Al-Qaeda attack soon?

An article in the New York Times described a video from Osama bin-Laden's top deputy who condemned President-elect Barack Obama as a "house negro" who would continue a campaign against Islam that Al Qaueda's leaders said was begun by President Bush. The top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, made numerous references to Malcolm X and how Mr. Obama does not compare to "honorable black Americans" and is a hypocrite and a traitor to his country. However, later on in the article, the writer explains how this video is just a desperate attempt by Al Qaeda who suffered a defeat in the global war of ideas with Mr. Obama's election.

This may be true but why say this is a desperate attempt when it actually may not. This angle on the story is more opinionated then factual. An approach to a story like this can possibly anger Al-Qaeda and force them to make an attack on the United States. I understand that this is what the writer thinks but he must think about the wellness of this country.

I do agree with the writer that this was a poor attempt to merely poke at the United States because they are stating how Malcolm X was a good American, which obviously goes against their whole standpoint. However, to take this standpoint in a newspaper read around the world does not seem smart. Also, the writer states how the U.S. election results were a surprise to terrorists because they thought Americans would elect Senator McCain in order to leave things the same in the Middle East. Instead, Mr. Obama is going to withdraw from Iraq and focus his sole attention towards Al-Qaeda and Osama bin-Laden.