Monday, January 30, 2006

Calling a Spade a Spade, or It Takes One to Know One


When America resorts to violence and war to achieve it's ends without first diplomatically trying to resolve problems, when America engages in pre-emptive war without the backing of the UN or even it's oldest allies, when America knowingly attacks a country (Iraq) that poses no immediate threat to the United States (and lies to Americans in order to do so)--America becomes a rogue nation and a terrorist state that holds no more moral authority than the terrorists, whose methods and morals it purports to condemn.

I approve of the actions of neither. Both are terrorists. Both are immoral. Both need to be held accountable for the deaths and destruction they have caused.

Al-Zawahri calls Bush a 'butcher' in video
by Nadia Abou el-Majd
01/30/06 "Associated Press" - CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri said in a videotape aired Monday that President Bush was a "butcher" and a "failure" because of a deadly U.S. airstrike in Pakistan targeting the bin Laden deputy, and he threatened a new attack on the United States.

Al-Zawahri, shown in the video wearing white robes and a white turban, said a Jan. 13 airstrike in the eastern village of Damadola killed "innocents," and he said the United States had ignored an offer from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden for a truce.

"Butcher of Washington, you are not only defeated and a liar, but also a failure. You are a curse on your own nation and you have brought and will bring them only catastrophes and tragedies," he said, referring to Bush. "Bush, do you know where I am? I am among the Muslim masses."

The airstrike hit a building in Damadola, where U.S. intelligence believed al-Zawahri had been attending an Islamic holiday dinner. The strike killed four al-Qaida leaders - including a man believed to be al-Zawahri's son-in-law - but intelligence officials said later they believe al-Zawahri sent his aides to the dinner in his place. Read more.

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