Choosing Sides

As Buffalo Springfield once sang, "Battle lines being drawn....."

Osama Bin Laden, who is undoubtedly a hero to many in the Muslim world, and who, up to this point was seen as a Pan-Islamist, has threatened the Shiia with retaliation.

Why is this significant? Because he has taken a side.

As a Saudi, he is a Sunni, and Sunnis make up the majority in the world of Islam.

Up to now, I have not read or heard of Osama taking sides, but with this latest audio tape he has done so.

It will be interesting to see how this will play out in the coming months and years.

Of one thing we can be sure, many innocent people will die needlessly. And that's the most unfortunate part of this development.