“Do not follow me down the road to jihad. Go and get a good education in the West”: Osama Bin Laden’s extraordinary instructions to his young children. So say his in-laws. Did he come to realize his path was a dead end or are they just saying what they think people want to hear? Either way, it may give some food for thought.
Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities
After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.
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