That the U.S. can be beaten, because the first people we disarm will always be ourselves, and the first nation we call evil will always be our own.

I am seriously afraid that we no longer have what it takes to defend ourselves. I am utterly certain that if Kerry had won, we would have pulled out a year ago, and Iraq and much of the Middle East would be in flames. But hey, no Americans would be dying in Iraq, right?

As I have said elsewhere, if we had never invaded Iraq, we would be facing this same self-destructive behavior with the war in Afghanistan. This is bigger than Iraq.

The Last Helicopter

From the fatwa of bin Laden:

Few days ago the news agencies had reported that the Defence Secretary of the Crusading Americans had said that "the explosion at Riyadh and Al-Khobar had taught him one lesson: that is not to withdraw when attacked by coward terrorists".

We say to the Defence Secretary that his talk can induce a grieving mother to laughter! and shows the fears that had enshrined you all. Where was this false courage of yours when the explosion in Beirut took place on 1983 AD (1403 A.H). You were turned into scattered pits and pieces at that time; 241 mainly marines solders were killed. And where was this courage of yours when two explosions made you to leave Aden in less than twenty four hours!

But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where- after vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order- you moved tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu.

I say to Secretary of Defence: The sons of the land of the two Holy Places had come out to fight against the Russian in Afghanistan, the Serb in Bosnia-Herzegovina and today they are fighting in Chechenia and -by the Permission of Allah- they have been made victorious over your partner, the Russians. By the command of Allah, they are also fighting in Tajakistan.

...I say to you William (Defence Secretary) that: These youths love death as you love life.

He went on to plan an attack on the U.S. homeland, convinced we would never do anything about it.