1996 : (BIN LADEN RANT, LAUGHS AT AMERICAN IMPOTENCE ) "We say to the Defense Secretary [William Perry] that his talk can induce a grieving mother to laughter! . . . Where was this false courage of yours when the explosion in Beirut took place in 1983? . . . You [were] turned into scattered pits and pieces at that time; 241 mainly marine soldiers were killed. And where was this courage of yours when two explosions made you leave Aden in less than twenty-four hours! But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where—after vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post–Cold War leadership of the new world order—you moved tens of thousands of an international force, including twenty-eight thousand American soldiers, into Somalia. However, when tens of your soldiers were killed in minor battles and one American pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. . . . You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew. The extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear." 45
--------- Osama bin Laden 45. Declaration of War (II), available at http://msanews.mynet.net/MSANEWS/ 199610/19961013.10.html
We’re in deep doo-doo btt.