An open letter to Osama bin-Laden
Sep. 12th, 2002 10:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreSince its been a year, just thought I'd catch up with you...
So, how you been? I understand that you are now reduced to running from cave to cave along the Pakistan border. Tough luck, but what did you expect? Did you really think that we'd roll over and die? We're Americans dude, we're tougher than that! Yes, you hurt us. 3,000 dead, billions in damage, but the dead will be remembered and the property rebuilt. Hell, the Pentagon looks good as new!
Ever talk with your Taliban buddies? There are a few left who aren't caged up in Cuba or dead. Might want to make polite with them quickly, since it's your fault they lost their nation. Amazing what B-52s can do in a civil war. Did you see the people dancing in the streets as the Taliban was pushed back? The lines to get shaved, the TVs and radios being dug up from hiding places? The Afghan people couldn't wait to get back to normal. They hated you and your cronies. Does that tell you something?
Anyway, being that you're hiding in caves from the US Army, maybe I should tell you about America these days. Right now, we're focused on the pennant race in baseball and on the new football season. Political races are heating up as we get ready for mid-term elections. In other words, we're still who we are.
You failed, Osama. All you did was kill a few of us, and destroy some buildings. In exchange we destroyed your safe haven and made you a hunted animal. And we won't give up. We won't be happy until we have your body, or drag you here in chains. You have two choices, give up, or die like a rat in a hole.
Frankly, I vote for the second choice.
With all due respect,
An American
So, how you been? I understand that you are now reduced to running from cave to cave along the Pakistan border. Tough luck, but what did you expect? Did you really think that we'd roll over and die? We're Americans dude, we're tougher than that! Yes, you hurt us. 3,000 dead, billions in damage, but the dead will be remembered and the property rebuilt. Hell, the Pentagon looks good as new!
Ever talk with your Taliban buddies? There are a few left who aren't caged up in Cuba or dead. Might want to make polite with them quickly, since it's your fault they lost their nation. Amazing what B-52s can do in a civil war. Did you see the people dancing in the streets as the Taliban was pushed back? The lines to get shaved, the TVs and radios being dug up from hiding places? The Afghan people couldn't wait to get back to normal. They hated you and your cronies. Does that tell you something?
Anyway, being that you're hiding in caves from the US Army, maybe I should tell you about America these days. Right now, we're focused on the pennant race in baseball and on the new football season. Political races are heating up as we get ready for mid-term elections. In other words, we're still who we are.
You failed, Osama. All you did was kill a few of us, and destroy some buildings. In exchange we destroyed your safe haven and made you a hunted animal. And we won't give up. We won't be happy until we have your body, or drag you here in chains. You have two choices, give up, or die like a rat in a hole.
Frankly, I vote for the second choice.
With all due respect,
An American
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
OBL in NY
Date: 12 Sep 2002 20:26 (UTC)