On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:51:30 -0400, Dave Smith
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wrote:
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>> > My point is that it is not that easy to find some one who is actively
>> > trying to avoid detection.
>>
>> 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.
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>> > In your opinion, now if you have some military expertise, you will
>> > have to explain that to me.
>> > Again your opinion.
>> >
>>
>> 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.
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>> 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,

....as well as being one of the hobos on the grassy knoll and
kidnapping the lindbergh baby. busy fella.

your pal,
blake