So, where's Osama Bin?*

Given the protracted silence, I figured that Osama Bin Laden was long dead. Clearly, he isn't. Shame. Still, he seems to have been honing his taunting skills since he last sent a broadcast from his batcave. Look what he had to say about Bush's initial response upon learning about the first plane hitting the World Trade Centre:

It never occurred to us that he, the commander in chief of the country, would leave 50,000 citizens in the two towers to face those horrors alone, because he thought listening to a child discussing her goats was more important.

I say, that's not cricket! But that's not really an original observation is it? I reckon OBL's been watching Fahrenheit 9/11. Then there was this:

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration because it is similar to regimes in our countries, half of which are governed by the military and the other half of which are governed by the sons of kings and presidents.

Miaaow! Saucer of milk for the man with the beard! Perhaps this is a new tactic for al-Qaeda? They've moved on from bombing and flying planes into buildings and are instead going to hit America with a relentless campaign of sarcasm and irony. Things could get nasty.

Even worse, I've got a horrible feeling that OBL popping up this close to the election might just work in GWB's favour. It shouldn't: it should act as a reminder to everyone that the Bush government has completely failed to bring this demented maniac to justice. I've just got a horrible feeling that this is going to put a few more voters behind the incumbent. Please, no, not another four years of this grinning simpleton.

*With thanks to Cunners for the post's headline!