[lit-ideas] Re: OBL, the Crusader
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 11:03:01 -0400
I like the quote:
"Bin Laden seems to suffer from a grandiose, perhaps delusional sense of
his own achievements. According to him, the mujahideen single-handedly
brought down the Soviet Union. Although most experts agree that the
mujahideen were heavily supported by the Saudi government and the CIA and
that bin Laden himself at one time worked with the CIA, bin Laden denies
all of this. The mujahideen, he says, assisted only by God, brought the
Soviet empire to its knees."
That honor belongs to Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan and Dirty Harry
singlehandedly brought down the Soviet Union. At the very least they
should share the credit with OBL. Stalin had nothing to do with it.
Besides, Ronnie could even have played Dirty Harry, so there, that proves
Ronnie's really the man who brought down the Soviet Union.
> [Original Message]
> From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 4/8/2006 5:50:31 AM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] OBL, the Crusader
>
> So who is bin Laden? Is he a criminal, a
> revolutionary, a theologian, or perhaps a historically
> unique and significant blend of all three?one who,
> like a medieval Crusader (perhaps a Bernard of
> Clairvaux), is armed with a righteous sense of
> aggression and feels compelled to preach violence
> while crying out, ?Deus lo volt!? (?God wills it!?)?
>
> http://www.bostonreview.net/BR31.2/elfadl.html
>
>
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