Transcript: Bin Laden accuses West

Like most of Bin Laden's messages the latest is not completely free of reason. This is not a mad man. Taking 5000 of Bush's words it is unlikely that a visitor from another galaxy would see much more of what could be termed plausible than in 5000 of Bin Laden's. Maybe less. Both men are extremists. They both claim a God given right to kill civilians [although only Bush currently appears to be seriously contemplating using nuclear weapons]

One difference however; my guess is that at some point in the past Bin Laden might have been a reasonable human being. Bush on the other hand was born bad. They deserve each other. It's a pity we can't let them fight it out privately, somewhere a long way away.

Transcript from Al Jazeera.net