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Originally Posted by zenmaster10665
Read the column.
I personally do not speak arabic, but I would think that it would be pretty obvious to all who did in which sense Bin Laden was referring to a "State."
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I did read the column. The only portion which is not entirely conjecture is this:
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The statement in question is when bin Laden said on the tape: "Your security is up to you, and any state that does not toy with our security automatically guarantees its own security."
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So I have to completely disagree that it would be "pretty obvious" that Bin Laden was referring to our Electoral College, which is what he would have to be doing if the term he used truly translates into a state inside the Union as opposed to a country or nation state.
So no, I simply do not believe that Bin Laden is suddenly going to officially recognize and base his future actions upon the methodology of democracy. In fact, I think it is laughable to suggest he would.