The backpedaling begins (expert looks at bin Laden tape)

[Aviation Pro]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/09/08/todd.bin.laden.psy.cnn

All of a sudden an expert steps forward and thinks more analysis on the bin Laden tape is necessary. First step toward declaring it a forgery.

[Kutjara]

1. Yep, once they realize nobody is falling for it this time...

...they scramble to climb on the bandwagon.

[rucky]

2. Do you think any anchormen will get fired over this forgery? n/t

[Bluebear]

3. Oh, you're tin foil! Tin foil!!

:sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. It is not because it is real or not

it is becuase people are asking how is this tape in their hands, and didn't bush promise to get him dead or alive?

Trust me, it has backfired... that is why they will pull it out

It ain't working... PERIOD

[Demit]

5. It wouldn't stop pundits from discussing, well, the TRUTHINESS of what it said.

Just because Osama may no longer exist, having probably died some time ago, or just because Republicans need to downplay him as being irrelevant, since pointing out he's still on the loose is a tad embarrassing to the maladministration, doesn't mean the pundits won't discuss in great detail and with great earnestness just how bad the thoughts expressed on the tape reflect on THE DEMOCRATS.

[bleever]

6. The clip in the link doesn't question the authenticity of the tape.

Is it the right link? Thanks.

[Aviation Pro]

7. I never said that the clip denies the authenticity....

...but the fact that they are now bringing in experts is the first step to declaring it a forgery.

[bleever]

8. I see. There's also a linked story

whose title implies voice analysis has confirmed it's really him, but when you read the article it only says that some U.S. spokesman says it seems like the same voice.

I think you're right that technical analysis will prove it's a fake.

[Swamp Rat]

9. It is "fake" no matter what.

Bin Laden is a fabricated bogeyman.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. I wish I could share that with you

given the history of the Muslim Brotherhood and their role in not only Egyptian politics but also
the great Jyhad (that we funded) against the USSR in Afghanistan

We trained him... and he is conveneint, why we didn't catch him at Tora Bora (Sly Hersh, stand down orders)

But he is real

And he is to a point a threat... and at this point a symbol

I wish people would just do the work and realize that we are facing an enemy, who uses tactics WE invented and first used against the british in 1776.

That said, war on terror... you kidding me right? That is a tactic...and the way you deal with this tactic is not by invading the wrong country, but by concered and coordinated police... not military, intelligence operations.

Not everything this governent does they invented... or conveniently created.

Now, what this government does is look for the political advantage in everything

If they could find how to exploit the sunrise every morning to advance the agenda, they would

[Swamp Rat]

11. He is only real because the U.S. Government allows him to be real.

If they REALLY wanted him dead, he would be dead by now.