Do you wish Bush hadn't let bin Laden just walk away?

Question

I can't understand why he's so soft on a clear enemy to our country?

Answer 1

And also that he hadn't disbanded the CIA unit in charge of tracking Bin Laden down. I was shocked when I saw those reports a year ago.

Then again, the right-wingers are for more guns, less justice and have failed in Iraq and not even caught those who attacked the congress with Anthrax!


And let's not forget how Bush 1 and Reagan armed and funded the guy in the first place

Answer 2

Let's get something perfectly clear here
The political atmosphere in the world and in this country
when "Clinton had his "shot" at Bin Laden" was a completely different world than it was AFTER 9 / 11 ----- No president had a full GO from the Congress to proceed with retaliations or military action against ANY Islamic organization for any reasons whatsoever --- because the political atmosphere at that time was one that viewed such action as a hostility that would bring an untold full reprisal from the entire Islamic world !!! And, that was something that the Congress and the country was not ready to engage in !! (Remember the time that a President needed the approval of Congress to be involved in a "war" action ???)
This was basically the same reason why there were no outright actions done in the wake of the Marine Barracks bombing in Lebanon under Reagan---and the two Embassies that were attacked under Reagan as well !!
So, back the hell off of Clinton -- sweet Jesus -- you people don't have a freaking clue what you're talking about !!!!

Bin Laden has not been allowed to walk---- he is simply a "hold card" for the present "administration" -- they will bring him to justice when it is politically needed and not a moment sooner--- and that may be VERY soon --- because they are only months away from needing all the clout they can find -- because they are definately running out of points as we speak !!!!

Answer 3

It is misleading to believe Bush had any hold at all on bin Laden! But it is fair to say Osama Bin Laden had strengthened the position of Bush by arranging or encouraging the most outrageous
act of terrorism in America!

Answer 4

I do not think Bush is letting Osama bin Laden " just walk away ".
As a fugitive bin Laden is proving to be extremely elusive and eventually he will be caught. I think it is very frustrating for Bush to have not been able to have him captured and I was really surprised that such a capture did not occur just prior to the last elections

Answer 5

If Bin Laden is caught, Bush loses his leverage of controlling the people by fear. People caught up in fear will do anything to make it safe. They will give up their rights, they will turn on their neighbors. It is odd to me that most of the media can find Bin Laden but not the US Government.

Answer 6

your are confused...it is Clinton that had him about three times and did nothing...
Dec. 20, 1998. (79) Intelligence knew bin Laden would be at the Haii house in Kandahar but again passed up the opportunity due to potential collateral damage and the risk of failure. (80) Clinton approved a plan by his national security adviser, Sandy Berger, to use tribals to capture bin Laden. But nothing happened.

Next, (81) the Pentagon created a plan to use an HC 130 gunship, a more precise method, against bin Laden's headquarters, but the plan was later shelved. Lt. Gen. William Boykin, deputy undersecretary of defense, told the 9/11 Commission "opportunities were missed due to an unwillingness to take risks and a lack of vision and understanding."

Answer 7

I wish Clinton hadn't let Bin Laden walk away, over and over and over.

Answer 8

If Bush let him walk away that makes two Presidents. Clinton gave the guy a free pass way before 9-11.

Answer 9

bin laden is walking around pakistan under a bhukah.....

just look for a 6'4" woman under a robe and you will find that freak

Answer 10

I doubt bin laden's existence