August 04, 2005

Al Qaeda’s Official Statement: it Would Continue Attacking Despite Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq

Let's review the statement made by Al Qaeda deputy leader Aymen al-Zawahiri today.

He threatened to kill more people in England and the U.S. I think he's feeling the heat. He's seen that France has expelled radical imams, and that Spain has banned the burqa. I think he's scared that worldwide opinion has taken a turn that will make things more dangerous and difficult for Al Qaeda, and he's trying to intimidate people to reverse this change in public opinion.

Let's look at what else this villain had to say:

Blair has brought to you destruction in central London, and he will bring more of that, God willing...

Al Qaeda is klling people, but al-Zawahiri would really appreciate it if rather than blaming Al Qaeda, we blamed Blair. Not only that, al-Zawahiri hopes that Blair wil go on 'bringing destruction to central London.'

"Our message is clear: You will not be safe until you withdraw from our land, stop stealing our oil and wealth and stop supporting the corrupt rulers," al-Zawahiri said.

He says we have to stop "stealing" their oil before Al Qaeda will stop killing civilians.  In our view, we are actually paying for their oil. I guarantee that oil prices worldwide would be a lot lower if this were not the case. So he's saying we have to stop buying oil before Al Qaeda will stop attacking. Even OPEC doesn't want us to stop buying oil from Arab nations. This makes it evident that Al Qaeda's official statement is that even if we withdrew troops from Iraq, Al Qaeda would still continue attacking.

Cell phones were likely used to set off the London 7-7 bombs. Which makes sense, given they all went off at about the same time. So, the suicide bombers themselves did not push the button. There's a possibility that they were unaware the bombs would go off while they were carrying them. This shows what suckers all suicide bombers are: they've all fallen for the sales pitch, that they'll be doing a heroic thing if they blow up women and children. Meanwhile the vast majority of the community that encouraged them to do so, has no interest at all in getting blown up themselves.

GWB ADMINISTRATION FINALLY DOES SOME PR:

Bush Hails Tax Cuts For Boost In Growth

GRAPEVINE, Tex., Aug. 3 -- President Bush said Wednesday that the combination of Republican tax cuts and new pro-business policies is helping to spread "economic vitality" across the country and has put the White House ahead of pace toward trimming the deficit in half by 2009.

"The economy of ours is strong, and it is getting stronger," Bush told a group of economic conservatives gathered for the American Legislative Exchange Council meeting here. The president said the tax cuts enacted in his first term "stimulated" economic growth and helped generate a recent surge in government revenue that is helping to erase some of the deficit.

Bush's comments marked the beginning of a White House offensive to take credit for both the economic uptick and three pro-business policies recently passed by the Republican-controlled Congress. 

For years Conservatives have been wondering, why doesn't GWB do more PR to let people know about his achievements? It would be great to see more of this.