Bin Laden's out of touch in his cave

James Robbins:

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Bin Laden's sense of entitlement has angered many Iraqis — a wealthy Saudi hiding in Afghanistan appoints a Jordanian malcontent the Prince of Iraq, and they proceed to declare any Muslims who participate in free elections heretics worthy of death? How many ways can al Qaeda find to offend people? This is probably why bin Laden wants to shift gears and get back to trying to attack the US directly. Bin Laden and Zarqawi are reportedly mulling over new strategies, trying to reach some kind of consensus. The Washington Post reported that some analysts have concluded from this that Zarqawi is an independent operator — despite the pledge of abject fealty to Osama he issued last October, and the fact that he renamed his group "Al Qaeda of the Two Rivers." Saddam is out of the picture yet the monomania to de-link Iraq and al Qaeda continues. It just goes to show that the government is still rife with analysts who seek to draw complexity out of simplicity whenever possible. No wonder we have not caught bin Laden yet.

Al Qaeda wants to hit us again. They have been threatening it for years. The fact that they have not managed to do so yet is a measure both of our effectiveness in combating terrorism and their relative weakness and disorganization. This does not mean they cannot attack — the soft-target scenario is especially troubling — but even if they did, it would hardly change the course of a war that they are without doubt losing badly.


Bin Laden and his side kick Zawaheri are still cowering in hiding and occassionally posturing before the video camera, but they have pretty much wasted all their "assets." You know they are desperate and out of touch with they ask a guy who is up to his ass in alligators in Iraq, Zarqawi, to plan a futile attack in the US in his spare time. And what strategic target does Zarqawi think he can hit--movie theaters. While there are probably some wackos out there who think people going to mivies are "little Eichmen," deservaing of being killed, Zarqawi is not haveing much luck recruiting human bombs for the job.

Come on, bin Laden why are you afraid to take questions from the media in an open news conference?

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