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Dave Smith[_1_]

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> > My point is that it is not that easy to find some one who is actively
> > trying to avoid detection.
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> Is it your stance that Bin Laden is too difficult to find, that we are
> incapable of doing so? I would argue that attentions (and resources)
> have been redirected to deal with the deteriorating situation in Iraq,
> for example the disbanding of the CIA unit in charge of hunting Bin
> Laden.

And i would argue that having been looking for him since the fall of 2001,
and not being able to find him in the intervening 5 1/2 years...... yes, he
is too difficult for the US forces to find.

What deteriorating situation in Iraq are you referring to? It never was
good. The administration is just a little slow at understanding what their
friends and allies were telling them when they lied about the WMDs to give
themselves an excuse to invade. They should have finished the job in
Afghanistan before starting a bigger conflict in Iraq.

> > In your opinion, now if you have some military expertise, you will
> > have to explain that to me.
> > Again your opinion.
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> Not just mine, I think you will find many people who agree that it was
> a mistake to remove remove Sadam Hussein from power and sending the
> country spiraling into a civil war. Worse yet, it could expand into
> regional Shia/Sunnis conflict destabilizing the entire middle east.
> It's not simply opinion, it is a stance arrived at by many people who
> have looked at the situation.

LOL You have to wonder what sort of an idiot Pan is to suggest that you
have to have military expertise to know that it was a major blunder to
invade Iraq before finishing up in Afghanistan. As mentioned above, the
friends and allies of the US were opposed to the invasion because they did
not believe the story about WMds and because they believed that, as bad as
Saddam was, he was keeping a lid of other problems and that removing him
would open up a can of works At the time we said that we were reserving the
right to say we told you so. The US was not highly regarded in the Middle
East to begin with, personal freedoms are an affront to the Moslems,
support for Israel is a major thorn in their side, but now they have the
added morale of holding the moral high ground. Lying about the WMDs,
referring to documents they knew were forged, blaming Germany and France
for supplying material and technology for WMDs when most of it came from
the US, abducting people and sending them to limbo land like Gitmo,
outsourcing torture, using banned weapons in civilian areas, lying about it
and an attempt on the life of the journalist who exposed it have all
served only to diminish the moral stature of the US.

> Another attempted defection...I am talking about the current
> administration and how they have failed to do what they promised us
> they would do, namely bring Bin Laden to justice.

Bin Laden was Number One most wanted when he was initially blamed for the
9/11 attacks. This week they were proudly showing off the confession of
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed who confessed to having masterminded, organized and
supervised the operation,