Is anyone else a little taken aback at the content of the tape? I mean much of it is predictable - Americans: stop backing Israel and killing Muslims or we're going to fill your streets with blood no matter who you elect as president. That's to be expected. But the degree to which he taunts President Bush ... was that in previous tapes? Implying he only holds power because his father was a powerful man, that he never dreamed that the ruler of the United States would leave 50,000 people alone in burning towers while he kept reading My Pet Goat ...
At a certain level I don't think he really cares who wins our election (neither Bush nor Kerry is at all likely to break our ties with Israel). But it does appear clear that he enjoys sticking it to President Bush.
UPDATE: To clarify, he might care who wins - but I don't know see that it's likely he's going to behave any differently depending on Tuesday night's results.
Posted by armand at October 30, 2004 04:25 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs