Taken from The Economist, "He's Back", Jan 20th 2006.

On Osama's latest video:

"The reaction from Washington to this week’s tape was swift and predictable. Scott McClellan, Mr Bush’s spokesman, said its tone showed al-Qaeda was “on the run” and “under a lot of pressure”. He added that: “We do not negotiate with terrorists. We put them out of business… at a time and place of our choosing.” America’s vice-president, Dick Cheney, making a planned speech in New York, equally predictably took the chance to link the tape to an American controversy over wiretapping."

*sigh*

Battle of the tribes.