Commentary on the October 29, 2004 Bin Laden tape

October 30, 2004 by element115
Laura Dawn Lewis ---> US Policy is defined as: Israel/Palestine, ending the US support of apartheid and ethnic cleansing the United States funds, supports and diplomatically protects from International law; invading countries that did not attack us on false pretense and an end to shielding the governments of Saudi Arabia and other regimes hurting their people.
Bin Laden's objections to our foreign policy are legitimate. What we are doing by proxy in Palestine is wrong. Not my opinion, that is according to the Hague Resolutions, Geneva Conventions, Rome Statues, The United Nations, our own constitution and International law.
For those using the God excuse, nearly everything the US funds in Palestine ignores the teachings of the Gospels, which for Christians is the final word of God and take precedence over all books of the Old Testament. Those justifying this ethnic cleansing with Old Testament prophecies and quotes, negate the whole point, message, meanings and teachings of Christ behaving as if the year is 24 BC, not 2004 AD. This distortion represents another botulism infested can of twisted worms Bush's agenda exploits well. It, Chiliastic Christianity, continues as a root cause and enabler of terrorism. Without it, peace would have been achieved in the Middle East, three decades ago.
What we are doing in Iraq is wrong. Again, not my opinion. That statement originates with the Hague Resolutions, the Geneva Conventions, Rome Statues, our own constitution and International law. Terrorism's defeat only occurs upon the removal its causes: Oppression, greed, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, occupation, colonization, conquest and invasion, not the leaves, flower or seeds illustrated by the people. Our policies cause terrorism both in Palestine and Iraq. And yes, the two conflicts are intimately connected. Anything other than addressing the realities on the ground of these two policy nightmares feeds terrorism.
Unfortunately, this tape provides fuel for Bush's objectives. Our "I'm never wrong and my actions are God inspired" President Bush and "Me too" Kerry backed by warmongers and profiteers can now use any attempt addressing the causes of terrorism as being 'influenced by the terrorists'. This well-timed tape along with its effectiveness at vilifying anyone looking for diplomatic solutions eradicates humane resolutions, opting for the barbaric while effectively segregating those promoting diplomacy thus insuring this "war" goes on indefinitely. Concurrently it creates enough fear to insure the money keeps rolling in and the remaining portions of the PNAC plan, now known as the Bush Doctrine can continue to clear the Middle East of any person not 100% behind Israel or the US.
By appealing to the American people, this tape differentiates itself from all others. What the tape says to me, reading between the lines is:

"Here's your chance America. We don't hate you. We hate what you're doing so we're giving you one last opportunity to change your ways. If you choose to continue killing us, our children, our culture and our faith, you leave us no choice but to fight back. Stop interfering with our ability to live and we'll stop interfering with you. If you don't, you have only yourselves to blame."

I see this as the moral equivalency of a clear conscience from bin Laden's point of view. His way of giving us one last chance to reverse this course. In his mind I'm believe he's saying:

"See I told the American people what they need to do in order to avoid being attacked. I'm not asking them to do anything illegal. I'm just asking them to stop doing what is illegal and return to the principles and values they pretend they espouse. And look, they don't care. They want to kill us. Therefore since they won't stop killing us and messing with our lives, they are not innocent any longer. Not their women. Not their children, none of them. Not innocent in God's eyes and not innocent in mine. They allowed this to happen, therefore all are responsible."

Our governement has used 9/11 to strip us of our most personal rights and control the American people, basically taking our freedom and convincing us that the loss of freedoms is freedom. They've told us persons against pre-emptive strikes and our consistent violations of international law are unpatriotic. This administration brands diplomacy and addressing the causes as anti-American.
...Now...the most ominous, I suspect this tape is a gesture, a warning and a last opportunity for peace, which the bullheaded nature of our government now will never approach on the convenience of "being influenced by terrorists".
We can create a win/win here and eliminate terrorism. But to so that we must step out of the fear and actually begin to think.

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