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I didn't see this in the news, though I don't usually read the paper or watch TV news. It's a letter from Osama Bin Laden to America, and it comes from the British site The Observer. I don't know if it's legit, but it certainly is detailed. Believe it or not, Osama makes some valid points if you ignore the religious fundamentalism.
Such as:
Your policy on prohibiting and forcibly removing weapons of mass destruction to ensure world peace: it only applies to those countries which you do not permit to possess such weapons. As for the countries you consent to, such as Israel, then they are allowed to keep and use such weapons to defend their security. Anyone else who you suspect might be manufacturing or keeping these kinds of weapons, you call them criminals and you take military action against them.I guess that means we should get ready for another round of attacks. I'll have to stay indoors 24-7 rather than 23.5-7 like I do now. But wait, if I stay indoors, "the terrorists win". Therefore, I'll also have to go rollerskating in short-shorts and a gas mask...otherwise, "the terrorists win"...
Comments
By: dave on November 26, 2002 at 8:03 p.m.
can't we all just get along? If only we were all Buddhists...yeah. there's a thought -- let's have a holy war to convert all the heathens to buddhism, or kill them. that's the ticket.
By: . on November 26, 2002 at 12:46 p.m.
I would agree with you if Isreal killed 50,000 civillians with nerve gas over a four day period. But they have not (yet).
By: judy on November 29, 2002 at 8:12 p.m.
,, please read up on foreign policy before you open your big fat nationalist ignorant yap. anonymous posting is bad internet ettiquite (sorry about the spelling, but I don't feel like wasting time right now on the likes of you and I probably spell better overall. like you would notice.). it is in general too. only use it when it prevents physical fucking harm and not when you're merely a fucking coward.
dave, geez, does it really work that way?