The failure of terrorism as a strategy
Desperation is on display in the latest al Qaeda tapes.
"...Let us examine the latest episode in the al Qaeda audio and videotapes saga. Earlier this month, al Jazeera received an audiotape purported to contain a message from Ayman Al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian fugitive regarded as Osama bin Laden's second in command. There is no evidence that the tape was made by Zawahiri, or even that the Egyptian is still alive.
"Let us suppose the tape is genuine. So what? If alive, Zawahiri is hiding in some sewer, presumably in Pakistan, like a rat. The message shows that whoever wrote it is in a state of psychological and moral disarray. It reveals neither strategy, nor method, only desperation."
Desperation is on display in the latest al Qaeda tapes.
"...Let us examine the latest episode in the al Qaeda audio and videotapes saga. Earlier this month, al Jazeera received an audiotape purported to contain a message from Ayman Al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian fugitive regarded as Osama bin Laden's second in command. There is no evidence that the tape was made by Zawahiri, or even that the Egyptian is still alive.
"Let us suppose the tape is genuine. So what? If alive, Zawahiri is hiding in some sewer, presumably in Pakistan, like a rat. The message shows that whoever wrote it is in a state of psychological and moral disarray. It reveals neither strategy, nor method, only desperation."
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