It is hard to imagine that a narcissistic psychopath such as Bin Laden could remain silent and not gloat. This man is either dead or so ill he cannot function.
To: shrinkermd
Wasn't he supposed to be releasing some new tape to taunt us with today??
To: shrinkermd
Considering the source of this article, it is the best thing I've read in weeks - their attitude has changed dramatically.
4 posted on
07/04/2002 6:53:47 PM PDT by
11B3
To: shrinkermd; aculeus; Orual; general_re
This is Arab News, and for the most part they got it right. I am going to lie down.
5 posted on
07/04/2002 6:54:06 PM PDT by
dighton
To: shrinkermd
It's hard to imagine an article like this being written in Suadi! The author is essentially criticizing a brand of Islam as totalitarian and distorted... the same brand Saudi follows and promotes.
To: shrinkermd
Agreed. The pathetic attempts at "proving" he's still alive by releasing old video's of him blathering about long-ago battles and campaigns is direct proof of the death of a man who wouldn't be able to keep his ugly mug off CNN, to taunt us that we haven't killed him yet.
7 posted on
07/04/2002 6:57:21 PM PDT by
ctonious
To: shrinkermd
A leaderless army is aimnless. If he still was alive it would be hard to believe he wouldn't be out there trying to give the rest of Al Qaeda hope.
Perhaps he is playing possum for some reason but I doubt it. Ding dong, the witch is (most likely) dead, good riddance.
To: shrinkermd
Marked for later read...
9 posted on
07/04/2002 6:59:05 PM PDT by
ez2muz
To: shrinkermd
Very good article. Thanks for posting it. One swallow does not make a summer, however.
When the time comes that one can read several consecutive sane, well thought-out articles written by Arabs, articles without the obvious lies and stupidity that usually fill anything that comes from that part of the world, then perhaps there might be some hope that they will join the human race. Not holding my breath.
11 posted on
07/04/2002 7:07:57 PM PDT by
wife-mom
To: shrinkermd
The fifth element that made Bin Ladenism possible was the Wests, especially Americas, perceived weakness if not actual cowardice. A joke going round the militant Islamist circles until last year was that the only thing the Americans would do if attacked was to sue the attackers in court. Ladies and gentlemen, behold the legacy of William Jefferson Clinton.
To: shrinkermd
Are you sure this wasn't an article by a conservative commentator? I'm a little dumbfounded 1) That someone from the Middle East wrote this and 2) That his editors let him print it. Wow.
To: shrinkermd
But the truth is that Osama Bin Laden is dead. This should be especially distressing news to Tom Daschle and Al Gore.
By the way how many times lately has Bush or Rumsfeld actually mentioned Osama by name?
To: shrinkermd
A very impressive find - I hope its author doesn't suffer for having written it. Thanks for the post.
The fifth element that made Bin Ladenism possible was the Wests, especially Americas, perceived weakness if not actual cowardice.
Yep, Hitler thought so too. To the bullies we appear weak and irresolute; to the weak and irresolute - certain media figures come to mind here - we appear to be bullies. If we listen to and act on propaganda we'll be making the same mistake they are.
To: shrinkermd
Osama bin Laden is dead.
I know because God told me so.
I even know how he died. He died in his bed, pissing blood, alone, in darkness (I think it was night).
Maelstrom
To: shrinkermd
Yet there are a large number of people -- including freepers -- who
still think these losers are ten-feet-tall, bulletproof, and capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound.
Bin Laden has been marginalized to insignificance, his organization has been reduced to using misfits like Padilla and the shoe bomber because they have clean passports, and much of the public believes we are losing the war.
Go figure.
To: shrinkermd; Billthedrill; dighton; Alamo-Girl; Aggie Mama; BlackVeil; general_re; Stultis; ...
This piece, by leftist academic and Islamist scholar Giles Keppel, also says it's over for radical Islam, and that 9-11 tolled the death knell.
The "pious middle class" that Keppel refers to has voted by its silence. Bin Ladenism (with or without Bin Laden) has demonstrated only weakness since 9-11. These kinds of sentiments are cropping up more and more on the left, and it might be that they augur something significant.
I was going to post Keppel's article yesterday, but I have heard that the source site, opendemocracy.com, is a little touchy about that. It's an interesting read, though, if any of you are so inclined.
42 posted on
07/22/2002 6:40:06 PM PDT by
beckett
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