Killing OBL in 2002 would have made his a glorous hero in the eyes of alieniated Moslems... It is that which you fail to understand, Radical Islam is a movement with multiple leaders who are replacable... OBL is but one leader in Radical Islam...
On Sep 11, 11:55 am, VT Sean Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about kill OBL, demoralize and then defeat AQ? > > On Sep 11, 10:21 am, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But many will demand OBL death rather than defeating AQ > > >http://townhall.com/columnists/AustinBay/2008/09/10/bin_ladens_slow_r... > > > >>> On Oct. 1, 2006, StrategyPage.com argued that "dead Iraqis were > > >>> killing al-Qaida. ... Westerners, unless they observe Arab media > > >>> closely, and have contacts inside the Arab world, will not have noted > > >>> this sharp drop in al-Qaida's fortunes." > > > Al-Qaida's malignant message still dupes some young Muslim men. > > Nineteenth and early 20th century militant anarchist tracts still > > appeal to violent killers like the Unabomber. Rock music critics and > > late-night TV cable talk show hosts toy with anarchist tropes. > > > Bin Laden still has "gangsta" appeal, but mere survival was not his > > goal. > > > If bin Laden had been killed in Afghanistan in 2001, the United States > > would be combating a myth and a legend. Instead of caliphate, bin > > Laden has produced his own catastrophe. The bin Laden icon is > > seriously fractured, if not quite shattered. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
