You are correct- Bush had 7 years to catch him- here's proof that Bush gave up on Osama Bin Laden right from the horse's mouth : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o
Bush admits he's not worried and that he doesn't know where he is
Originally Posted by wellendowed1911
WE,
You're a pretty smart guy so I'm confused why you would think that a public statement somehow is truthful.
IF Bush or any other president, had said, yes, we have gotten intel that tells us Osama is just inside the border of Pakistan and we are making plans to take him out, HE WOULD HIDE SOMEPLACE ELSE!
Of course you want the propaganda machine and speeches to make it look like we as a nation are making no great effort to find him so that he relaxes his guard.
As for yours and others comments that we went into Iraq for the oil you need to take off the algore colored glasses and look at your own facts andthose facts are:
WE never had to find WMD. Saddam had to prove as part of the cease fire that everything had been destroyed and the UN inspectors had spent 10 years being led on wild goose chases and shell games while Saddam moved and hid components. He was required by the cease fire to PROVE everything he agreed to and numerous resolutions were made against him because he kept snubbing his nose as the UN.
YES, Saddam was harboring terrorists and training camps I do notice how that is never mentioned in the press as one more nail in the coffin as to why the US decided to end the game and remove Saddam from office.
Back to OBL.
Nice article on how OBL, since the US began to go after terrorism, had pretty much become a fading horse in a long race:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ditorialPage_t
Keep in mind that the CIA knew where OBL was way back in August 2010 from all reports yet Obama took until May, 9 months to give the go ahead and take him out?
If the press and other liberals had ever found out that Bush had known where OBL was sitting for 9 months and done nothing, they'd be hell to pay.
Yes, Bush fucked up around Tora Bora by not sending in US troops to get OBL and OBL escaped. Good thing Obama was able to learn from other presidential failures on capturing enemies and he made sure there were backup aircraft and men because when that Blackhawk went down, it had every chance of being a cluster fuck but unlike when Clinton refused to allow COBRA and other support helicopters in Somalia when we went after terrorists there, Obama knew better and I'm better he did not worry about the cost but just the damn result.
Speaking of Clinton, where's he been with all this? Is he afraid to poke his head up and get asked questions such as wouldn't it have been better to have taken him in custody when he was offered up under YOUR watch Mr President?....
Here's another article about how this action vindicates Bush. While not doing so well for Obama.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ditorialPage_t