The War on Fundamentalism - Latest Bin Laden Video

Bin Laden - "It has now become clear to you and the entire world the impotence of the democratic system and how it plays with the interest of the peoples and their blood by sacrificing soldiers and populations to achieve the interests of the major corporations".

Now, I hate to say it but if you stop for a second, forget "the war on terrorism" and have a look at what this guy's saying it's a bit scary actually. He actually has a valid point. Now I don't want my freedom of speech taken away and I quite like the fact that my girlfriend and I are on an equal footing and she doesn't have to walk ten paces behind me all the time. Head scarfs and face masks are also just a bit of a fashion faux pas that although novel, would be rather scary if it were the norm. Despite all of this though, he has got a bit of a point. We are a bit sheep-like in the way that we let corporations run all over everyone else in the name of democracy. It's a tough one, i'll grant you that.

As Jim Morrison said, "they've got the guns but, we've got the numbers!" only thing is that we've got the guns and they happen to have the numbers. Regardless of Osama's plans, this world is going to become a muslim world eventually. The christians aren't multiplying like they used to, aetheists have no voice in society and by their very nature will never unite against any other culture, so it kind of leaves us with Islamic law whether we like it or not. If not tomorrow then certainly in a few hundred years or so.

Looking at both sides from a bit of a neutral point of view, we don't really need a war on terrorism, we need a war on fundamentalism both Islamic and Christian. The main problem though (and this is why fundamentalism will win) is that no one will ever stand against both of these and democrats and liberals tend to avoid confrontation all together. It's a tricky one and something worth having a think about...