A matter of perspective
Is it completely unreasonable to see Osama bin Laden's offer of truce (on behalf of al Qaeda) to Europe if they stop "attacking Muslims," as being on a par with G.W. Bush's "with us or against us" ultimatum to the world, which was a prelude to invading Afghanistan? Consider that one was made by the nominal leader of the world's preeminent superpower, who in many respects can be seen to own the game, while the other is the nominal leader of a strictly ideological association without even land holdings of its own.
I'm not getting into their ultimate aims at this point, just noting that there's an argument for saying the new offer/threat isn't any more outrageous than what Bush declared a few years ago.
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