So are you suggesting that Bin Laden is not evil, smart and manipulative? ;)
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Originally Posted by fatboy
Since bin Laden wants us to think that he doesn't like Bush, we're supposed to think that he must not like Bush and would therefore vote for Bush just to spite bin Laden?
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Exactly, they could expect it to work with some people. The election was going to be close anyway.
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Originally Posted by fatboy
Better question still: How many Fruit-Loops box tops do you have to collect before you get your free issue of "Conspiracy Quarterly"?
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No it is not the conspiracy thing. Bin Laden wants power not money, money he has already. He wants to be the saviour of the arab world or even the whole third world. In my opinion what he has been trying to do from the start is to polarize between the westen world and the third world. He wants an uprising of the third world against it's supposed oppressors. Directly after 9/11 he even said as much in his video message. From his point of view 9/11 was perfect, he showed the whole world that the western world en specifically the US is not untouchable by striking at it's heart (from his perspective) and he gave the western world and specifically the US ample excuse and opportunity to further polarize the world, which it promptly did. It was like he knew "If you're not with us, you are against us" Bush who promptly invades an Arab country.
The only thing he probably didn't bargain for was Europe's reluctance to join the fight and partly therefore the same reluctance within the third world. But he saw the split between Europe and the US and jumped to proclaim that his fight was only with the US. Divide and conquer.
Now to get to the point: Why did Bin Laden want Bush to be re-elected?
Because if Kerry would have been elected he loses his symbol for the evil western world. Kerry would say the invasion of Iraq was a mistake and probably start to withdraw. He might even start to put more money in the rebuilding of Iraq. Kerry would make friends with Europe again. With this Bin Laden would have lost a lot of the momentum he still had. He would have had a whole new enemy, one which is a whole lot harder to get to.
PS: The Zarqawi thing I will look up tomorrow. It's kinda late now. Good night. :sleepy: