I just read something incredible on Yahoo! News. According to Yahoo! News the Associated Press has interviewed Osama bin Laden's son--or a guy claiming to be OBL's son--Omar bin Laden, and he says he wants to make peace between his father and the West. I'm not sure what to make of this.
First, I'm not sure I even believe that Omar, who claims he left Osama in Afghanistan in 2000, is the son of the Notorious OBL. Second, even if he is Osama's son I don't believe his peace offering. In the AP interview Omar says he was to be "an ambassador of peace" between Muslims and the West yet he refuses to denounce Osama, claiming that his Dad only wants to defend the Islamic people. How can Omar really want peace if he won't condemn his father's evil deeds?
Omar bin Laden says there's another way other than militancy to defend Islam. So does he think that Islam is under attack? And if so, by whom? The West? And if the West, just how is the West doing it? Every year millions of Muslims come to the West to live, work, and/or study. Is that an attack on Islam? Muslims in the West practice their religion more freely than they could in many Muslim countries, especially if they belong to minority Muslim sects. Is that an attack on Islam? I need to know if and how the West is attacking Islam before I'll buy the idea that Osama is just acting in self-defense.
And then there's the Islamic doctrine of hudna. Islam is imperialist. It's stated goal is world conquest. And in pursuit of that goal many strageties are permitted. A full frontal assault can be launched on the infidels when Muslims are strong, but when Muslims are weak a truce, or hudna, can be made with the infidels UNTIL THE MUSLIMS REGAIN THEIR STRENGTH. Thus, a hudna is NOT a genuine truce or peace treaty. Its purpose is NOT a permanent end to hostilities. Rather, a hudna is a ruse to convince the infidels to lay down their arms and their guard just long enough for the Muslims to get the upperhand on them. So I have to ask: Is Omar bin Laden really offering us peace, or just a hudna? I don't know for sure but my gut is telling me to beware of Muslims, especially those named bin Laden, bearing gifts.
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I think what we're seeing -- assuming it's true -- is pragmatism.
This Islamic concept of what a truce is and why to call it is very important -- you've been doing some homework! ;)
OBL may also be getting his fill of satellite-guided bombs. In an open battle, bet on the West's ability to maneuver and employ high-tech and effective weapons to wipe out lots of jihadis. But, if the OBL's of the world just shut up, their woman-oppressing culture will have their women reproducing like cattle, and in the long run, they can dominate through sheer numbers.
I suspect also OBL has seen that he is being shamelessly used. 9/11 went far more spectacularly than anyone could have guessed. I think he figured out that crashing those planes could never have brought down those towers; someone eavesdropped on his plans, piggy-backed on his terrorist attack, made a bunch of money, and now that person got away with the money, and the West is after OBL. OBL was had!
He may be starting to put two-and-two together, and coming up with the fact that he's been played for the fool.
I watched a program about bin ladens son and his english wife. He was saying on the program that he didn't see eye to eye etc but we couldn't trust him to be sincere.
I know sometimes offspring are embarrassed by their parents, but it turns out he is seeking British citizenship, so maybe that's why he is saying what he is saying.
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