What We Weren't Told about Osama's "Truce" Offer

by Walid Phares:

What the public ignores about the "cease-fire" offered by bin Laden is that the international community, and the U.S., will have to recognize al-Qaeda as the representative of the Muslim world, that all Muslim governments would elevate bin Laden as the world caliph. Also, he will be able to "resume" the jihad after the "cease-fire," since it is only a truce after all. The world, thus, would be divided in two spheres, with Osama as emperor from Morocco to China, with his full sovereign control of the resources - that is, oil - and the nuclear toys of Pakistan.

Update: Based on a reader comment (see below) I need to clarify something. Yes, it is widely understood that bin Laden's truce offer is not being seriously considered. But no, it is not being reported properly by the mainstream media (MSM). If it were, it would increase the desire in Western popular opinion to sacrifice and fight. The reaction to the watered-down version is for many people to consider instead that we have arrived at John Kerry's ideal a "nuisance" terror level. This depresses the overall low level of Americans' support for resisting the aggression of the Global Jihad, which is the MSM's goal.

Additionally, there is a direct parallel between al-Qaeda and Hamas. The MSM has convinced Israelis to accept Hamas' "truce" agreement through deceit in the guise of reporting.