I've Been Thinking:

Osama gave us another audiotape.
This time it aired on the 24 hour TV news station al Jazeera.
I am not surprised by the audiotape or its message.
You should not be surprised either.

There are several reasons for these tapes, all of them essential for bin Laden.

Osama wants you to be afraid. He wants Americans to rethink policy and strategy, to capitulate and buckle under the threats. He wants you to think he can strike anywhere and anytime.

Osama also wants his followers to think that he is still in 100% control. That his message remains the same and his that power is even greater than it was.

Osama wants to prove to the masses of Muslims around the world that the US and her allies around the world, including the Saudi royal family, will all fall from power because they are infidels and not blessed.

Just remember -- He is wrong.
He cannot strike anywhere and is actually hiding for his life.
His followers are more and more disparate.
The masses of Muslims in the world can also be swayed to the other side.