Jihad has worked - the world is now split in two

[ze_dscherman]

Osama bin Laden, two years and three months after the New York and Washington attacks that were part of his jihad against America, appears to be winning. He has lost his base in Afghanistan, as well as many colleagues and fighters, and his communications and finances have been disrupted. He may be buried under rubble in Afghanistan or, as Washington and London assume, be hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas. But from Kandahar to Baghdad, from Istanbul to Riyadh, blood is being shed in the name of Bin Laden's jihad.

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There is a tendency in the west to play down - or ignore - the extent of Bin Laden's success. The US and UK governments regard mentioning it as disloyal or heretical. But look back on interviews by Bin Laden in the 1990s to see what he has achieved. He can tick off one of the four objectives he set himself, and, arguably, a second.

The objectives were: the removal of US soldiers from Saudi soil; the overthrow of the Saudi government; the removal of Jews from Israel; and worldwide confrontation between the west and the Muslim world.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1102262,00.html

[Bucky]

1. If all of Islam joins up in bin Ladin's holy war, it is not to his credit

Bush did all the heavy lifting there. Give credit where it's due. In October '01 the world, including almost all major Muslim powers, was united against global terrorism and with the United States.

My but what a difference two years (along with a reckless, greedy oilgrab disguised as a bogus preemptive war) makes.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Yup, appears the oil grab was built on a bluff and the terra guys called

Bush 0 Osama 6

end of game

[JackSwift]

3. Bush and Bin Ladin are still partners

Each is now in dictatorial control of his desired faction.