Something I caught from yesterday’s coverage of the bin Laden tape: He cited American polls to support his position.

In response to the substance of the polls in the U.S., which indicate that Americans do not want to fight Muslims on Muslim land, nor do they want Muslims to fight them on their land, we do not mind offering a long-term truce based on just conditions that we will stick to.

Critics accuse Bush of playing politics when he says that those calling for retreat are giving comfort to the enemy. What about when the enemy himself acknowledges it in his stump speech?