In a New Video, Bin Laden Predicts U.S. Failure in Iraq
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 8, 2007; Page A01
Ending a nearly three-year absence from public view, a dark-bearded Osama bin Laden surfaced yesterday in a new video in which he repeatedly taunted the Bush administration but made no overt threats of renewed terrorist attacks...
"He is saying, 'I am still here, and we are still engaged in the war against the United States -- and we will widen the circle of the war,' " said Husain Haqqani, an expert on Islamic terrorist groups and the director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University. "The overall message is one of trying to bolster the morale of the al-Qaeda faithful and at the same time thumbing his nose at the United States."
In Sydney, President Bush told reporters: "The tape is a reminder about the dangerous world in which we live. And it is a reminder that we must work together to protect . . . against these extremists who murder the innocent in order to achieve their political objectives."
"I found it interesting that on the tape Iraq was mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is a part of this war against extremists," Bush continued. "If al-Qaeda bothers to mention Iraq, it is because they want to achieve their objectives in Iraq, which is to drive us out and to develop a safe haven."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090700279.html?wpisrc=newsletterLet's break this down:
Bin Laden predicts failure of U.S. in Iraq
Democrats who want to pull out of Iraq are endangering America
Anti-war demonstrators might has well stay home because they will only perpetuate the war
Now add in this:
Growing anti-war sentiment
Huge protests against Iraq war on 9/11
Petreus report next week, now appears dismal, fomenting further pressure to pull out
Housing bubble pop
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Stay the course! If you're not with us you're FOR the terrorists! Keep fighting in Iraq! You're a TRAITOR TERRORIST if you dare consider pulling out troops!
Does Bush = Bin Laden?
:shrug: