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Now It's Personal: Al Qaeda Calls Bush an Alcoholic Liar

February 13, 2007 12:30 AM

Zawahiri_ic_070213_nr_2 The latest taped statement from al Qaeda is an unusually personal attack on President Bush, in which al Qaeda's No. 2 in command, Ayman al Zawahiri, denounces Bush as "an alcoholic, liar and gambler with an addictive personality."

Zawahiri delivers the attack in a 40-minute audio tape released overnight on Internet sites, and relayed to ABC News by an American terror analyst, Laura Mansfield.

On the tape, Zawahiri also condemns American Democrats "as one side of the same coin of tyranny, criminality and failure" for failing to challenge Bush policies as they said they would in the election.

The tape, apparently aimed at an American audience, contains English subtitles and a warning that American civilians are responsible for Bush policies because they "chose Bush twice."

The personal, intemperate attack on Bush was remarkable for the emotion and venom from the usually stoic Zawahiri.

"I don't know his present condition — Americans know best about that, as they are experts in alcohol and addiction to it — but the one who exams his personality finds that he is addicted to two other faults, lying and gambling," Zawahiri said. "He has gone down in history as one of its most notorious liars," he added.

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Matthew: Did it ever dawn on you that a) this could be bogus, and b) being right about Bush is not about "sides" but about legitimate concerns about this reckless President?

Posted by: Lilybart | Feb 13, 2007 9:49:29 AM

"find it amazing that Zawahiri echoes almost to the word the same things that the Democrat party and liberal journalists say about the President. Who can doubt whose side the Democrat party and those journalists are on?"

Maybe the side he is on is the side that is sick of seeing hundreds of thousands of civilians die in the name of a war against an ideology with no end point? Perhaps he laments that all of the reasons that we entered Iraq were lies and manufactured evidence?

Perhaps you might feel differently if you feared death squads, random bombings of weddings and schools, and an attacking enemy that is willing to lie to it's people to garner any degree of support for a war designed to capture war and profits for the machine that creates it. Explain to me please, how killing in the name of Peace has ever lead to anythinb but more killing?

Posted by: Joe Ramsey | Feb 13, 2007 9:49:44 AM

Nice try, Matthew. Democrats are on the side of America, the same as Republicans. Divide & conquer is a valid tactic and it is sad to see you not only fall for it but to compound it by implying that Democrats are somehow on the "side" of Zawahiri. Any thinking person without some political agenda can see that Bush is awful. Just because the bad guys agree with that assessment does not indict those that have said it all along. Zawahiri and his clan believe that religion should be taught in schools also. Does that mean that the Republicans are on his side?

Posted by: John Q. Patriot | Feb 13, 2007 9:50:39 AM

Good point Matthew... It seems that even Al-Qaeda has become a parrot for the liberal left. Not that Dubyah hasn't lied his ass off since he got into office and broken dozens of promises, and gambled (and lost) with the fortunes of this fine nation, but does this turban of hate really think that his calling Bush an alcoholic is going to somehow make us all wake up and impeach him and put Mr. Taliban in the White House? What a useless broadcast on their part. I guess they had nothing better to say.

Posted by: Dante | Feb 13, 2007 9:50:49 AM

Yep, it's nearly universaly recognized in all but the most delusional of Bush-worshippers.

WORST 'PRESIDENT' EVER!

Posted by: Neandercon | Feb 13, 2007 9:53:16 AM

Matthew-

Thank you for being the GOP tool. Your generalizations are so off base and your party will be suffering for it in 2008.

Posted by: Gary Brubaker | Feb 13, 2007 9:57:23 AM

Why do we give any credence to this murdering terrorist? He is just an extension of Sadam Huessen, who by the way is DEAD. I know we can't take the threats of these people lightly, but their constant critizems of our leaders is getting old. President Bush is not the leader I once thught he might be, but still, he is for the time being our President and deserves some measure of respect from Americans. Perhaps the team of Clinton/Obama would be what we need to get us back on track as a nation, in the eyes of our own citizens and the citizens of the world!

Posted by: Norma Barrett | Feb 13, 2007 10:00:49 AM

What did you expect from that bunch of maroons? But to blame this on Democrats is lame. This is the United States of America, not some fascist third world hellhole. We are allowed to speak out against our government if we feel like it with no repercussions. I bet the Republicans who blasted Clinton for 8 years would all agree.

Posted by: blue-n-red | Feb 13, 2007 10:01:46 AM

Hey Matthew,
Zawahiri and the liberals both maintin the sky is blue too.
Just cause they both notice that Bush is a LIAR, doesn't mean anything except they both state the obvious.
And hey, its the DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Unless you want me to start callin' you guys the Repub party.

Posted by: txphysicist | Feb 13, 2007 10:02:09 AM

Bush an alcoholic liar?!

Is that supposed to be news!

Posted by: Jrs | Feb 13, 2007 10:08:43 AM

Blah..blah...blah...what a idiot..democratic party...Matt Stidham...get a life dude...all politicians are evil htpocrites and opportunist..i serve the military each day..to let go go oblious to whats goin on in the world..what GOP suit paid you to write this blog? I have an idea, why dont you challenge Jesus and Muhammad to a street break dance fight..if you win you can rule the world, and put all the elephants you want into positions of power...freak!

Posted by: jbinthe757 | Feb 13, 2007 10:10:24 AM

The man happens to be 100% correct in his assessment of Bush and America.

Posted by: Kathleen M. Dickson | Feb 13, 2007 10:11:33 AM

Matthew if you believe what you just said-that in a "free country" we are not free to have different views, then you are no better than a terrorist telling Americans how to think.

We have more than one party because we aren't Nazi's or Communists. If you can't handle more than one view perhaps you should move to Iran where they only allow one view.

Believe it or not, most of us military families think Bush has misused our loved ones lives for a bunch of lies and we don't appreciate it.

If you so support this war and the next, please sign up-because most soldiers do not. They feel duped and know this war is a waste of lives and money.

Posted by: MajorThom | Feb 13, 2007 10:13:39 AM

Matthew if you believe what you just said-that in a "free country" we are not free to have different views, then you are no better than a terrorist telling Americans how to think.

We have more than one party because we aren't Nazi's or Communists. If you can't handle more than one view perhaps you should move to Iran where they only allow one view.

Believe it or not, most of us military families think Bush has misused our loved ones lives for a bunch of lies and we don't appreciate it.

If you so support this war and the next, please sign up-because most soldiers do not. They feel duped and know this war is a waste of lives and money.

Posted by: MajorThom | Feb 13, 2007 10:15:32 AM

Finely someone speaks out, what the entire world knows. But Bush is not only a drunken liar, the worst is, that he is one of the most evil war criminals, this planet has seen. And corporate media is doing nothing but amplifying his poison mouth. The media, especially CNN, FOX etc. are complicit in all his war crimes.

Posted by: OHGO | Feb 13, 2007 10:16:22 AM

Michael:
Your logic (or lack thereof) is what's amazing. Being anti-Bush in no way equates to being pro-Al Queda, pro-Zawahiri. WMDs? Lies. Iraq Terrorist Center? Lies. Honorable miliray service? Lies. "Mission accomplished? Lie. Now we're ramping up almost the same let of lies to justify invading Iran.
If I were carrying as much failure and decete baggage as Bush, I'd be at risk of being an alcoholic too!
As for civilians being accused of "chose Bush twice", that's not true either. The 2nd election was a sham thanks to a Republican orchestrated coup in Florida.

Posted by: David Grainer | Feb 13, 2007 10:16:26 AM

"Wise" words from one madman to another. Bush has destroyed America from the inside- far worse than the terrorists could do. And,
"Matthew" seems to have already forgotten the November elections and ignores the polls recently taken of the military in Iraq, fighting the war. They don't like it either.

Posted by: JAG | Feb 13, 2007 10:21:43 AM

The comment by Matthew Stidham is uncalled for. Just because Zawahiri said that Bush is an alcoholic liar, doesn't mean that liberal journalists and Democrats are on their side. That's over the line. Bush has proven he's a liar, but that doesn't mean those of us in the liberal camp side with them, we want to win this and get our troops out of there. For the record, Bush is an alcoholic, he's as much admitted that. Once an alcoholic, always an alcholic, just a recovering one.

Posted by: Heather D | Feb 13, 2007 10:22:33 AM

jbinthe757 states, "I find it amazing that Zawahiri echoes almost to the word the same things that the Democrat party and liberal journalists say about the President. Who can doubt whose side the Democrat party and those journalists are on?"

Propaganda is always composed of the half lie. Bush is an ex-drunk, most likely untreated. He is not a gambler because the outcome of the war in Iraq was highly predictible.

The problem with jbinthe757's statement is that he is guilty of the same psychological problem that many ex drunks are guilty of, namely splitting. Where ideas are simply placed in extreme context. If you are against Bush, You are for terrorists or as George has said either you are for us or you are against us. Reality demonstrates that many positions can be held for any issue. One can be agains Bush, against the invasion of Iraq, and against terrorism. One can be for the war in Iraq and feel that Bush and his cronies have conducted it with total incompetence. One can believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake and our resources would havwe been better spent securing our Nation and fighting terror cells. There are numerous othe possible permatations.

Posted by: Charlie Riley | Feb 13, 2007 10:22:58 AM

Thats DEMOCRATIC mister publican.

Posted by: Dave Cowan | Feb 13, 2007 10:35:10 AM

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