Osama Binladin's son wants UN job!

[Nikki Stone1]

Osama bin Laden's son: why I refused to follow in my father's footsteps
Omar bin Laden says he would 'like to be in a position to promote peace' in interview in which he recalls hearing about 9/11 attacks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/18/osama-bin-laden-son-interview

...In an interview with the New Statesman, Omar bin Laden, the fourth eldest son of the world's most wanted man, reveals himself as someone definitely not cut from the same cloth as his father.

Asked whether he plans to enter politics or public life, Omar says: "I do not believe that I would be a good politician – I have a habit of speaking the truth, even when it does not serve me well. But I would like to be in a position to promote peace. I believe that the United Nations would be ideal for me."

Omar ended contact with his father, Osama bin Laden, in April 2001. He says he was asked once to take up arms at a meeting with his father's fighters.

"His sons were in attendance, although none of us was a fighter," Omar says. "He spoke of how it is a great honour to give one's life for Islam and said anyone who wanted to give their life should put their name on a paper in the mosque.

"He never asked me to join al-Qaida, but he did tell me I was the son chosen to carry on his work. He was disappointed when I said I was not suited to that life. I do not like disagreement or violence."....

[BlooInBloo]

1. Yah... My sense of fairness doesn't go quite that far...

Maybe after he puts in 20 or 30 years of doing nothing but working for peace, including repeated pronouncements of Israel's right to exist.

Of course, it's not my decision, either.

[vadawg]

2. got no problem with this, sins of the father type stuff

though if his father was targetting me specifically then i might think a bit differently.. though i would watch him closely...

[StarfarerBill]

3. I too have no problem with this.

Omar isn't his father, and hasn't followed in his father's footsteps. He should be allowed to live the life he wishes, as long as he doesn't hurt anyone (which is all we should ever ask of anyone).