{"id":815,"date":"2006-01-25T18:31:04","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T23:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/osama-blog-laden\/"},"modified":"2006-01-25T18:31:04","modified_gmt":"2006-01-25T23:31:04","slug":"osama-blog-laden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/osama-blog-laden","title":{"rendered":"Osama Blog Laden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great piece on Reason’s site<\/a> by Brendan O’Neill about Osama Bin Laden’s shifting rhetoric. Here’s a piece:<\/p>\n

It is often said that the blogging explosion was a byproduct of the 9\/11 attacks, as people launched online diaries to try to make sense of those shocking events. Here’s a thought: Perhaps bin Laden himself turned to the blogosphere after 9\/11, in search of theories and arguments with which he might justify his murderous assault.<\/p>\n[OBL’s] latest statement reveals the extent to which bin Laden borrows from Western discussions of the Middle East. This seems less a man with a clear religious or political agenda than someone who is parasitical on the fear and loathing of his enemies. Indeed, bin Laden has scolded President Bush for ignoring “U.S. opinion polls which [indicate] that the overwhelming majority of you want the withdrawal of the forces from Iraq.” He seems a little obsessed by opinion polls. Shortly after the Madrid train bombings in March 2004, he cited “opinion polls showing that most people in Europe want peace.” What kind of warrior for God needs to conjure up the authority of opinion polls\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009drather than, say, the authority of Allah\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dto justify himself?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Great piece on Reason’s site by Brendan O’Neill about Osama Bin Laden’s shifting rhetoric. Here’s a piece: It is often said that the blogging explosion was a byproduct of the 9\/11 attacks, as people launched online diaries to try to make sense of those shocking events. Here’s a thought: Perhaps bin Laden himself turned to … <\/p>\n

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