Omar Bin Laden is one of Bin Laden's 19 children. 26, he lives in England and works as a contractor. He recently met with a reporter and discussed several issues, including his infamous father, as well as his own views on terrorism.Omar's answers are right out of the left-wing hymn book. The reporter asked Omar if the 911 attacks were justified.
"I don't think 9/11 was right personally, but it happened," he said. "I don't think ... [the war] in Vietnam was right. I don't think what's going on in Palestine is right. I don't think what's going on in Iraq is right.
Beware of people who can't give a straight answer to a simple question. Look closer at Omar's answer, and you realize he is saying don't criticize Al Qaeda until you smack down the USA for Vietnam and Iraq and sponsoring Israel. Omar is definitely lacking in the moral clarity department. And don't get me started on Omar's refusal to call his father a "terrorist."
Omar and his wife told the reporter they are preparing to launch a "peace mission." Only the focus of the mission won't be on his father, or Al Qaeda, or Hamas. (Why focus on the people actually setting off car bombs and killing civilians, when you have a platform to bash the USA?) Omar thinks the way to peace is to change the USA.
"It's about changing the ideas of the Western mind. A lot of people think Arabs -- especially the bin Ladens, especially the sons of Osama -- are all terrorists. This is not the truth," Omar told the AP last week at a cafe in a Cairo shopping mall.
So it’s all about changing the ideas of the western mind. (Is it me, or does Omar sound a lot like Cindy "the USA has been committing genocide for 200 years" Sheehan?) I think JammieWearingFool has the best take: "If you really want peace, denounce your father."
