That’s a fair summary. I wish that we could get the ABB voters to see it that way. But maybe there is hope. People can’t rely on rationalizations to protect their beliefs forever. When Walter Cronkite says the video is a hoax cooked up by Karl Rove, I have to think he’s desperately fighting off cognitive dissonance. I think that in the worst case 4 years of Kerry will cure a lot of delusions. I just hope we don’t have to pay that price. Weíll find out soon enough.

Is ObL outsourcing his speechwriting to offshore hacks at the Democratic Underground chatboards?

As Osama once said, “When the people see a strong horse and a weak horse, they will back the strong horse.” This nag’s gone in the teeth, ready for the glue factory.

Macker, just saw where Ohio is breaking for Bush as of today. Is Ohio All-American Gipper enough for you?

REAGAN.

Let’s win this one for the Gipper!

“And of course a message aimed at the American electorate parrots the American left. We are dealing with skilled propagandists here.”

I’m not an American voter,but bin Laden’s speech reads as if he had co-opted a Democrat to write it,from the comments here and elsewhere it is obvious that those who are going to vote for Bush have seen through the talking points and, if anything, are completely put off by the content.

Since bin Laden has not been able to pull any “spectacular” off recently,whilst younger and more enthusiastic murderers are making headlines,I go with the hypothesis that this is his bid to make a comeback.Pity he got Terry Macauliff to write the sript.

He may be trying to influence the US elections but he is also using them to put himself back in the spotlight.More should be made of the symbiotic relationship between Kerry and bin Laden,remarkable how close their world view is.

“to the American people”

“truce with Europe”

Someday I’ll remember to use preview.

OBLís November 2002 message ìto the American peopleî was a mixture of far-right Muslim grievances and third-world Leftist cant. This shows that the intended audience was international. He was trying to create international opposition to American foreign policy.

His April 2004 ìtruce with Europeî message was full of references to corporate conspiracies and the ìZionist lobbyî guaranteed to resonate with the European left. He was trying to create internal resistance to European foreign policy.

And of course a message aimed at the American electorate parrots the American left. We are dealing with skilled propagandists here.

couldn’t the 2500 “Muslim intellectuals from 23 countries” have called for an international treaty banning the use of Islam for incitement to violence?

it’s called keeping your own house in order

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I guess you can tell I just don’t care anymore. I’ve already voted. Oh when, when, when will this election be over so our President can go back to work?