“…in a September [7] 2007 video message, bin Laden claimed that ‘thinkers who study events and happenings’ were now predicting the American empire’s collapse. Comparing President Bush to [former Soviet leader Leonid] Brezhnev, the architect of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, bin Laden said, ‘The mistakes of Brezhnev are being repeated by Bush.’ ”
– Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bin Laden’s Legacy, Page 20