"When do we go after bin Laden?"

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Originally Posted by classicman

Sooooooo, Now that Obama is in office - When do we go after Bin Laden?

Obviously ASAP. We know the Marine Corp tried to do that long ago when the Marines wanted completely out of "Mission Accomplished" - to be only in Afghanistan. Obama has been quite blunt about it. Completely out of the unwinnable war - "Mission Accomplished" - in 18 months. Fully into the justified war that Obama has said (quoting the generals) that we are losing - Afghanistan.

How bad has Afghanistan become? Well the military supply line has again been completely cut off by the Taliban. Khyber Pass is again closed to the US military supply line. The military must be supplied from ships. The Khyber Pass was the only supply line. So Russia and unnamed Central Asian republics will now permit supply lines through their territories.

Appreciate how tenuous America’s supply lines have become. Look on maps to see how unloaded ships connect to soldiers in Afghanistan via Central Asia. Because we screwed up for so long, now a war to get bin Laden and his allies will become massively more expensive. But at least we will finally make an effort to get bin Laden. George Jr all but protected bin Laden.

Meanwhile, Cheney was quoted recently as saying bin Laden was not relevant - not a threat to anyone. That makes obvious why America made no effort to get bin Laden for seven years. Cheney wrote America’s enemies list.