Bush and the bin Laden hunt

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Bush and the bin Laden hunt

Tom Brosz — 8/3/2004 10:41:34 PM (archived)

Could we stop treating this as though Bush is out there personally hunting for bin Laden in a pith helmet?

There are now, and have been for almost three years, special forces, commands, and other units assigned to this in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Guess what, they don't freeze in place like tin soldiers when Bush pays attention to something else.

And considering bin Laden's most likely location right now is in Pakistan or Iran, assigning ten thousand more troops to catching him is going to accomplish what, exactly? Why do you think we have to turn the screws on Pakistan, which only started really cooperating with us when we caught them with their pants down in the Khan affair?

The job is getting done. And hey, if the people hunting bin Laden suck at it, there won't be an October Surprise, so why complain? After all, nothing is more important than getting Bush out of office.

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Seized terror files years old? - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 4:38:00 AM
- Please don't forget that the 911 plot was years old as well - ebnelson - 8/3/2004 2:33:06 PM
- re: Seized terror files years old? - Bowser - 8/3/2004 12:04:48 PM
  - Yeah, Bowser. Bush set it all up in Pakistan, just so he could have an alert. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 3:57:04 PM
    - I hate it when conspiracy theorists start predicting well. - Tony - 8/3/2004 4:10:43 PM
      - re: conspiracy theorists - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 5:16:58 PM
        
        To rephrase the question.... - Robert - 8/3/2004 6:52:20 PM
        
        Maybe I can rephrase a question.... - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 7:26:38 PM
        
        Pray tell, dear sir, .... - Bowser - 8/4/2004 12:00:50 AM
        
        that's a little bizarre - McFly - 8/4/2004 4:09:40 PM
        
        They were truck bombs, car bombs, and a bomb on a boat, but I guess they don't count. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2004 12:52:11 AM
        
        And they had the politican impact of 9-11? Or did the damage? - Bowser - 8/4/2004 4:44:20 AM
        
        Okay, let me see if I can follow this... - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2004 6:11:06 AM
        
        Reductio ad absurdum - Robert - 8/3/2004 8:04:43 PM
        
        Nice try, but there weren't a lot of attacks by al Qaeda during the Eisenhower administration. - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 8:19:16 PM
        
        To get serious... - Robert - 8/3/2004 8:53:31 PM
        
        re: To get serious... - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 9:37:45 PM
        
        A million bucks a year? Where do I sign?? - Robert - 8/3/2004 10:15:35 PM
        
        "They just knew what they knew then." Do you really want to go there? ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 10:45:03 PM
        
        Nope - Robert - 8/3/2004 11:21:02 PM
        
        re: Nope - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 11:55:07 PM
        
        Love to hear... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2004 11:25:13 PM
        
        No thanks - Robert - 8/3/2004 11:45:51 PM
        
        Isn't that our job? - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2004 8:56:53 PM
        
        Whoa, that was so fast I'm not sure you're joking! (n/t) - Robert - 8/3/2004 8:59:27 PM
        
        That accounts for the spellink errors? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2004 9:02:26 PM
        
        I tot it vas ze ackzent, doilink... (n/t) - Robert - 8/3/2004 9:09:49 PM
        
        Jawohl! - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/3/2004 9:43:24 PM
        
        Danke, Herr Techniesche - Robert - 8/3/2004 10:02:17 PM
        
        re: the question - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 7:20:45 PM
        
        re: the question - Robert - 8/3/2004 8:41:20 PM
        
        Bush and the bin Laden hunt - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2004 10:41:34 PM
  - If the terror alerts are causing so much of a problem, then how are they helping Bush? - Scott Evil - 8/3/2004 1:25:27 PM

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