OBL, Pundit

The Guardian has, rather oddly, placed the ruminations of a noted Middle Eastern engineer (presently thought to be residing along the Afghan-Pakistani border) on its Comment page.

Now you know what it takes to be published in the London paper.

Comments

[Stephen Fetchet]

Tomorrow in the Guardian: How to Resist U.S. Imperialism and Meddling, with special guest columnist Adolph Hitler.

And coming next week: Fighting Democratic Capitalism the Right (Left) Way ? a three part series by V. Illych, L. Trotsky, and J. Stalin.

[rst]

From a guy who wants to occupy America and Israel with Islamic rule, I wonder how badly we're supposed to feel that he thinks we're coming after his religion.

God does not need your flattery of dictators.

Be untrusting of human beings who purport to know the needs or desires of God. Especially since the implication is that God does need the flattery of a man who hides in a cave sending others to die in suicide attacks specifically targeting innocents for no other reason than that they feel left out of S.A. politics.

[joe]

Always good to know your enemy. Al Qaeda is not an army, it's a movement. Accurate knowledge about that movement's goals and outlook should be disseminated as widely as possible.

Also it's worth reading OBL's description of Saddam Hussein.

Does this mean no more arrogant assertions that Bin Laden is a pancake in a collapsed cave?

[Todd Fletcher]

I'm actually cheered by the possibility that OBL is alive. That means we can kill him again.

[Osama bin Laden]

That's right, Joe. By Allah?s beard, periodic low quality audio tapes prove my continued existence, just as the haunting smell of peanut butter and bacon sandwiches in my bathroom proves that Elvis isn?t dead, either.

Now will you stop doubting me?

[rst]

That means we can kill him again.

I hope he and his live out every remaining day of their lives in utter contempt and frustration. I hope they linger into geriatrically superlative ages, unable make it to the bathroom on time let alone lift a Kalashnikov. I hope they live to see that ultimate failure is all they will take to their graves, and when that light at the end of the tunnel fades away with conscious thought close behind, they will know that their lives were completely wasted on a silly superstition.

Why make a martyr when a living testament to failure is a much more effective weapon?

[Ruthless]

We can't negotiate with terrorists, but admit Osama's demands are modest.
They've always been modest.
It's a fine mess the Bush father and son have got us into.
Oil is oil, whether it's pumped by a Muslim or a Christian or a Democrat.

[fyodor]

"The occupation of Iraq is a link in the Zionist-crusader chain of evil. Then comes the full occupation of the rest of the Gulf states"

The potential for this belief to become a self-fullfilling prophecy makes me very sad...

[travis]

its nice to see what he has to say at lenght and not just in 15 sec. sound bites filtered through cnn

[Jack]

I'm not sure what Michael Young finds odd about that. For years, the Denver Post used to give Ellen "9/11 happened because the Supreme Court banned prayer in schools" Makkai a weekly column to rant in. Whoever wrote this piece seems at least as lucid as her.

[fyodor]

Jack, yeah I remember Ellen Makkai. Warned parents that Harry Potter was a tool of the Devil. Pokemon too, though she admitted she had to struggle to ignore how cute all the little Pokemons were.

[Mark Borok]

Can we have a "talk like Osama bin Laden" day?

[Ranald]

Osama's blurb reminds me of Idi Amin Dada's regular contributions to Punch magazine. (He was much funnier in print than in person.)

[DFH]

One Sunni world government under Sharia law. All non-Muslims paying head-tax or being executed. Muslim's being executed for choosing to leave the Muslim religion. Women as posessions. Free speech a capital offense.

Ruthless, you have an interesting view of reasonable.

[AJMB]

Next thing you know Dan Rather will be interviewing the bastard. That is, if CBS ponies up enough cash. Still, know thy enemy seems to apply here. After all, what better way to prove to Muslims and Christians alike (Jews too) what a raving psychotic this prick is?

[Phil]

Does this mean no more arrogant assertions that Bin Laden is a pancake in a collapsed cave?

If I'm ever accused of a crime, I want you on my defense team. You're apparently easily convinced of things, such as that an audiotape and transcript of same in a London newspaper constitutes solid proof of someone's continued existence. Hell, that screed could have been written just as convincingly by anyone at one of the more intelligent left-leaning blogs.

Is it really that unlikely that Al Qaeda might have a Handycam or two lying around? Just to, you know, prove it? I'm obviously not in a position to judge the CIA's assessment of the tape, but if I'd so the continued absence of either a photograph or video footage showing Osama bin Laden definitively alive on a recent date is the most significant argument against his being alive.

[joe]

Phil, the government has confirmed the voice as OBL. And the tape mentions the occupation of Iraq.

[Sir Real]

I'm not really sure what Michael Youngs point is in referring this- that we should let American Media filter information for us? That OBL's words will warp our fragile little minds and turn us into terrorists? Or is he just resorting to lazy Guardian bashing?

I mean, the Guardian is easy to bash, but this is one of the few principled things they done.

I happen to find the words of the focus of the largest manhunt in history to be important, even if he is a muderous terrorist fuck. So was Hitler, and you can get Mein Kampf at any library.

At least, I find the articulation of the philosphy we are fighting against more important than Mr. Youngs weekly columns..

[dhex]

maybe he's just taking a nap somewhere?

the funny thing is neither side wants him dead just yet. he's too valuable to both of them.

[Phil]

Phil, the government has confirmed the voice as OBL.

They did? Well, that settles it. The government is always right.

[dhex]

thankfully, OBL had come in to FBI headquarters in the early 90s to give a clean sample of his voice so they have something to compare it to.

[dhex]

probably about the same time they cloned him.

[Brittany Spears]

I think it's nice we get to hear his side of the story.

I don't agree with it, and the more I learn about Islam the stupier and more evil it appears to be, but it is nice to get both sides of the story.

[joe]

And as a planner, let me just say, "Fucking engineers, always ruining our cities!"

OK, fine, Atta had a planning degree.

[John Munro]

In answer to Sir Real. This is the same "Guardian" that published a leader article defending the BBC for suspending a talk show host(Robert Kilroy- Silk) for offending Arab opinion with a newspaper article while at the same time continuing to employ a literary critic(Tom Paulin)who called for the murder of Israeli Jews.
As far as the "Guardian" is concerned; if you call for the killing of Americans or Israelis you are part of the publishable mainstream but not if you annoy Arabs.