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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Bill who wrote (37525)11/19/2001 8:01:21 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
The man was rich and could have lived anywhere in the world. One of his half brothers lives a comfortable life in Switzerland, several other relatives were happy in the West. Osama chose to run terrorist camps and live on the run. For him not to hide when we came to get him would be stupid. It has nothing to do with cowardice. When the US loses men behind enemy lines we consider them brave when they survive to fight another day. We don't expect them to be "brave" and walk out to be shot. I think you are allowing your prejudices to confuse you.

Osama is a very dangerous man. He is not looking for a life of privilege and comfort, he seems to be motivated by real religious zeal. No doubt he values the safety of his person, for he probably sees himself as an important leader in his divine cause (and I suspect he is right about that). He probably also realizes that he will make a very good martyr. Which he will.

He dared us to come to Afghanistan because that is what he wants. He wants a holy war between Islam and the West. He would love to see the entire area in flames. I don't think (judging from his interviews) that he is afraid to die, and his "soldiers" certainly are not.

I think their actions are motivated by religious zeal and are crazy from my POV of logic and agnosticism. But I do not underestimate the man or his followers by thinking they are cowards. They are committed followers of a holy cause, and those people rarely exhibit cowardice. They exhibit all sorts of other behaviors dangerous to other humans, but rarely cowardice.
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