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b-happy - Why didn't GW Bush finish the job when he sent our forces into Afghanistan in the first place? Remember Osama bin Laden was on the run, hiding for his life in caves. The al Qaida organization was decimated. Remember the playing cards with the top al Qaida leaders on the cards who were systematically being hunted down and eliminated?
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Why in the world did Bush suddenly stop the hunt and divert his attention to Iraq??
Iraq had no connection to the 9/11 attack. Saddam despised Osama bin Laden and kept him at arm's length. Saddam had no WMD's. Osama bin Laden was and still is the most dangerous terrorist in the world, not Saddam Hussein.
Now al Qaida has regrouped and replenished their command and their forces. The Taliban is reclaiming the countryside of Afghanistan and the government has little power outside of Kabul. The poppy harvest last year was a record and supplies funding for both al Qaida and the Taliban.
What an idiot Bush was to abandon the hunt for OBL. Why didn't he "stay the course" in Afghanistan? Now we are seeing the consequences of his monumental error. Obama has no choice but to finish the job of killing OBL.
I am not saying that killing civilians is to be brushed aside or covered up. I am saying that much of this accidental killing could have been avoided if Bush had killed OBL while he was holed up in the mountains AWAY FROM CIVILIANS.
Back then, most of the civilian population, the villagers, had no love of the Taliban, their imposition of Sharia, and the presence of al Qaida. Now that the terrorists have intermingled with or are hiding among civilians, the casualty rate will go up and cause even more hatred against USA.
I repeat. Bush made a monumental error in letting OBL live.
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