Originally posted by kingriz1
I said it from the beginning and I say it again. Look in Osama's eyes when he talks. HE does not have the brain power to be a mastermind. He is just the poster boy for Zawahiri i
When I worked in Egypt for awhile, I ran into the same thing with the Egyptians. The majority of them could not mastermind a trip to the Pyramids. The ones that were educated seemed to be of average intelligence at least, but more often than not it seemed like they all thought that all we as Americans wanted was to take over and rule the world. I was asked this almost daily. This just goes to show how easily and blatantly mislead these countries and cultures are. Is this the influence of those like that of Zawahiri or the sentiment in general of the whole culture? I don't know, but it was overwhelming.
I also worked awhile in Oman which is right next to Yemen. While there, I primarily had Pakistanis working for me. These people were some of the hardest working and for the most part of average or above average intelligence. At least they did seem capable of forming there own thoughts and did not seem pre-disposed to the "American Capitalist Pig" train of thought. They also seemed to have a genuine respect for America. I have to say that I had quite a bit of respect for the ones that I worked with also. I was woriking a 28 day rotation, but these guys were woking over there for 15 weeks at a time before going home for 4-5 weeks and then comiing back.
Anyway, I had heard most of what you had said before and what I do know about the Muslims is in line with what you say. I still work rotations, but now it's in the Gulf of Mexico for 2 weeks at a time so, I have to admit that I had not heard the name Zawahiri before, only that there were other conspirators from Egypt.
Anyway, I just have to vent a little bit and wanted an ear... and kingriz I am right there with ya...