Don't Be Burned By Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden is in the news again. The common conjecture is that he's trying to influence our Presidential election. Duh! Do ya think?

Bin Laden did not speak against any specific person, but laid out a simple warning to Americans in general. A similar warning was offered a couple days prior from another supposed al Qaeda member.

Many people have already made the rash assumption that terrorists are afraid of Bush, and, therefore, are trying to effect his defeat. In reality they want Bush reelected. With Bush and his cronies in control, al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have a common enemy that nearly all Arabs now despise. Their efforts to sign up new terrorist recruits have been exceptionally fruitful. A new face in the White House would remove much of their "common enemy" recruitment rhetoric, and would severely curtail their recruitment efforts.

Yes, Bin Laden is trying to affect our Presidential election, but he's not trying to defeat Bush as so many have already assumed. To the contrary, they want Bush in the White House to further their own efforts.