you once thought OBL was more important!

Submitted by M. Pohl (United States), May 5, 2011 at 01:12

Dear Sir,

may one remind you that in October 2001 you wrote that "Osama Bin Laden's supporters are legion" and presented him as rather more important than here. "Just" a part of Al Quaida? Just as the Nazis fell apart after Hitler committed suicide, so will this awful scourge, Nazi-Islam, fall apart without its hateful leader. Yes, I see you say we have not fought the big war yet - that's a point we could argue about, and I would say look at the Arab revolutions and we probably won't have to - but I don't appreciate how you minimize Obama's achievement by bickering with "the left" and "pride" at this moment. Give credit where credit is due, especially when once you called for this action above all.

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