Posted on 07/19/2008 8:14:33 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
IF you think the US markets have problems, look at the value of al Qaeda shares throughout the Muslim world: A high-flying political equity just a few years ago, its stock has tanked. It made the wrong strategic investments and squandered its moral capital.
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Osama bin Laden was the darling of the Arab street, seen as the most successful Muslim in centuries. The Saudi royal family paid him protection money, while individual princes handed over cash willingly: Al Qaeda seemed like the greatest thing since the right to abuse multiple wives.
Osama appeared on T-shirts and his taped utterances were awaited with fervent excitement. Recruits flocked to al Qaeda not because of "American aggression," but because, after countless failures, it looked like the Arabs had finally produced a winner.
What a difference a war makes.
Yes, al Qaeda had little or no connection to Saddam Hussein's Iraq - but the terrorists chose to declare that country the main front in their struggle with the Great Satan. Bad investment: Their behavior there was so breathtakingly brutal that they alienated their fellow Muslims in record time.
Fighting enthusiastically beside the once-hated Americans, Iraq's Sunni Muslims turned on the terrorists with a vengeance. Al Qaeda's response? It kept on butchering innocent Muslims, Sunni and Shia alike. Iraq exposed al Qaeda as a fraud.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I'm sorry, what "moral capital" can a group of murdering barbarians have? Attila the Hun had more moral clout than al-Qaida. His was admittedly a campaign of conquest; he didn't hide his butchery behind a lot of pretentious rhetoric about "Allah."
Question: Where are the parts of the aircraft at in that photo?
looooong predicted here
Looks like the Bush Adminsitration sold short . . .while the libs were selling the Administration short.
buatruther?
Last polls I saw indicated that the Islamic world still consider terrorism as a valid tactic as the belief is that we’re weak and no longer have a belief system we feel is worth defending.
Inside the building.
...we’re weak and no longer have a belief system we feel is worth defending...
LISTENING TO DEMOCRATS AGAIN....LOSERS.
They would be seen in a few more frames. It takes time to have debris start flying. It isn’t exactly on impact. The plane had to break up while going through. You don’t even see debris from the building at this point.
LISTENING TO DEMOCRATS AGAIN....LOSERS.
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My post said the Islamic world believed that.
WEll, I’m guessing at 700 mph straight into the ground, there isn’t very much. There were no bodies taken away from the site.
350 mph. Driven into the walls of the pentagon and incinerated.
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pentagon.asp
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