The Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera released a full transcript Monday of the most recent videotape from Osama bin Laden in which the head of al Qaeda said his groups goal is to force America into bankruptcy.
Al-Jazeera aired portions of the videotape Friday but released the full transcript of the entire tape on its Web site Monday.
“We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah,” bin Laden said in the transcript.
He said the mujahedeen fighters did the same thing to the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s, “using guerrilla warfare and the war of attrition to fight tyrannical superpowers.”
“We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat,” bin Laden said.
Found by William Taylor.
#21,
You are partially right…but not about McCain.
Phil Gramm had some handling of the Gramm Leach bill that undid the Glass Steagall Act. But, that’ just the tip of the iceberg. The main engine behind it was none other than bob Rubin who was the Treasury Secretary at the time. Clinton signed the bill at by the prodding of Rubin and Citicorp’s Sand Weill. Soon after the signing, where did Rubin end up after leaving the government? None other as Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
It’s not a coincidence, he’s just taking advantage of the current situation and spinning it to make it sound like HE’s responsible for the screwed up economy.
This is no different when Saddam Husein declared Iraq won the first gulf war when it ended back in the 90s.
So al Qaeda tries to back this up by claiming the fall of Russia back in the 80s is their responsibility. But no one ever heard of al Qaeda back in the 80s, you’d think they would have been gloating about it back then? Assuming they existed 20 years ago maybe?
Osama’s plan was to bankrupt the US, one Hummer at a time. That’s pretty pathetic. But not as pathetic as CNN trying to blame the US economic problems on him. That’s just making him an easy scapegoat. Don’t bother reporting (CNN) what all the politicians did over the past years to cause this. It might screw up the election process.
Bin Laden can sit back and watch.
W has got it under controll.
You can’t blame a war unless you’re in favor of using nukes. A few mushroom clouds, the enemy no longer exists. Much cheaper and more efficient.
The U.S. put Bin Laden on a pedestal. Our gov’t needed to put a face on one of our reasons for entering the conflict with Iraq.
Laden is a hack. How can some of you hang on his every word and let anything he says influence your behavior?
The fact is our president and his lackies have run this country into the ground. The near future looks bleak.
My wife and I were talking about this the other day…the reform that needs to take place in washington needs to involve replacing wealthy politicians (which is all of them) with well educated people who really want to make a difference.
So many politicians are so far removed from what it is like to live like an average American they just can not relate to the wants and needs of their constituents.
Among other things “lobbying” should be illegal. DC politicians should have to “temporarily” give up their wealth to take office. It should be part of the stipulations of taking the job as a senator, congressman, president/vice-president, etc, that they remove themselves from any other business in which they may be involved, sell their homes and be required to take all of their money and invest it in government funds/securities until they are no longer in office.
Then while in office they should be paid and their families housed equivalent to a mid-level army officers salary. They should get the same medical/dental/vision benefits and vacation time as privates in the army get.
Politicians have to make no sacrifices. They can not relate to the average American. To serve as a politician should be reward enough. Everything is handed to them on a platter already. If they run the economy into the ground and all of their pre-politician money is tied up in government investments, then they will be responsible for losing their own money.
These thoughts aren’t completely thought out, rather a rough draft.
The real bankruptcy comes from Social Security.
So, it was Bin Laden who appointed the Jews to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors?
Out of the five positions, FOUR are held by Khazars.
And here I thought Bin Laden was a Muslim.
It’s the Fed that has been behind this MBS mess, by looking the other way when it took place and printing up money 24/7 to finance this debacle we’re in and that’s all Bin Laden’s fault?
And what about those Wall street firms that designed, sold and profited handsomely off the MBS fraud?
All disciples of Bin Laden?
That Bin Laden, he is so cagy!