Bin Laden Branded 'Virtually Impotent' Bush Admin Taunting Bin Lauden

[EV_Ares]

(In this photo provided by FOX News, Fran Townsend, President Bush's homeland security adviser appears on "Fox News Sunday" in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee) MANDATORY CREDIT: FREDDIE LEE, FOX NEWS SUNDAY)



WASHINGTON - Seemingly taunting Osama bin Laden, President Bush's homeland security adviser said Sunday the fugitive al-Qaida leader is "virtually impotent" beyond his ability to hide away and spread anti-American propaganda.

The provocative characterization came just days after bin Laden attracted international attention with the release of a video in which he ridicules President Bush about the Iraq war and reminds the world that he not been captured.

Ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, White House aide Frances Fragos Townsend made a clear attempt to diminish the influence _ or the perception _ of the man who masterminded those attacks.

"This is about the best he can do," Townsend said of bin Laden. "This is a man on a run, from a cave, who's virtually impotent other than these tapes."

In appearance on two Sunday talk shows, she used the "virtually impotent" reference both times, suggesting the language was chosen with careful purpose.

(Entire article @ link)

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/09/09/759233.html

[XemaSab]

1. Bush Admin Branded 'Virtually Impotent' Bin LadenTaunting Bush

There. Corrected. :P

[EV_Ares]

3. U know, evidently they didn't learn anything from the "Bring it On", eom

[XemaSab]

7. I'm guessing Bush was bending over in front of a camera

slapping his bare ass cheeks when he said it. :P

[L. Coyote]

9. Indeed. Once stupid, always stupid. No know cure for that! At least every knows they lie!

[Selatius]

2. Did Bush Co. basically say, "Bring it on!" again?

Is Bush that brazen?

[EV_Ares]

4. U & I were posting the same time. Evidently they have not gotten any

smarter, that is for sure or are they so desperate, they will do anything to get something started. You know they have Iran as one thing. So stupid.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Shit - I was a distant 3rd in the race to reference "bring it on".

[man4allcats]

14. Sounds like "Bring it on!" to me:

from the article:

"Taunting bin Laden as "virtually impotent" would likely not provoke him to respond, because his strategy of attacks involves lengthy planning that would not be derailed by a single comment, said Sanderson, a senior fellow at CSIS. But such a comment could prove incendiary to like-minded followers of bin Laden who see themselves as a "vanguard of a global assault on the United States," he said." (emphasis added)

"A provocation like that," he said, "is not helpful."

[0xDEADBEEF]

6. Bin Laden "virtually impotent?"

Well then it ought to be easy to hunt his ass down and kill him, then.

Unless, of course, Bush has some "erectile dysfunction" difficulties of his own, that is.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. If you can't beat him, then insult him.

[Hekate]

10. Bush is an effing playground bully who wants to keep on pounding someone, anyone

:argh:

Hekate

[Lint Head]

11. 'Virtually Impotent' sung to the tune of

Simply Irresistible.

'Virtually Impotent'

How can it be permissible
He compromised our principles, yeah yeah
That kind of hate is mythical
He's anything but typical

He's a craze you'd endorse, he's a powerful force
You're obliged to conform when theres no other course
He used to look gray to me, but now I find him

Virtually Impotent
Virtually Impotent

His videos are powerful, huh
Its simply undesirable
The trend is irreversible
Cause Bush is so invincible

He's a natural law, and leaves me in shock awe
He deserves the applause, I surrender because
He used to look gray to me, but now I find him

Virtually Impotent
Virtually Impotent

Virtually Impotent he's so fine, theres no tellin where the money went
Virtually Impotent he's so fine, theres no other way to go

He's unavoidable, he's backed against the wall
He gives me feelings like I never felt before
He's breaking promises, he's breaking every law
He used to look gray to me, but now I find him

Virtually Impotent
He's so fine, theres no tellin where the money went
Virtually Impotent He's so fine, theres no other way to
go

His methods are inscrutable
The proof is irrefutable, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
He's so completely kissable, huh
Our rights are indivisible

He's a craze you'd endorse, he's a powerful force
You're obliged to conform when theres no other course
He used to look gray to me, but now I find him

Virtually Impotent
Virtually Impotent

He's so fine, theres no tellin where the money went
Virtually Impotent he's all mine, theres no other way to go
He's so fine, theres no tellin where the money went
Virtually Impotent He's so fine, theres no other way to go

Parody - Apologies to Robert Palmer

:dem:

[regnaD kciN]

12. Next video...

...Osama taunts the U.S. while singing "Viva Viagra." :rofl:

[Disturbed]

13. These Fascists are just plain stupid.

They keep sayin' that OBL is living in a cave. That is rubish. If he is still alive he lives in various compounds in Pakistan. He is a milllionaire and revered by his followers. He probably has more loyal followers than Busholini. The FBI has no conclusive proof that OBL had direct involvment in the 911 Attacks & he has denied direct involvement. Challenging OBL is also stupid. Even if he were dead, his followers will carry out acts of violence whether with the US or elsewhere.

[hedda_foil]

15. Worse yet -- they used a WOMAN to accuse OBL of impotence.

I'll see your "bring em on" and raise you one!

[alfredo]

16. Save this video so if we do get attacked we can point to this

provocation. Bush wants an attack, it would put his agenda back on the front burner, just like the PNAC said.

[EV_Ares]

17. Taunting bin Laden as “virtually impotent”

would likely not provoke him to respond, because his strategy of attacks involves lengthy planning that would not be derailed by a single comment, said Sanderson, a senior fellow at CSIS. But such a comment could prove incendiary to like-minded followers of bin Laden who see themselves as a “vanguard of a global assault on the United States,” he said.

“A provocation like that,” he said, “is not helpful.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20683021/

[alfredo]

19. Not helpful, just like "Bring it on."

[CoffeeCat]

18. That's it...

...go ahead, BushCo thugs...go ahead and taunt a man who wants us all dead.

I don't know what to believe anymore, because I do not believe that it was OBL in those videos. It
didn't even look like him!

However, if bin Laden does want our blood spilled in the streets and our country decimated--why
on earth do we need to call him names like "impotent"?

It's not the most mature, nor the most intelligent of foreign policies---to inflame a murdering
psychopath by insulting his cave.

It's like they're daring him to do something big and bad.

[ProudDad]

20. As opposed to bush/cheney who are REALLY impotent? (n/t)