THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPAL:

Jihadist Messages to Obama Reflect Their Uncertainty (Matt Korade, 11/14/08, Congressional Quarterly)

From the Taliban to al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State of Iraq, the messages welcome and wag fingers at the president-elect, carrying conflicting statements that show these groups have now found it difficult to figure out the next play.

While official messages are often directed at U.S. and allied leaders, many of the posts on the sites where such statements appear resemble a community forum, “to discuss with each other, this social community that they’ve developed,” said Adam Raisman, a senior analyst at the Site Intelligence Group, which monitors and translates Islamist statements.

“Where it will lead is a question mark because they themselves do knot know what Obama will do once he assumes the presidency.”

No one does.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 14, 2008 12:19 PM