DEAR AMERICA!

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http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

Osama's letter to us is an interesting read. I feel like saying to him "You have some valid points and criticisms here, Sam, but why do you muck it up with anti-Semitism, pseudoscience, medieval theology, and other insanity? Rework this and you could have a B paper, but right now you are not going to pass the class."

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The letter seems theatrical, not intended for the USA, but for those who already support him. You would think there would have been an English translation first if he was concerned about communicating to the USA.

The inflammatory list of America's evils, including supporting gambling... it's all irrelevant, unless he's going to blow up Las Vegas next.

I find myself once again somewhat in uneasy sympathy with the arguments of a known homicidal lunatic. (Last time it was the Unabomber.) I even wish he'd gone into more detail on the double standards of Israel versus Iraq -- violation of UN resolutions, nuclear program.

However, given the example of Afghanistan, we already know what sort of country bin Laden would create if he had the chance - a combination of 1984 and 984 AD.

This "why we fight" letter is bogus. His terror campaigns (IMO) obviously have no direct political goal with the USA. It's already taken a year for him to make his list of demands to the oppressors, after the fact! His agenda is political, to gain support within Muslim-dominated countries.