The politics of failure.

Osama bin Laden has threatened to kill any captured Americans if the U.S. executes the alleged mastermind of Sept. 11.

Because before now... wait... they've killed all the Americans they've captured. It's kinda their MO. Their own, particular, idiom. Their reason-to-be.

So I guess they're now going to have to capture some, hold them in plush confinement and THEN kill them.

We'll rue the day, that's for sure. START RUEING!