I could suggest that the aggressive options favoured by you are an equally boneheaded option and also about giving some people a kick ass good feeling whatever the consequences. If there had been success at Tora Tora do you think that would have solved anything ?

>>>Yes, Bill Clinton thought that about every attack prior to 9/11 - WTC1, Khobar, Cole, Kenya .... Bin Laden has actually said he found that approach quite encouraging, so it did indeed have some positive effect on foreign opinion.
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>>>Perhaps, after a thorough investigation, we should have gone to the Hague and sought justice?
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>>The US don't recognize that court. So... what are you suggesting, that they should recognize it?
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>No, I was sarcasticly suggesting it as an option that would have yielded no results whatsoever but is the kind of bone-headed feel-good solution that would be favored by those who find feeling good about themselves to be more important that achieving the goal of removing enemy pieces from the board.
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>I believe the Afghanistan operation was exactly what was called for but was squandered at Tora Bora, partly due to Rumsfield's obsession with doing it all on the the cheap.