Ok, this is frightenly pathetic. The Bush team -- which can't capture the terrorist who killed 3,000 Americans on our soil -- is now engaging in a spin war with him. We've gone from getting him "dead or alive" to issuing a mean press release about how bad Bin Laden is. That's got to really scare the terrorists:
The White House countered a threatening message from Osama bin Laden on Saturday by accusing the al-Qaida leader of using the media to justify violence that is stalling the new Iraqi government's work to mend sectarian strife.That really shows strength -- reading a statement to counter Bin Laden. That just makes the U.S. look weak. Bin Laden is thumbing his nose at Bush again.
In an Internet posting Saturday, bin Laden endorsed a new leader of al-Qaida in Iraq and warned Shiites there against collaborating with the United States in battling Sunni insurgents.
"These terrorists offer nothing in their ideology and messages beyond future fighting, conflict and misery," the Bush administration said in a statement read by a White House official.
Every time Bin Laden broadcasts a statement, it's a reminder that our President has failed us.
