part to destroy DU>

[Reactionary]

Perhaps the Islamic fascists understand that the war against liberal democracy requires an alliance with the socialists of the Left. Socialists of Right and Left formed such an alliance prior to World War II, in their destruction of the Weimar Republic in Germany, after all, so such an alliance is certainly possible.

You have to admit that Islamic fascists and Leftists view the problems of the Third World in almost identical terms. They say that Islamic fascism is a necessary reaction to "American imperialism" or to the exploitation of the Third World by capitalists. The backwardness of Arab countries is the result of outside unfluences, economic and cultural.

Western democracies, however, are never subject to the same standard. The are to be judged on a moral basis. Islamic terrorists and so-called "liberals" certainly share both typically socialist views.

[Ethyl]

MoveOn.org should be very proud of themselves. (extremely facetious)

Also john kerry and his fat slug teddy kennedy.

[Steven W.]

yes, they are all doing their utmost & the same kinds of sentiments were expressed by Al Sadr and other enemies of US and resulting in US troop deaths.

[Gritty]

Tame stuff.

The Democrat talking points are nastier.

During the Democrat Debates, bin Laden would have stood on stage just ideologically to the left of Lieberman. In the Senate, he would be in the right-middle of the Democrat pack.

[McGavin999]

I'll tell you what I think. I think these tapes are being produced digitally by the terrorists. I still think Bin Laden is dead, dead, dead.

[spycatcher]

Here's what's going on with the new terrorist-leftist merger:

IRAN'S TERRORIST JAMBOREE AND THE NEW PARADIGM

[spycatcher]

More here:

AL QAEDA'S BRILLIANT GAMBIT

[LibLieSlayer]

To: Terry McAuliffe
DNC Headquarters
PRIVATE: Eyes only

Dear Terry,

We here at the FBI, couldn't help but notice that UBL's latest tape was quoting your current "talking point" blastfax. If you don't mind, would you please forward his current fax number to my private email? We would like to back-trace it, as we have a small "peace offering" to deliver to him. As we do not possess his current location in our database, any assistance would be appreciated.

Regards,
Director of the FBI

[nothingnew]

I tend to agree...where's his ugly face on video?

FMCDH

[FLCowboy,]

If you read the quotes they really do sound just the kind of thing the Dems would say. Are the Dems sending Bin Laden their talking points?

You discern a difference between the two?

[FairOpinion]

A bin Laden truce offer to the US, if Kerry becomes president is coming any day now.