Al Zawahiri Calls Bush a "Butcher": Coming from a Terrorist, It's Probably a Compliment -- But Undeserved

Coming from a terrorist whose whole objective is to mass murder innocent men, women and children, it was high praise indeed for Al Zawahiri to call President Bush a "butcher" in Zawahiri's latest videotape.

Unfortunately, President Bush does not really deserve the high honor that Mr. Zawahiri was attempting to bestow. 

For anyone familiar with the facts, it is obvious that President Bush and the United States military take every precaution possible to avoid killing innocent men, women and children and would much rather save innocent lives than take them.  When innocent civilians are killed in the war on terror, it is not because they were targeted by the U.S.  Obviously, If Bush intended to "butcher" innocent civilians, he could have dropped a nuclear bomb on several entire regions by now.

The other reality is that Al Zawahiri and his ilk really are genuine butchers, whose primary strategy is to deliberately target innocent noncombatant men, women and children for slaughter. 

Al Zawahiri with his rifle, which he would never think of using to butcher anyone, since he is obviously a man of peace.     Al Zawahiri with his friend Osama Bin Laden, also not a "butcher" but a man of peace.  Here they are singing "Let There Be Peace on Earth, and Let it Begin With Me."  Well, their lips aren't moving, but they are getting ready to sing it.  Any day now.

Al Zawahiri and Osama Bin Laden are sharpening their knives for their next slaughter.  Listen to al Zawahiri's threat and take it seriously:

"Al-Zawahri, wearing white robes and a white turban and speaking in a forceful and angry voice, also threatened a new attack in the United States — "God willing, on your own land."

One of Bin Laden's and Al Zawahiri's many peace projects.  They are working to spread this kind of peace worldwide. In this famous photo from September 11, 2001, President Bush was engaging in his usual butchery by reading a book to schoolchildren. Bin Laden and Al Zawahiri feared that this might lead to dangerous levels of literacy if it was not stopped. Al Qaeda peacekeeper Mohammed Atta flashes his warm smile.  Atta is -- well, was -- a special friend of Bin Laden and Al Zawahiri.  He led the passengers of Flight 11 on an unannounced tour into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Have you figured out which side you're on in this worldwide struggle yet?  There are no neutral observers in this one.  Anyone who aspires to neutrality or, worse yet, sympathizes with terrorists, is just signing up to be the next hostage or victim of a deliberate terrorist attack.

Look at what happened to Nicholas Berg, to pick just one example of many.  His mistake was naivete.  He thought that if he carried a Koran around and expressed sympathy with the Islamists, they surely would not hurt him.

Why would they?  Who in their right mind would deliberately kidnap and kill an innocent man for no reason?

Exactly.

Nicholas Berg poses for a group picture with Al Qaeda peacekeepers. Surprisingly, Mr. Berg died of a severe neck injury shortly after this picture was taken, despite the number of peacekeepers available to administer first aid.