Al Qaeda Impotently Mocks US Prez

It's easy to talk tough about the US President from the goat-smelling caves of Backwateristan... It's a lot tougher to come out and do something about it.

Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader mocked President Barack Obama for voicing confidence over victory in Afghanistan, in an Internet message posted on Monday.

Ayman al-Zawahri also said Arab government leaders allied to the West were more harmful to the Palestinians than Israel.

"Poor Obama comes to Kabul and he promises that Taliban shall not return to power ... You poor man, can you promise that your hordes will return safely to America?" a speaker who sounded like Zawahri said in an audio recording posted on Islamist websites often used by al Qaeda.

Obama made his first trip to Afghanistan as president in March, delivering a rousing speech to U.S. troops and telling them he was confident they would have success in their mission.

"These Arab Zionists with whom we live and exchange smiles ... are more dangerous than the Jewish Zionists," Zawahri said, referring to Arab leaders allied to the West.

By: Brant