Things wouldn't have gone better with this coke...
Drudge passes on a New York Post report that Osama bin Laden planned to kill thousands of Americans with poisoned cocaine a year after the 9/11 attacks.
The plot supposedly failed because Columbian drug lords thought it would be bad for business- and might result in a response from the American government they would have preferred to avoid.
To me, the interesting thing about this story is what it illustrates about Osama's view of American society. Without underestimating the number of foolish Americans who actually use cocaine, I get the feeling from his rhetoric about American culture that Osama thinks that it's the Coke those polar bear commercials are about, and which we sell in vending machines. He probably thought that this would be a mortal blow in more ways than one!
The plot supposedly failed because Columbian drug lords thought it would be bad for business- and might result in a response from the American government they would have preferred to avoid.
To me, the interesting thing about this story is what it illustrates about Osama's view of American society. Without underestimating the number of foolish Americans who actually use cocaine, I get the feeling from his rhetoric about American culture that Osama thinks that it's the Coke those polar bear commercials are about, and which we sell in vending machines. He probably thought that this would be a mortal blow in more ways than one!
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