1. OBL has figured out that the left is his ally in the WOT and that they are incredibly gullible (remember, these are the folks that resolutely refused to believe that Joe Stalin was a bad guy, even after the Soviets had denounced Uncle Joe, and thought that Pol Pot was being slandered by Nazi symps).
Try and read what OBL says with moonbat glasses on. Read that way, he doesn't seem like such a bad guy, does he? In fact, he makes a lot of sense. These folks have figured out that the American left will be their "useful idiots" and all they need is a little stroking. The stroking has commenced and it will be at least partly successful.
2. Stroking aside, the real message was pretty explicit, convert or die. That's what our enemy thinks the war is about, even if our leaders still have their fingers in their ears. I don't think that merits giggling about how silly he is. Giggling makes it seem as if we are fighting a cartoon character. If so, he's a cartoon character that killed 3,000 Americans six years ago.
3. Yes, the rhetoric is silly. But folks who believe in that sort of thing control congress and many of our states. So even though it is silly, it has a strange hold on a small majority of our populace. Silly but powerful?
2. Stroking aside, the real message was pretty explicit, convert or die.
Isn’t it true that according to the Koran, we have been given a choice to convert through this proclamation/message, and they are going to attack us for not heeding?
I don’t think Bin Laden was ‘stroking’ the left. If you read the transcript very closely, you’ll see a couple of main themes.
First, all of mankind’s unhappiness is the direct result of departing from the Koran.
Second, the war and all the troubles in the world will continue until the world rejects capitalism and democracy and converts to Islaam.
Third, there is the invitation to convert. (You are obviously aware that an attack must be preceeded by such an invitation.)
It’s hard to see this as stroking the left since he also condemns the culture of the left. If he really wanted to stroke the left there would have been a lot more of the kumbaya, live and let left, non-judgemental, can’t we all just get along rhetoric. He does mention some liberal themes (global warming, etc) but he presents Islaam as the only solution. BTW, you really think the left would embrace a 2.5% tax rate?