Al Qaeda tells Obama conditional truce offer stands

Max2147 · 08-03-09, 10:42 PM

Two things:

1. The Al Qaeda leadership doesn't care who our President is. They would have made the same offer had McCain won, and McCain's reaction would have been the same as the reaction Obama will give - completely ignore it.

2. Al Qaeda itself doesn't really do much other than issue statements these days. The actual attacks are carried out by the myriad of groups that are "affiliated with Al Qaeda" or "have links to Al Qaeda" or were simply inspired by Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is sort of a figurehead for the Islamist terrorist movement. It is a highly influential figurehead, but a figurehead nonetheless.

This 'truce offer' is simply posturing, and both sides know it. Al Qaeda is a lot of awful things, but stupid isn't one of them.

08-03-09, 10:42 PM	#6
Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Two things: 1. The Al Qaeda leadership doesn't care who our President is. They would have made the same offer had McCain won, and McCain's reaction would have been the same as the reaction Obama will give - completely ignore it. 2. Al Qaeda itself doesn't really do much other than issue statements these days. The actual attacks are carried out by the myriad of groups that are "affiliated with Al Qaeda" or "have links to Al Qaeda" or were simply inspired by Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is sort of a figurehead for the Islamist terrorist movement. It is a highly influential figurehead, but a figurehead nonetheless. This 'truce offer' is simply posturing, and both sides know it. Al Qaeda is a lot of awful things, but stupid isn't one of them.