Al Qaida’s racist insult
What Osama bin Laden's No. 2 hoped to accomplish by calling Obama a 'house Negro'
Ayman al-Zawahiri, left, and Osama bin Laden
(AP Photo/Al-Jazeera/APTN)
Al Qaida is doing our work for us, said Spencer Ackerman in The Washington Independent. The terrorist organization’s deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, appeared in a new video calling Barack Obama a “house Negro” who would continue what he said was a U.S. war against Islam. It’s hard to imagine a better way to discredit al Qaida in the heart of the diverse Muslim world than broadcasting the racism of its “intellectual architect.”
And “it doesn’t exactly harm” Obama politically to be insulted by Osama bin Laden’s No. 2 man, said Michael Tomasky in Britain’s The Guardian online. Clearly, this call for more attacks against the U.S. shows that “the al-Q boys are pretty panicked not to have a president of the United States the rest of the world despises. Bush was their hole card. Now there's a president who might render them marginal.”
“This insult will backfire,” said Michele McGinty in BeliefNet. “Bush was an easy target; he's pretty unpopular abroad and here at home, but Obama is much more popular among Muslims given that they believe he'll be much more sympathetic to the Palestinians.”
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Posted by Dan, Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:05 am He was not in favour of Hamas-led Palestinian democracy, when the Bush administration was. I'm wondering where this deluded thinking, apparently shared even by Israeli elements, comes from. Obama maintains the the U.S.-Israeli tradition as strongly as any administration's.
Posted by Glenn in CA, Thursday, November 20, 2008, 11:35 am Could it be that Al Qaida is falling into irrelevance throwing insults and disrespect, much as has the Republican party?
Posted by Johnny Reb, Thursday, November 20, 2008, 2:42 pm It's a trick...everyone knows Obama is a secret Muslim. This is just a trick by radical islamists to make us think otherwise.
Posted by Kam, Thursday, November 20, 2008, 9:47 pm Haven't they got the word yet? Al Qaida needs to chill for a little, BO will be having them over for tea and dove cakes right after Jan. 20th, or he can go hang with them there. Don't worry about BO's treatment of Israel, he's already talking about giving all of the west bank, with all the water sources, back to the Palestinians using the borders prior to 1967 as his blueprint.
Posted by US Citizen, Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:38 am Ayman al-Zawahiri and his coward a.s Q boys had best watch their back and their jaw jacking. President (E) Obama has the full support of the American people and the World Bodies. In essence, President Obama means business and he is the wrong one to F.,k with.
Posted by US Citizen, Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:43 am Johnny Reb | Thursday, November 20, 2008, 7:42 pm Johnny Redneck Ass Reb, you can quite you lying ass jawing jacking already. You dont matter, you are forgotten, no one is interested in your hateful vacuous laba, laba, you have been proven a liar, and that goes for all the rest of you haters. The world is a 200 years ahead of you, try and keep up.
Posted by Naomi, Saturday, November 22, 2008, 3:14 pm Certainly Johnny Reb is being facetious! Kam TOO could calm down as well. Llet us all calm down and rest assured that nothing is going to occur overnight,there is too much to solve. Let's unite and work all of this mess out together and PLEASE GIVE THE PRESIDENT-ELECT A CHANCE !TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN AND WILL DO!!! AQ is acting rather childish and showing "sour grapes" effect.
Posted by Kam, Saturday, November 22, 2008, 8:18 pm Again, some libs can't write a comment without yelling to force their ideas on others. I say let's give BO as much support as libs gave President Bush over the last 8 years. That should be about 8 minutes worth, but I over-estimate the libs' generosity of spirit. For 8 years, libs have been filled with vicious and virulent hatred and now they want us to see how special BO is. Get over it! 48% of American voters don't agree and actually see something that could jeopardize the country's future. According to a recent poll, 98% of BO supporters are totally ignorant and uneducated with respect to politics. They drank the kool-aid and now think they know it all.
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