G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Al Qaeda seems to be their most vocal when things are NOT going well for > them....but when they are quiet, that's usually a bad sign.
Very good question ... this is parallel to my supposition that Obama's greatest strength (to this issue) is his skin color and his name. If you consider events from, say, a Egyptian's perspective (something, granted, tough for a westerner to do), here's how things would look to me: * AQ says the problems with my country (poverty, etc) are because the west (the US specifically) is keeping me down. - This makes sense with George Bush in power: he's the son an oil man and great friends with the Saudi kings not to mention the US taxpayer is directly supporting the dictator that runs my country. The US, and the Bush's, want my country's oil to keep them rich and to do that they're keeping this dictator rich and in power. Bastards! - With Obama, the US takes on a much more "I can relate to him" presence. Obama looks like me and has a name like me. He's not a rich oil guy, in fact his grandparents live close by. Yes the US is greedy and wants out oil, and yes they support my dictator, but maybe this isn't the grand conspiracy I had thought. maybe if I expelled this dictator i could sell Obama our oil ... In this second speculation, the AQ message is diluted and even contradicted. Further, in that scenario I wouldn't want to attack the US as I want their dollars. Sure I'd still pity them and their meaningless lives, ** but maybe the problem is better dealt with by attacking my dictator at home rather than his backers abroad ** My hope is that I'm right and that therefore where AQ is, is lost in this new realization powered by Facebook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:335845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
