Glenn Beck Program May 3, 2011

Osama Bin Laden

• There are conflicting reports about Bin Alden’s demise.

·        The Chinese News Agency reports…

“The world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, was killed in a search operation launched by the Pakistani forces…”

·        Newspapers in Pakistan are speculating…

“Was Osama killed by U.S. troops or his own guards?”

• Bin Laden’s wife and children are in Pakistani custody.
• There will always be doubts.
• Our celebrations here seemed to be that we won one, the first in a long while.
• When released, the photo of a dead Osama Bin Laden will be one of the most viewed photos of all time.
• Why are we debating the issue of releasing pictures of the body or the service at sea?
• President Obama knew generally of this raid since August of last year.
• President Obama knew specifically of this raid since February of this year.
• They had a Muslim cleric ready to go on board the ship, but they hadn’t thought through the issue of the pictures?  That doesn’t make sense.
• Does releasing these pictures make us more safe or less safe?
• The President’s approval rose 9 points.
• Wikileaks released a cable saying that Al Queda will explode a nuke if Osama Bin Laden is killed.
• Glenn discussed that the threat from Osama Bin Laden was not from him as a person, but as his idea, Sharia Law.  America, to defend itself, has put up barriers, but they just protect “stuff”.  Where are the competing ideas from America?  Marxism?  Globalism?  Statists?
• Sharia wants total control for Allah.
• Marxism wants total control for the collective.
• Globalism wants total control for the business.
• Statists want total control for the state.
• They all want total control.
• Glenn showed a video of a British journalist, known to be a socialist, commenting that America, Britain and France are using their military power to make up for their declining economic power.
• Glenn then reviewed a number of countries grouped by whether they were friends or foes of the US.

                       Friends

·        France – Sarkozy may lose the next election to le Penn who says she would withdraw from ATO and have stronger ties to Russia.

·        Germany – Also looking for new friends.  Now constructing an oil pipeline from Russia to Germany.

·        Britain – Somewhat shaky relations since President Obama returned the bust of Winston Churchill.

·        Canada – Our strongest ally.  The Conservative Party won big in the last election.

·        Pakistan – could fall anytime.

·        Egypt – Anti-American sentiment is growing.  The Muslim Brotherhood is growing in influence.

·        Israel – Repeatedly criticized by this administration.

·        Saudi Arabia – They didn’t like the example we are setting in Libya by killing the country’s leader.  Also, they are strengthening ties to China.

·        China – Their economy is on track to overtake ours by 2016.  They are no longer holding our debt.

·        Japan – Nothing left.  Japan is crippled.

·        Brazil – As long as the checks clear, they are in.

                        Foes

·        Russia

·        North Korea

·        Iran

·        Cuba

Are they stronger or weaker?

• Osama Bin Laden was the old idea to scare people into Sharia Law – terrorize them into it or kill them.
• The Muslim Brotherhood is the new idea to grow Sharia.
• Organize
• Legislate
• Stand up for democracy
• Easier to community organize people into Sharia rather than to blow themselves up.
• Community organizing is the most powerful weapon on the planet today.
• In our culture, we are being separated from people who believed as we did.  Now we are all about “stuff”.

Guest:  Michael Scheuer, Former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit

Scheuer

• Our Presidents have indicated that we are not at war with Islam. 
• But a growing number of people in the Muslim world are at war with our allies and us.
• It’s a war that we will be fighting for a very long time.
• Islamic government is a similarity of views between Osama and the Muslim Brotherhood.
• The Muslim Brotherhood is more sophisticated in organization.
• Its goals are much more imperialistic than Osama’s.
• The Goal is to install an Islamic government in every country in the world.
• The photo issue should have been decided long ago.
• Pakistan
• The current President of Pakistan is one of the most corrupt people on earth. 
• At least Mushariff was helping us. 
• We are tearing Pakistan apart with what we are asking it to do and what it has done. 
• The country is falling apart. 
• Our best bet would be the military taking over again.