The second-in-command of Al Qaeda recently made of video in which he directly adressed Obama's denial of torture."Obama claims to respect human rights and condemn torture, and here I will not ask him about the expansion of the Bagram prison, and will not ask how he forgave the crimes of the CIA executioners. I will not ask him about his decision not to release the detainee abuse photos and will not ask him about the program to hand over detainees to other countries to be tortured, and will not ask him about the assassination teams that are deployed to assassinate anyone who is suspected to be an extremist," al-Zawahiri says in the message.
Now obviously I don't support terrorist organizations, but isn't there a point to be made there? America has repeatedly done the opposite of what it condones. It is understandable why countries are not only confused of what America's stance is, but angry, because we are hypocrites. This direct quote gave me the chills, "It will be about your blood and the draining of your economy until you stop your crimes, you arrogant tyrants,"
It is truly disturbing to know that there is someone who, if he could, would get rid of every single American.
So, my main question is, how will Obama respond to this, if at all?
Should he address things that were said in this video?
Who knows, but if there is a peaceful and reasonable way to calm terrorist organizations that are dishing out threats left and right, I would not hesitate a moment.
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