Ok, I know some of you will be mad at me for that title, but read the whole article, because I'm not sure if I know what Osama is attempting to do. Most of his comments were lifted from the script of Michael Moore's movie 'Farinheit 9/11'.
I think that Osama is saying that he's 'voting' for Kerry, but why? (and obviously Osama cannot actually vote in the US) Here are some of Osama's statements from the video, and my response:
'Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands. Any state that does not mess with our security has naturally guaranteed its own security' Tenley's subtitle: Please leave Iraq or we will attack again. Basically 9/11 was our fault because we threatened their security? (Of course Bin Laden claims that it was our handling of the Israeli-Palestian conflict that caused the attacks and they only did it to show us how we could improve our security.... oh, riiiight) Does he think we don't remember what order things happened in?
He said Bush spent precious time "listening to a child discuss her goat," a reference to the minutes after Bush learned of the first attack and continued to sit in a Florida classroom listening to children read. "This had given us three times the time needed to carry out the operations." Oh yeah, because we totally knew there was a terror attack when the first plane crashed into the Trade Center so the fact they didn't ground all planes right then means we gave them all sorts of time. By the time we realized we were under attack the second plane had already crashed and how fast the president responded wouldn't influence the outcome at all, in my opinion.
There's a lot of debate on whether this will affect the way we will vote. Republicans think it helps Bush because it's trying to help Kerry. But don't you think Osama would be smart enough to think of this? So really the question is: Does he say he wants us to vote for Kerry because he really wants us to vote for Bush or does he say he wants us to vote for Kerry because he wants us to actually vote for Kerry? Granted Osama never actually says he wants us to vote for either candidate, but by spouting left wing propaganda (instead of right wing propaganda) he is subtling suggesting a candidate.
Here and here are some articles for you. Discuss!!
Posted by 10lees at October 30, 2004 10:13 AM