Comments on: Gee whillikers https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/08/gee-whillikers/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/08/gee-whillikers/#comment-602 Eri Sun, 08 May 2011 14:09:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=738#comment-602 All quite logical. All quite logical.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/08/gee-whillikers/#comment-599 ER Sun, 08 May 2011 12:21:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=738#comment-599 It is said when El Cid died he was dressed in full armor and strapped onto his horse to lead his troops into battle one last time...Well, at any rate, that's how Charleton Heston played it in the movie. The impression we get is Bin Laden's some sort of terrorist Howard Hughes. Of course, maybe that's precisely the impression we're supposed to get. The PsyOps mission is to dismantle his image as a wily and invulnerable desert warrior and prophet, a leader of men and a visionary of his god and people. They will begin to take apart the image Bin Laden and his followers have been carefully crafting since his days fighting the Soviets. From the available material, a new persona will emerge and be marketed, He will be either painted as a bloodthirsty fiend, a coward, an ineffectual recluse, a perverse old degenerate; a combination of what can be done and what will be the most useful. And of course, a different image will be presented here for us, that of an active and busy revolutionary, on top of his terror organization and hard at work planning more mischief: a dangerous man we took out not a moment too soon. Mua'Dib, Mua'Dib... It is said when El Cid died he was dressed in full armor and strapped onto his horse to lead his troops into battle one last time…Well, at any rate, that’s how Charleton Heston played it in the movie.

The impression we get is Bin Laden’s some sort of terrorist Howard Hughes. Of course, maybe that’s precisely the impression we’re supposed to get. The PsyOps mission is to dismantle his image as a wily and invulnerable desert warrior and prophet, a leader of men and a visionary of his god and people.

They will begin to take apart the image Bin Laden and his followers have been carefully crafting since his days fighting the Soviets. From the available material, a new persona will emerge and be marketed, He will be either painted as a bloodthirsty fiend, a coward, an ineffectual recluse, a perverse old degenerate; a combination of what can be done and what will be the most useful. And of course, a different image will be presented here for us, that of an active and busy revolutionary, on top of his terror organization and hard at work planning more mischief: a dangerous man we took out not a moment too soon.

Mua’Dib, Mua’Dib…

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/08/gee-whillikers/#comment-597 Eri Sun, 08 May 2011 11:37:39 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=738#comment-597 <p>Or perhaps as a substitute for the bull at a bull fight.</p> Pics and banderillas would have looked very nice sticking out of him. Think of the entertainment value as the matador swoops in with his sword for the kill. Or perhaps as a substitute for the bull at a bull fight.

Pics and banderillas would have looked very nice sticking out of him. Think of the entertainment value as the matador swoops in with his sword for the kill.

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