I would hate to be Bush right now… Osama is claiming that there have been no attacks on US soil due to al-Qaida needing time to prepare such attack. Supposedly there is such an attack being prepared. He is also claiming that he will offer a truce in regards to the rebuilding of Iraq and Afghanistan.
I see two sides to this. We ignore the truce request, and say ’screw you terrorist.’ We continue to fight insurgents in another country and prepare for an attack here in the US. I dont see where or how this route helps or resolves anything.
On the other hand, we can believe this terrorist. We can say yes to his truce and believe that maybe there is some good in him, since he is claiming to be doing Gods bidding. Somehow the terms to the truce are met and we help rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan which is what I thought our plan was anyways. Then we risk being lied to. Maybe even having another group claim to be al-Qaida and go against what our truce agreement was causing another conflict. Maybe al-Qaida just wants us to bring our guard down? I see an potential route to success here… but looking to the past, I dont see it being resolved.
I will now flex my defeatist party attitude and say that we are screwed either way. But when we are screwed, everyone else feels the effects three fold.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan quickly dismissed the truce offer saying: “We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business”.
The most immediate political effect of Osamas message will probably be a boost in support for President George W Bush who has been under intense pressure in recent weeks, accused of trampling on civil liberties in pursuit of terror suspects.
His defence has been that America is a nation at war.
So Bin Laden’s latest threats to launch new attacks on the US will only serve to underline this argument. The way I see it, there is no eveidence to suggest you will get more or less threats of Attack outside the Gulf region if Forces are pulled out of Iraq as the route of terrorism is more an ideological one than political one for Osamas lot.
i say don’t trust him !!!!!!
I second that
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