Nah, he has every right to say he's not a muslim, whereas you don't. If you would know him, he understand Islam better than most anyone here. Infernape-5, it makes me very glad to hear this from you; moreso than from anyone else.
Ok... he's not a muslim...
He's a man who reads the Koran, worshiped Alah, and believed in (or at least preached and pushed for) a vision/mission that came from radicals born of muslim culture, and made a terrorist organization highly geared towards recruiting from muslim communities... better?
I don't "blame" Islam, and obviously Islam is not evil-- but culture and society cannot shirk off all the responsibility for having raised the individual, and cannot turn a blind eye to the problems before it.
America, for instance, cannot deny the atrocities of slavery or genocide (on the native Americans)-- we cannot turn a blind eye to the horrible racists that are born in our country even today. The evil of the individuals is, in part, a responsibility that must be carried and acknowledged by the society at large. At the very least, we must strive to improve.
The Japanese, who are the people of my ancestors and amongst whom I now live-- they cannot (or at least shouldn't!!) deny that it was the nature of their communal culture that gave birth to/allowed for the corruption in Tokyo Electric that severely worsened the current Nuclear situation. They are also truly at fault for turning a blind eye to the horrors that occurred at the hands of the Japanese in WWII in China and Korea. That is truly unacceptable.
While the society is not "evil" for the evil of certain individuals, the society does have to acknowledge and claim responsibility for the problems its individuals raise. At the very least, the responsibility to aim to change to raise better people.
Islam is not a single country or society, but it is a culture and world view as it is a religion-- it too cannot be dismissive, and shirk this responsibility of having raised the individual.
That is what really lies behind cookie's (and my) annoyance at the claim "Osama is not a muslim."
While it is good to recognize his evil, it is infuriating to say "he's not one of us!" and thus shirk that societal responsibility that lies in having raised the individual. Good muslims must acknowledge the problems within the culture of Islam in order to become a better people.
This is not unique to Islam, but like my above examples, is a responsibility that lies with all cultures and all peoples-- including my own. We must continue to strive to become better people.