Did you know Bush passed up offer for Taliban to give B. Laden?

Question

I'm asking this question a second time because I had to locate my source at PBS.org. (NOTE: this is NOT the Clinton offer)

I ask this because I have yet to find anyone here that is aware that AFTER 911 and BEFORE we invaded Afghanistan, the Taliban offerred to surrender over B. Laden with 2 stipulations: he be given to a nuetral country and the Taliban be recognized internationally.

The nuetral part is because this was right after 911 and they wanted a fair trial because USA emotions were running high. And the second part is because they wanted some kind of reward for this action.

I'm wondering why nobody seems to know this????? Man isn't propaganda and the power of manipulating the media massive? This story was never on network news. I wonder why???? Maybe because Bush had a plan beforehand, had his mind made up, and didn't really want B. Laden because he WANTED war????

Something to think about and thinking is a good thing when you know the WHOLE TRUE story!!!!

Here were two quick sources I grabbed. I have more coming.

Sept 18, 2001 PBS's Newshour
Julian Manyon of International Television News reports on the pursuit of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan quote "...The conditions ..., are first that he should be handed over for trial in a neutral country-- not the United States-- and second, that the Taliban regime should receive international recognition."

Sept 19, 2001 Margaret Warner, a Newshour correspondent, quote, "Today the Taliban suggested that it would like to talk to the United States about surrendering Osama bin Laden. The White House response was: Forget about talking -- turn him over or else"

Wow, the right wing is absolutely amazing... everything from changing the subject to saying, "so what" to accusations the story is false. LOL

BTW, anyone who thinks the media isn't far right obviously hasn't done real research like this story to see what is NOT being told to you.

Also, I don't have a lot of links (I pasted the quotes btw) because it was very difficult searching through PBS.org archives for a story I just 'remembered' hearing BUT I did find some and emailed them requesting more. Some of you would argue with Jesus himself.

Answer 1

netjr:... you mean they were doing all the things Saudi Arabia is doing basically... oh yeah... that would clearly not be worth it... you don't have that many links just out of coincidence...

*meanwhile... Bush and the Saudi King walks of into the sunset holding hands*

werk2much2000: why is it you Conservatives run on here when Rush says something like this, like the Clinton thing with VERY shaky links (The 9-11 report found no evidence of it).. but you "highly doubt" everything else?

S. Leroy: what is the "end all be all" then? God forbid we focus on the mastermind of the man that killed 3,000... sounds like an EXCELLENT PLACE TO START.... instead let's take over Iraq who did nothing to us and has very vague links to terror and had nothing to do with 9-11?

watty: I can see your point, but many conservatives, I don't know if you did, said a lot of bad things about Clinton "not taking a deal" with folks that were just as shaky... just saying...

Answer 2

First of all I highly doubt that the exact wording of any offer was reported by any news agency. If there was any real substance to such an offer and Bush had refused, the liberal press would have been all over it like flies on fruit.

Second, I'm sure you can see why if such an offer was real why it would and should have been rejected out of hand. We would in essence be rewarding BinLaden with a comfortable lifestyle in a neutral country, and at the same time, give credence and credibility to an organization whose main credo is the death and destruction of the western civilization.

I dont know about you, but I dont think you reward your enemies.

PS: did anyone else notice that FireDemon sounds an awful lot like the last tape of BinLaden??? Hmmmmmmmm. I wonder...

Answer 3

Bin Laden isn't the end all and be all of 9/11. Plus if this were true the media would have this out front and center, because of the ratings a story like this would draw. The media doesn't like Bush and they could use this against him, if it were true. If you bring this out to the public, as a member of the media, and it is untrue it would be career suicide. Ask CBS news and Dan Rather.

Answer 4

I didn't know that. But the threat of Bin Laden works for W much better than capturing him. The threat helps him scare the cowardly american citizens into giving up civil rights to fight the terrorists.

This is what Bush said about Bin Laden;

Answer 5

Who wants to deal with bad, non trustworthy people. You give them the control and then what. No, forget the deals. Hunt him like the animal that he his. They are on to him and they well catch him in their own time. You can count on that. NO deals. BS. No its not about War. Even if Bin Laden was handed over with all the wheeling and dealings and underhanded backstabbings that would go with this kind of dealing there would still be a need to do thing s to proect us globally. I don't beleive it would be as simple as what you have stated....Imagine also. You have Bin Laden holed up in a cell in the US (coasting us thousands of dollars to feed his sorry *** etc) What about the ovewhelming potential for kidnappings for Bin Laden. Plane loads of people for his life for example. Treat them like they are. The lowest form of animal.

Answer 6

YOU are out of your mind if you think Bush has ANY control over the media. Did you notice what party he is in? Let the black helicopters go back to base, they really aren't following you around. Funny how your the ONLY person in America that has this crucial info. Walk out your front door for a minute, come out of your 50's bomb shelter, the world isn't that bad!

Answer 7

Ok; you have to ask yourself, was getting bin laden worth recognizing the taliban regime? I don't think it was. This is the group of people that facilitated al queda and wouldn't even offer education, voting rights or property rights to women. It wasn't worth signing a deal wit the devil.

Answer 8

So. they wanted to send bin laden to a country where he would not be punished, but be allowed to continue planning and paying for fundamentalists to continue terrorize the world. and they wanted to be able to continue killing and torturing women because they were women and destroy the country just because they were in power? And do you wonder why the west laughed at them?

Answer 9

did you know bush killed thousands of people in iraq and afghanistan and bombed mosques ancient sites and destroyed historic buildings thats why i call america new nazies. the americans elected bush nazi two times. which is pathetic that just shows americans are racist slaves to goverment and stupid arrogant lyers when they are on tv.

Answer 10

I did not know that - thank you for spreading the truth!