>On FreeRepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1118482/posts they
>have accused Bin Laden of beginning to sound like Moveon.org (or vice
>versa) in his truce statement. Well of course they're crazy but it is
>interesting how Bin Laden seems to be sending a message to the anti-war
>forces in Europe, i.e. the left. His rhetoric has shifted from talking
>about how Allah holds the sky up with invisible pillars and gives Muslims
>power, to how they desire peace but how some people are profiting from this
>(like Halliburton, which he explicity mentions), as well as a plea that
>"the honest people, intellectuals, activists and traders to form a
>permanent committee to raise people's awareness for the justice of our
>causes – on top of which comes Palestine."
and said:
>As my mother-in-law said shortly after 9/11, "can we just find out what
>they want and give it to them?"
Umm, granted, but he's still no friend of "ours", I think.
Holding "left" positions in the real world is tricky stuff, no?
Todd
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