OSAMA bin FORGOTTEN

Notes of Concern…
…Jackson Blair


“OSAMA bin FORGOTTEN”


Enough already.

Ever since “9-11” this guy can send the world into a tizzy by just showing up outside some cave and making a statement.

On Monday I read the following in a major publication:

– Osama bin Laden's word choice in the latest audio message attributed to him is seen as a "possible indicator" of an upcoming attack by his Al-Qaeda network, a US monitoring group warned Sunday.

Shortly thereafter our erstwhile friends in Britain raised their terror alert to the second highest category.

When you raise the terror alert my friends, millions of dollars are involved in the stepped up security that is required. If it occurs in multiple countries, you could be talking about a lot of cash!

Now we try to read into the words he uses whether he means to hurt us again. Note the “possible indicator” phrase in the above statement.

Would anyone go out and say something like this: “automobiles can now reach 100 miles per hour and a serious group of experts believe that this is a possible indicator that being hit by an automobile could be fatal.”

Of course not.

Osama bin Laden is a human being of significant height and great wealth that has chosen to live in a cave, undisclosed location of course, and periodically appear to make pronouncements that get coverage in the world press.

You would think he was Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who shows up once a year to let us know whether winter will be long or short.

At least with Phil it is humorous, playful, and a conversation starter at the local coffee shop.

With Phil, you don’t need a disclaimer. Imagine: Phil’s appearance is a “possible indicator” of absolutely nothing of importance.

I suggest that Osama bin Laden is yesterday’s news.

And we should treat him as such.

This is not in any way to suggest we should forget the victims of his hatred or the ongoing agony associated with remembrance.

Can you imagine if he came out of the cave and nobody was there.
Maybe he comes out of the cave and nobody reports on it. Perhaps his associates film him and send the tape to news outlets and they drop the tape in the trash can.

Would it be possible he would grow old and frail and very unhappy on learning that no one cares what he has to say? Would we in some way lessen his impact on the world by simply ignoring him.

Osama bin Laden does not lead a country. He is not Robin Hood leading a band of Merry Men from his cave out into Sherwood Forest to rob the rich and feed the poor. He is “the rich”.




Osama bin Laden is not a religious leader.
He is not a political leader.
He is not a statesman.

Osama bin Laden is a rabble-rouser. He is a common murderer. He is a despicable human being.

Osama bin Laden is a false shepherd who is leading his followers down horrendous paths, paths that have little resemblance to the real teachings of his religion.

He loves publicity.

He is the MOUSE THAT ROARED.

It is long past time to give this fellow some benign neglect.

Lets stop putting him in newspapers and on television. Lets us not be used to communicate his messages to his followers who can’t get to the cave to hear them straight from his white robed self.

He can buy his own postage, or send his messages out with a herd of camels.

Let us be done with this guy.

I don’t want to hear about him again until the CIA or her sister groups around the world put an end to his bothersome tirades.

The next headline that relates to him should simply read:

OSAMA DEAD.

In the meantime, I suggest the headline:

Osama bin Forgotten