Adam Weinberg
Goldwater Republican
Saw a brief report on this on CNN and decided to invest the half hour in watching the complete tape.
On one hand it's scary to watch a terrorist recruitment video, and on the other I take away the impression that in their fanaticism these guys are seriously unaware of their limited prospects to accomplish much except get themselves killed fighting Osama's jihad. Which they say they don't mind, but I dunno about that.
If you view segments 2 and 3 it certainly seems to me that our host has a much easier time assuring himself that his comrades are dying for a noble cause than he would if he were in the same position.
No doubt the video will influence someone, though, since it is directed at Muslim youth in the west. An interesting window into something you don't see every day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU95EJfRbAw&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 1/3[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbjjpdZSsk&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 2/3[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPHwrEoRpTs&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 3/3[/ame]
On one hand it's scary to watch a terrorist recruitment video, and on the other I take away the impression that in their fanaticism these guys are seriously unaware of their limited prospects to accomplish much except get themselves killed fighting Osama's jihad. Which they say they don't mind, but I dunno about that.
If you view segments 2 and 3 it certainly seems to me that our host has a much easier time assuring himself that his comrades are dying for a noble cause than he would if he were in the same position.
No doubt the video will influence someone, though, since it is directed at Muslim youth in the west. An interesting window into something you don't see every day.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU95EJfRbAw&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 1/3[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbjjpdZSsk&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 2/3[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPHwrEoRpTs&feature=related"]YouTube - Shabaab al Mujahideen: Ambush at Bardal Part 3/3[/ame]