If a Dem is elected President will he/she find Bin Laden?

Question

Many Dems point the finger of blame at Bush for not finding Bin Laden. They do not accept the fact that some war criminals are never caught or are caught many years later. Witness the Nazis who have been discovered only in the past 20 years. So, I ask, will a Dem President be able to wave a magic want and produce Bin Laden (if he is alive)? How would you Bush critics propose that it be done?

Answer 1

We will only find bin Laden if we go into Pakistan to get him... after giving Bush so much crap for "starting" the "unjust" war in Iraq there is no way the Dems would have enough guts to go into Pakistan... and no, the Pakistani's will never catch him because too many of them are sympathetic to his cause...

Answer 2

Well back when the first WTC attack came a certain Democrat President said,"WE will hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice". They caught a bllind cleric and a couple of henchmen and tried and convicted them. We knew who was behind the whole thing but the executive branch didn't go much further.

We had a couple of Embassies bombed. Again, "WE will hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice". We knew who was behind the whole thing then too. But the Executive branch didn't do much then either. I think they launched a couple missiles into Afghanistan.

The USS Cole was almost sunk by a bomb in Yemen. There was no doubt who was behind it. And of course the vow resounded, "WE will hunt down those responsible and bring them to justice". Eventually there were some low level accomplices found tried and executed but not during the time of the Democrat President .

That Democrat President had several (very good) chances to catch Bin Laden long before 9/11 but he didn't even try. So do I think IF a Democrat is elected will Bin Laden be caught? It's possible, ---But I'm not going to hold my breath.

That Democrat President never took the heat for not catching Bin Laden that Bush has. Why is that?

Answer 3

He is a criminal, not a 'war criminal'. Anyhow, I wonder because Bush himslef said he wouldn;t rest until he was found, then he said that Iraq was responsible, than he said he was no longer looking for him because he wasn't a concern to him. THAT is why I ask. The man is over 6 feet tall and requires DIALYSIS. Now, what the next president will do remains to be seen. I guess you are telling me I HAVE to wait for the next president, because Bush won't do it. I also think that had Bush not ruined our ability to go after him by invading an unrelated country, it would be much easier to go after Bin Laden. Pakistan doesn't want to give him up, or even look for him, because they are afraid of the backlash from extremists, and we can't go into Pakistan like we did with Iraq, because of our failed policy. Considering the GOP inability to take responsibility for ANYTHING htey have donw, and instead blame the democrats for 'falling for it', it would not surpirse me in the least if you all start wanting to find Bin Laden again, now that you have made it so difficult.

Answer 4

Nazis are a bad example. The worst of the worst leaders in their group WERE caught. It was the dozens of minor figures that escaped discovery. Bin Laden is more akin to Hitler, who had NO chance of escaping, than some smaller level concentration camp manager or SS officer. So Bush essentially allowed the worst of the worst, the big Kahuna himself, get away. Good move.

That said, you are probably right. But the reason still reflects poorly on Bush. The Dems will likely never find Bin Laden because they are saddled with fixing a war in Iraq that has nothing to do with Bin Laden. If we had the time and resources and threw it all into finding Bin Laden, provided he is even still alive, we'd likely have much better success. Instead, we are wasting all our time, money, soldiers, resources, and credibility in a place that has nothing to do with him. If the Dems can't find Bin Laden, it is only because Bush has buried him under a virtually unmovable pile of distraction.

You argument is essentially the same as setting your own house on fire, watching it burn to the ground, and then telling your neighbor that they won't do any better saving your cat. Whose fault is that?

Answer 5

You forgot to mention that these "nazi war criminals" were not the actual people that gave the orders, but underlings that followed these immoral orders.
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Nazi war criminals captured after war were never given the attention BinLaden has been given, nor were they names known to every person on the face of the earth.

One thing the dems won't be saying is I don't really care where he is, he's not important, neither is finding him.

Oh yeah, they won;t be calling the constitution a GD piece of paper either!!


The entire world was on our side on 9-11. I and everyone I knew backed Bush. He said that we would go after these people no matter where they hid. HE LIED, as soon as they went into Pakistan he stopped ant the border.
Then he decided to change the whole 9-11 tragedy into
"lets go get Iraq, we don't like Sadamm anyway"
And thus began the re-creation of Al Queda

Answer 6

I would say that Joe Biden as the experience and the temper to deal with Osama Bin Laden.
There has been intelligence information that bin Laden is on or near the Pakistani and Afghanistan border. I don't hear much in the media about troops in Pakistan, but if it is true isn't that where the US should be looking?
I would assume that the CIA is trying their best to find him, but I guess their best isn't good enough.

Answer 7

Well Osama would be in the "cold case" file, but I would imagine that there would be a more serious attempt made. After all the major Dem candidates have no family, (as in cosa nostra type family), ties to the Bin Ladens like Dumbya does. We know how Dumbya likes to bend, if not break, the rules for his friends as we have seen with Scooter. Down with Dictator Dumbya!!!

Answer 8

didn't Bush call off the search for bin Laden in order to focus on Iraq? I think much of the criticism is with that move.

We all hope they catch bin Laden. He is an elusive evil genius with money and sympathizers out in those Pakistani mountains. (If he's alive)

Answer 9

I really don't see how it's possible and have some serious doubts as to whether or not he's even alive.

Many are looking for excuses to post something, anything that is degrading so that they can give each other slaps on the back and agree. I'm convinced of that.

I posted a question about Iraq (you responded), and was hoping to see some of the people who demand DAILY, that we withdraw right now. Guess how many of those folks have responded? NONE. Debate and reasonable discourse with many of these people, doesn't exist.

Answer 10

I think we could find bin laden if we put some pressure on saudi arabia. we have linked terrortists to them but because of our trade we don't demand they hand those people over. some have reported the possibilty that bin laden is hiding in saudi arabia.

the fact that we haven't found him, its the big problem with the bush admin. its that resources we could use to find terrortists are being used in iraq.
we kept looking for WW2 criminals years after the fact. it doesn't seem like we are looking with the best of our abilities