He's Baaaack
Just when many people were relegating Osama bin Laden to the 'vanished, presumed dead' dustbin of history he has reappeared on videotape just in time for our presidential election. Many people see his reappearance as a cause for fear, others anger. for me, it's more about vindication. Not in his actual reappearance, but in what he had to say. It's creepy, really creepy (fitting for this Halloween night entry) but the texts I have seen of this latest video suggest that my analysis of the meaning behind the 9/11 attacks is correct. Almost immediately after the attacks our so-called president denounced the acts as the work of crazed killers who hate freedom, and has never wavered from that stance. I have long contended that this simple-minded interpretation was both wrong and dangerous. My reasoning was that the reason for these attacks was not to destroy America, but to send us a message. More importantly, our refusal to accept these attacks as a message would be interpreted as a sign that something bigger must be done to get our attention.
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