Why's Bin Laden Alive?

[PatriotnMore]

You are right, you know more than the average American.
'Kill Bin Laden' is likely the most recent public source for what happened and why. Gary Berntsen's Jawbreaker also offers a slightly different perspective so check it out when you get the chance. The Bush administration, CIA and Pentagon leadership really screwed the pooch at Tora Bora.

Read Jawbreaker also.

[Maddog5150]

If we caught him then our bumper stickers wouldnt be as funny. DUH!

[BayAreaShooter]

Hes still alive because the CIA trained him and he is rich beyond belief.

[coyote43g]

Saw this on Wednesay in my homeland security class. Yea, its nothing new at all. There's been many stories amongst the infantry and special ops community regarding having Bin Laden in their sights and they were somehow denied.. Who knows

[Baconator]

I would figure he is long dead. He is far more important to his followers dead than alive, because his martyrdom would inspire them to carry out more acts of terrorism. They will never announce he is dead.

[1lostinspace]

Osama= Dr Evil! Both are in orbit!!! maybe together!

[sniper5]

He's on the flying saucer with Elvis and Howard Hughes. Seriously, maybe he's alive, maybe his isn't. He is a human being and will die of something. He could be alive or he could have died from anything that would kill anyone else. . . fell down, drowned, got sick, car wreck, infection from a cut, etc. Kind of kills your ability to be a martyr if you died from the flu.

We may find out or we may never find out.

[Uriah02]

Saw this on Wednesay in my homeland security class. Yea, its nothing new at all. There's been many stories amongst the infantry and special ops community regarding having Bin Laden in their sights and they were somehow denied.. Who knows

The only report I recall this occuring was prior to 9/11 and under President Clinton's guidance. I think it was shortly after the USS Cole attack.

[QQQ]

A dead boogey man isn't a boogey man.

This. Either that or he's really, really, really good at hide-and-seek.

[Robidouxs]

Isn't the bounty on Osama Bin Laden only $36 million, dead or alive? I'm sure that would have been an excellent motivator...

[SuperSet]

The only report I recall this occuring was prior to 9/11 and under President Clinton's guidance. I think it was shortly after the USS Cole attack.

If you're talking about Tarnak Farm, yes, that was the closest we got before 9/11. Supposedly, the Agency had him in sights from a Predator drone but didn't kill him. Part of me wonders if we had Hellfire-equipped Predators then, how different history would have been.

[QQQ]

Isn't the bounty on Osama Bin Laden only $36 million, dead or alive? I'm sure that would have been an excellent motivator...

$36 million is child's play. No self-respecting mobster would give a hoot about $36 million.

Solution: withdraw from the sandbox. Put a few billions of dollars we spend on sending our boys over there instead into a reward pool for his capture.

Can you imagine- a $100 billion prize? We'd have him behind bars in no time-Unless he's already dead.
Sure, there may be a lot more old folks heading over there with a saber and Civil-war era revolver, but life's an adventure.

And we'd save some cash and American lives, too!

[SuperSet]

$36 million is child's play. No self-respecting mobster would give a hoot about $36 million.

Solution: withdraw from the sandbox. Put a few billions of dollars we spend on sending our boys over there instead into a reward pool for his capture.

Can you imagine- a $100 billion prize? We'd have him behind bars in no time-Unless he's already dead.
Sure, there may be a lot more old folks heading over there with a saber and Civil-war era revolver, but life's an adventure.

And we'd save some cash and American lives, too!

Brutha, you are on the low end! The combined intelligence budget for 2010 is $80 billion:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/10/28/us.spy.spending/

We've been at war for almost 10 years. Do the math!

[chris]

Saw this on Wednesay in my homeland security class. Yea, its nothing new at all. There's been many stories amongst the infantry and special ops community regarding having Bin Laden in their sights and they were somehow denied.. Who knows

The only report I recall this occuring was prior to 9/11 and under President Clinton's guidance. I think it was shortly after the USS Cole attack.

i read about that in the book about Clinton's Presidency by the officer who carried the "Football" for him. Dereliction of Duty great book IMO.

[FNH5-7]

Why is Bin Laden still alive?

I don't know but it's probably........

"Bushs Fault"
-Democrats