CHICKENHAWK SQUAWK

Speaking from wherever it is an over-the-hill couldn't-find-a-bomb-belt-in-my-size wanna be terrorist dude hides out, Ayman al-Zawahri has called for a broadening of the jihad against the west:

"It is a jihad (holy war) for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahri said. "We will attack everywhere."

Possibly running short of cannon fodder, he announced new lower standards for recruits, who no longer need be true believers:

He also called for the "downtrodden" throughout the world, not just Muslims, to join the battle against "tyrannical Western civilization and its leader, America."

He also made it clear that nothing short of total victory was acceptable: total victory for Israel, that is:

The Egyptian-born physician said that the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and Palestinian militants would not be ended with "cease-fires or agreements."

There's going to be quite a backlash to al-Zawahari's speech for sure. I mean, here we have a useless non-combatant geezer calling for what amounts to world war, so lefties are going to ridicule him as a chickenhawk, right? Nah, this guys a freedom-fighter.