Hoisted on His Own Petard

Seems as if the son of the most infamous mass murderer of this current century is a bit miffed at the way his dad met a bitter end.

Osama Bin Laden's son complained Tuesday that his father was summarily executed, deprived of a fair trial and denied a family burial.

The son, who has previously denounced his father's murderous ways, said President Obama was no better than the notorious terrorist.

"As (I) condemned our father, (I) now condemn the President of the United States for ordering the execution of unarmed men and women," Omar Bin Laden wrote.

Do you smell that? It bares a strong olfactory resemblance to the smug self-righteousness of a man pontificating and throwing punches a tad outside his weight class. His father clearly was unmoved by his proclamations, so I fail to understand why the President of the United States -- or anyone else, for that matter -- would really care what Omar Bin Laden thinks.

That doesn't stop him from going on, of course.

"Not only international law has been blatantly violated, but USA has set a very different example whereby right to have a fair trial, and presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a court of law," Omar Bin Laden wrote in sometimes fractured English.

Osama Bin Laden was not a citizen of the United States, or a member of any organized state or formal army. As such, he was not entitled to any form of rights or presumption of anything in accordance with any form of law -- "international" or American.

He demanded answers in 30 days and said he is putting together a panel of British lawyers.

You will pardon me again if I'm not exactly quaking in my boots at this proclamation. Still, if would be a fitting irony, indeed, if Bin Laden managed to get an international court to declare Barack Obama a war criminal, much like the president's supporters so vehemently declared his predecessor.

Anyway, I've spent more time on this than Omar Bin Laden deserves. Bottom line, he's upset with the treatment of his father? I'm upset that his father killed over 3,000 people in my hometown. By my calculations, he owes me at least 2,999 more outrages before I give a flying fuck.