I always thought bush did not want bin Laden found, but when he slipped "IF we find" it erased any doubt.
Posted by TIKI AL at September 22, 2006 03:57 PMI'm watching the assholes this very second on this story and they insist on using "Al Queda leadership" instead of the screamingly obvious: Osama Bin Laden.
ABC chuckles all around to end the piece. One could vomit.
Posted by paradox at September 22, 2006 05:39 PMIf this clearly correct. The Bush administration is not ever going to give up the golden goose. Just think if they found bin Laden in December of 2001, there would've been no justification for going into Iraq. The Bush administration would've had to drum up another bogeyman. There would've been no 2004 electoral scare.
Answer this question for me, in December of 2001 President Bush was warned by the CIA at least twice that bin Laden was going to get away. He was asked to send in more troops specifically special forces. What happened? President Bush has said on a number of occasions that he listens to his commanders. So why didn't he send in the special forces? Who advised him not to?
Posted by ecthompson at September 22, 2006 06:45 PM
Imagine this:
A mass murderer kidnaps and slaughters an entire bevy of juicy white girls.
The feds KNOW where he is--the next state over--but they don't look for him there.
Oh, no.
Instead, they hightail it to, say, Bermuda.
Would the viewers of Fox stand for it? What would Nancy Grace say?
Posted by at September 22, 2006 06:53 PMIt's obvious that the Bush Administration does not want to capture Bin Laden. If we really wanted to bring him to Justice, we would put forth the effort required to do it.
It's amazing to me how Bush uses Bin Laden for political purposes. One minute he's not worried about catching him, it's not a priority. The next Bush is pointing at Bin Laden as the man who dictates where and how we fight a "war on terror".
Can you imagine the Chief of Police or Sheriff in your hometown telling you he wasn't worried about capturing a serial killer on the lose in your town? And if you happened to disagree with any of his policies he'd scold you by telling you that if you didn't go along with what he said the serial killer would get you. Can you imagine a Chief of Police or Sheriff doing that?
Because our Commander in Chief is.
Posted by Surcam at September 22, 2006 07:16 PMWith the reward being so high, why haven't some enterprising Muslim bounty hunters gone after him?
With that kind of money you could BUY 73 virgins.
Posted by TIKI AL at September 22, 2006 08:06 PMHoly God! Bubba just hand Chris Wallace and Faux News their asses on a plate!:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/22/clinton-fox/
Jesus that was absolutely impressive. What the hell will it take for the rest of the Dems. to grow a nutsack like this and strike back when cornered?
That was absolutely beautiful.
Posted by MisterOpus1 at September 22, 2006 08:26 PMBin Laden is on the payroll. Bush made a deal with the devil.
Posted by Judith at September 23, 2006 05:15 AMI think we may now know the answer as to why King Chimpy okayed his Paki Lackey to do negotiations with the Taliban in Waziristan...it's because Osama Bin Hidin' is Dead.
Read todays articles off the AP and German wire (see rawstory) that Bin Hidin' died of typhoid in late August.
That's why this negotiated peace was done. One of the heads of the Al Qaeda snake has died and shriveled up.
So King Chimpy gets "no-fer" for allowing Nature to take its course.
I just hope that Bin Hidin' is indeed dead, and roasting in some special place in Hell.
Posted by Yourworstnightmare at September 23, 2006 06:26 AM