Yensid: Anything else?
Osama: That being said, those who say that al-Qaida has won against the administration in the White House or that the administration has lost in this war have not been precise, because when one scrutinizes the results, one cannot say that al-Qaida is the sole factor in achieving those spectacular gains.
Rather, the policy of the White House that demands the opening of war fronts to keep busy their various corporations - whether they be working in the field of arms or oil or reconstruction - has helped al-Qaida to achieve these enormous results.
And so it has appeared to some analysts and diplomats that the White House and us are playing as one team towards the economic goals of the United States, even if the intentions differ.
Yensid: Do you feel that your cost is worth your recent successes? Osama: And it was to these sorts of notions and their like that the British diplomat and others were referring in their lectures at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. [When they pointed out that] for example, al-Qaida spent $500,000 on the event, while America, in the incident and its aftermath, lost - according to the lowest estimate - more than $500 billion.
Meaning that every dollar of al-Qaida defeated a million dollars by the permission of Allah, besides the loss of a huge number of jobs.
As for the size of the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers estimated to total more than a trillion dollars.
And even more dangerous and bitter for America is that the mujahidin recently forced Bush to resort to emergency funds to continue the fight in Afghanistan and Iraq, which is evidence of the success of the bleed-until-bankruptcy plan - with Allah's permission.
It is true that this shows that al-Qaida has gained, but on the other hand, it shows that the Bush administration has also gained, something of which anyone who looks at the size of the contracts acquired by the shady Bush administration-linked mega-corporations, like Halliburton and its kind, will be convinced. And it all shows that the real loser is ... you.
Yensid: Did you just call me a loser you crippled cave dweller?
Article comments
1 - Patriot
It is likely that bin Laden agrees with George Washington on how the United States should conduct itself:
In his farewell address, George Washington, a man who rejected being king, admonished the country to avoid foreign entanglements. He told us to avoid "foreign influence and corruption". Washington described this "foreign influence and corruption", as, "foreign alliances, attachments, and intrigues [which] would stimulate and embitter... and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty, ... and [which] open the door to influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions..."
Many democracies in the world follow Washington's advice. We don't.
2 - Lono
bold piece, well done!
3 - Natalie Davis
Indeed, thanks, although I expected the ubiquitous tag that David Letterman affixes to the end of each Osama bin Laden oration; "Death to America."
Though I hope he is not killed, I pray that this terrorist and murderer is and brought to justice soon.
Most fascinating piece.