The Man Of No Concern
As many of you are aware, Osama Bin Laden released his first video in three years the other day, and reaction to it has been rather interesting.
David Brooks of the New York Times had this to say about it on the News Hour With Jim Lehrer…
“I mean on one hand he’s a malevolent guy who killed three thousand Americans, but you read this thing and it’s like he’s been sitting around reading lefty blogs and one of these childish people posting rants at the bottom of the page, you know, Noam Chomsky and all this stuff.”
Of course, it gets better.
President Bush, the man who swore to bring Bin Laden to justice in 2001, said…
“I truly am not that concerned about him.”
How about Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney?
“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”
How about Fred Thompson?
“Bin Laden is more symbolism than anything else”.
So, in short, the world’s most wanted man, the evildoer of all evildoers, the mastermind of 9/11, is nothing to be concerned about, not worth moving heaven and earth to catch, and simply a symbolic figure.
Bizarrely, the last time I checked, the justification for invading Afghanistan and overthrowing the Taliban was because they were providing a safe haven for this now largely symbolic figure that is nothing to be concerned about. Of course, they failed to catch him, and have also failed to gather any decent intelligence as to his whereabouts through those that they were able to capture and whisk away to dark places where the methods of ‘questioning’ employed would help usher in a whole new era of ‘acceptable torture’ - not to mention one in which international law and the UN Charter have been routinely pissed all over like a nightclub urinal.
So there you have it. There’s no longer any need to concern yourself with Osama Bin Laden. Nameless, faceless terrorism – absolutely shit your pants over that. But Bin Laden? No worries.
Between you and me, I’d be more concerned about ‘lefty bloggers’. After all, they absolutely adore terrorists.
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September 8th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
How about Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney?
“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”
Wow, I love this quote. I guess I was under the wrong impression that the so called ‘war on terror’ was costing the US billions of dollars. Actually, not just billions of dollars, but hundreds of billions. Apparently, this guy has a different impression.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Oh matrix hundreds of billions of dollars is nothing!! Just a drop in the bucket! Bush isn’t the one paying for it anyway ;) haha
September 8th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Not exactly on topic but:
Every time I hear Bin Laden called “evil” I can’t help but wonder to myself “Is he truly evil or is he just insanely religious?” I mean, it seems he’s not committing (or orchestrating) these acts simply out of pure anger and hatred, but rather his motivations are completely embedded in what he believes to be a holy truth. A Bin Laden expert on CNN said that Bin Laden believes he will be punished by God if he DOES NOT devote his life to wiping out the West. So I ask again, is he simply “evil” or is he just delusional?
September 8th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
… not to mention the lives that have been lost.
” when Hollywood runs out of Indians “
September 8th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Well, have you actually seen the video? He just rambles on and on. He talks about mortgages, for Pete’s sake! He’s grown senile. It’s almost hilarious, after seeing this, to think that this man was responsible for the deaths of thousands. He sounds more like Hubbard than Hitler.
It makes me wonder why anyone else (you included) didn’t see him for what he is: Some bratty low-life who just happened to have the money to do damage (a la Steve Jobs…and Hubbard). I don’t think the Taliban want to even deal with him anymore after this kerfuffle.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
yeah but they don’t need to catch him, cause they already let him get beat up by Cartman and once you get the shit kicked out of you in a cartoon there’s really nothing else anyone can do.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I can’t believe no one has caught this guy…I mean they can find Saddam Hussein in a fucking hole in the ground hiding like a gopher, but they can’t trace these videos back…Oh! that’s right…I forgot…they don’t have to send their guys over there…no need to find Bin Laden…what with the big crisis they have created in Iraq…hands are full right? Just goes to show that this whole anti-terror campaign was just a big excuse to complete the Bush legacy…Good thing there’s some big moron up there with a red switch who couldn’t run an oil company, but was chosen to run a country…makes one think…why isn’t he interested in Osama Bin Laden…no, really, WHY? At any rate, I’m sure the American people are glad to know that their president is so concerned with bringing that dastardly ‘evildoer’ to justice…such diligence…what a winner!!!
September 8th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
[quote comment="25665"]Maybe Steve Jobs is running al-Qaeda now.[/quote]
If so, when can we be expecting the iQaeda to hit the shelves?
I wonder what would happen were bin Laden to plan and execute another terrorist attack on US soil. Would anyone be made to eat their words?
September 9th, 2007 at 4:19 am
Stewie should run for president. Then that would allow him to launch his plan for world domination!
September 9th, 2007 at 7:00 am
Family guy blows…osama said so in South Park
September 9th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Now begs the question: how many of us will remember what these three political figures said come Autumn 2008? or next week, for that matter? It’s as if it’s 2004 again, and George W. Bush lets slip that there weren’t any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq after all, yet we’re still there, and he’s still in office, and we’re too busy worrying about our prized possessions and favourite pop groups and sports teams to pay attention.
September 9th, 2007 at 8:56 am
I think its ridiculous that they air these videos…
September 9th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Simpsons too put him in a blender on the internet.
“bin laden in a blender”.
Lisa said hey at least it delivers what it promises.
Anyway if you gave a gun to every westerner and told them to shoot at everyone that looks like Bin Laden we’d be shooting for a really long time.
September 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
This video was scary
September 9th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
There is no war on terror. Just a bunch of Bushs buddies war profiteering using “the evildoers” as a fuckin scare tactic to justify it all. Get them defense contracts while ya can boys….georgie won’t be in office forever. Then again if he has his way the entire fuckin nation will be run by private for profit corporations anyways…………..———-fuckin douchebag!!!!
GOP—–Grand Oil Party
I’m tired of the Bushit!!!
September 9th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Were people actually shocked by Bush’s response? Sour grapes, baby.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:40 am
[quote comment="25664"]Well, have you actually seen the video? He just rambles on and on. He talks about mortgages, for Pete’s sake! He’s grown senile. It’s almost hilarious, after seeing this, to think that this man was responsible for the deaths of thousands. He sounds more like Hubbard than Hitler.[/quote]
Mortgages you say?
I knew it! Bin Laden is behind the whole sub-prime lending fiasco. It all makes sense now. It’s not America’s fault, it was Bin Laden.
This means that we have to go in to Iran now.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Bin Laden is too useful to capture and bring to justice for something he may or may not have been involved in. The names “Osama Bin Laden” and “al’Qaeda” are merely symbols that serve as a focus for the everlasting War on Terror, the name of the one true enemy which recruits and animates all those who oppose American foreign policy ambitions. The truth is likely that neither of these are the real target: the real target is simply domination. It brings to mind the Two Minute Hate featured in Orwell’s “1984″, in which the citizens of a totalitarian nation are brought together every day for two minutes to be shown the face of the enemy, the great traitor, and to vent all of their pent-up anger and frustration in hating this symbol of everything that is evil and wrong. This is “Osama Bin Laden”. This is “al’Qaeda”. And this is nothing more.
It all serves to distract from the truth of the matter, which is that the world is being manipulated.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:57 am
remember, it’s more fun (and financially lucrative) to kill hundreds and thousands of people than just one guy who is ‘impotent’ anyway…
September 10th, 2007 at 11:07 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/6986919.stm
September 11th, 2007 at 10:54 am
The most concerning element of this posting for me is the admittance that Osama Bin Laden has become a symbol, and treating this sentiment as if it is nothing to be frightened about. If you look at history, especially Latin American history, there is evidence that symbols have a interesting and dynamic role to play in motivating future key players. Common examples are Father Miguel y Hidalgo (mexican liberator), or even Che Guevara. Although both of these figures were martyred for their political or religious beliefs, which inevitably created their symbolic status, on must look at these individuals as evidence that symbols are one of the most powerful political tools. The American government, however, has consistently undermined the power symbols have, and this case is no different.
September 11th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
BIN LADEN isnt even on the FBI’s most wanted list, why. Well how do you hunt down a guy who helped you change america its freedoms and such……………..no more Russia to be afraid of,china maybe but hey if you attack china where will all your cheap labour for american corporations come from and Well North Korea ……….only if you wanna NUKE em the symbolysm of BIN LADEN is enough for the right wing corporate america to keep FEAR and PROFIT up
September 11th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
[quote comment="25659"]How about Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney?
“It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.”
Wow, I love this quote. I guess I was under the wrong impression that the so called ‘war on terror’ was costing the US billions of dollars. Actually, not just billions of dollars, but hundreds of billions. Apparently, this guy has a different impression.[/quote]
your right. irony is written all over that.
where do you get these presdent/high timer quotes from?