Anyone seen Sacha Baron-Cohen lately?

I’ve kept quiet about world politics for a while on the advice of my security advisors, but I had to say something about this. Pope quotes ancient text which was critical of the teachings of Mohammad for endorsing the use of violence. This apparently “offends” Muslims worldwide. The reaction from Al Qaeda, of course, is immediately to threaten extremely violent and indiscriminate reprisals, supposedly on the authority of — guess what — a saying of the Prophet Mohammed:

“We shall break the cross and spill the wine. … (you will have no choice but) Islam or death,” said the statement, citing a hadith (saying of the Prophet Mohammed) promising Muslims that they would “conquer Rome... as they conquered Constantinople”.

“We tell the worshipper of the cross (the Pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya. God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the Mujahideen”

Riiiiiight. These guys just don’t get it, do they? You honestly couldn’t make this shit up. It’s just got to be a joke, right? I swear Ali–G is alive, well, and has infiltrated Al Qaeda’s press office for comedy value.