Bin Laden's "Letter to America" (2002)
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#3TLD checks out
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#4At the end of the day it’s envy and hate. He considers Westerners lesser and it fills him with rage that the West is so prominent and his culture is not. It’s a tale as old of Islam itself. Any prominent culture must be attacked and conquered
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#5> It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge.
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
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#6I guess this was written in the early 2000s, while OBL was hiding in Afghanistan?
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#7At the end of the day it’s envy and hate. He considers Westerners lesser and it fills him with rage that the West is so prominent and his culture is not. It’s a tale as old of Islam itself. Any prominent culture must be attacked and conquered
Man, I haven't seen propaganda like that in decades. "They hate us for our freedoms," quality stuff.
Not even lying, the current administration could learn a thing or two from the neocons. They started off strong with "Make America Great Again," and Trump used to be able to end someone's whole career with a snarky quip, but now they're just shitposting memes and your racist uncle sounds more coherent when he's drunk than Trump does sober.
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#8I guess this was written in the early 2000s, while OBL was hiding in Afghanistan?
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#9ctrl-f search for "Israel"
Yeah there's a strong theme in this letter.
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#10> It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge. 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, d…
First message looks more reasonable to me and think that second option is not sustainable. But being a Muslim I am biased towards what I am taught.