Edjukating Amerika about Osama

Two events this weekend have, for me, crystallized. One: word that Osama bin Laden released a new audiotape, re-opening sepculation that "something bad is going to happen somewhere in the world." Two: I watched the German movie "The Edukators." (Ever wonder why people spell stuff in funny ways?) Just recently I've been seeing "Amerika" showing up on blogs and in other writings. That's a throwback to the "Smash the State" circa-1968 "peace and love" era.

Jan, Peter and Jule are living out their rebellious youth. They are united by their passion to change the state of the world. Jan and Peter become "The Edukators"--- mysterious perpetrators who non-violently warn the local rich their "days of plenty are numbered." They do this by breaking into posh homes and re-arranging the furniture while the owners aren't there. Complications follow when waitress Jule ends up in love with both young men. Reckless choices result in danger. An operation gone wrong and what was never intended to be a kidnapping brings the three young idealists face-to-face with the values of the generation in power.

In his first new message in three months, Sheik Osama bin Laden said the West's decision to cut off funds to the Palestinians because their Hamas leaders refuse to recognize Israel proved that the United States and Europe were conducting "a Zionist crusader war on Islam."

"The blockade which the West is imposing on the government of Hamas proves that there is a Zionist crusader war on Islam," said the speaker on the tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera network. (more...) Michelle Malkin suggests that now is a good time to read or re-read Robert Spencer's "Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)." (MM's blog entry)

Not so many years ago, Osama bin Laden, seized by passion, vowed to change the state of HIS world. He used a little violence, broke into peaceful lives and blew up more than the furniture while the owners WERE home. Complications followed on September 11, 2001 when the US was "attacked" and the Twin Towers and Pentagon hit by aircraft. I still have a videotape I made that day containing a combination of various TV channels covering 9/11. Osama bin Laden denied involvement.

The BBC broadcast bin Laden's statement of denial in which he said:
"I was not involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States nor did I have knowledge of the attacks. There exists a government within a government within the United States. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; to the people who want to make the present century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks..." {excerpted from here}

Here is where the operation goes wrong and takes an interesting turn: A videotape purportedly showing Osama bin Laden confessing to the 9/11 attacks was made public on December 13, 2001. The tape bore a label indicating it was made on November 9. Administration officials wouldn't reveal exactly how or when they got it, except to say it was found in a house in Jalalabad after anti-Taliban forces moved in. A German TV show found that the White House's translation of the video was inaccurate and "manipulative".

On December 27, 2001, a second video tape caught the US government completely off-guard: the tape was reportedly made on November 19, 2001 - ten days after the "lucky find" tape was reportedly made. Are we supposed to believe that Osama's skin, hair and beard changed color in ten days?

The mystery does not end there. What actually happened to Osama bin Laden and who is he really? Why did an audiotape suddenly surface NOW that Bush is being raked over the media coals??? Did "they" get to the "real" Osama somehow? Spin! Spin! Spin!

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