Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
Do you agree that he believes in the point being made?
It doesn't matter if he personally believes it or not. The second part of the quote was from Zawahiri, and added later. You have Al Qaeda planning the attack, recruiting the attackers, instructing them how to pull it off and probably giving the order to execute it. Then you have the then second-in-command, now leader of Al Qaeda explaining the political aspect.

It is not the issue of no political goal, it is that the political goal is unacceptable to the western countries.