Second rate crusaders?

Ayman al-Zawahri, the al-Qaida No. 2 man, suddenly is Mr. Glib. He sneered at U.S. forces for turning over duties in Afghanistan to "second rate crusaders" from NATO.

Ouch. I guess that would be us, along with the Brits and the Dutch. I think us second rate crusaders have just graduated into the ranks of first rate infidels.

Update: More of that second rate crusader stuff right here: "Canadian-led offensive may have killed 1,500 Taliban fighters".

Cross-posted to The Monarchist