The Enemy Of My Enemy?

Al-Qaida marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an hour and a half video message Monday summarizing the state of jihad, or holy war, around the world and slamming Iran for collaborating with the United States.

Short excerpts of the message were aired on the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera.

In them, al-Qaida Number 2, Ayman al-Zawahri accused Iran of working with U.S. forces.

Al-Zawahri said Tehran was "cooperating with the Americans in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan" and slammed Iran for recognizing the two governments. He also criticized the Shiites for not calling for a jihad in Iraq against the "Crusader occupier." In militant postings, "crusaders" is shorthand for U.S. troops in Iraq.

"The guardian of Muslims in Tehran is cooperating with the Americans in occupying Iraq and Afghanistan and recognizes the two hireling governments there," al-Zawahri said.

Quite the conundrum we have here.  We have Al-Qaeda, who knowingly hates Iran, also hating us.  So, do we eradicate Al-Qaeda and deal with the Iranian threat, or do we allow them to attack Iran and see what becomes of it?

Perhaps I'm a softie, but I say we destroy the Al-Qaeda threat, and use it as a bargaining chip against Iran. "Look guys, we helped you out here with Al-Qaeda, let's say we work on that nuclear program of yours."

If they spit in our faces because of it, sidestep and let the Israeli's at them.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com