>>...and I am not sure Afghanistan should have been about anything but blowing Tora Bora to hell when we knew he was there and going home
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>>Agreed....
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>>I will never understand why Rumsfeld and the U.S. didn't finish the job. Ironically, some of the testimony from detainees at Gitmo has consistently placed bin
>>Laden at the location. I think the U.S. learned a hard lesson from that day - if you want something done, do it yourself and not rely on Afghan proxies.
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>>(There are some who believe bin Laden might now be hiding in Iran....who knows)
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>Personally I doubt that. The Tadjiks would sell him out in a heartbeat.
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>I think Baghram is actually what the goal is there and maybe a couple of places up the Panshir valley. A ground base in South Asia so when it all goes to hell in Pakistan - or Iran - we have a staging area. Pretty well located.
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>The other advantage seldom mentioned to invading someplace, even if you leave, is all the little things you leave behind. Iraq will literally never be the same. Neither will Afghanistan <s>
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>Tracy, what do you think?

Well, according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Osama Bin Laden is in Washington D.C. :o)

http://gawker.com/5532157/iranian-president-knows-where-osama-bin-laden-is-washington-dc

Snippet:

I heard that Osama Bin Laden is in Washington D.C. He's there because he was a previous partner of Mr. Bush. They were colleagues in fact, in the old days. You know that. They worked together.

I am really surprised no one has posted that video here on the UT as another example of the U.S. and western media having him the entire time we are supposedly searching the world for him I guess it never hit the media outlet everyone seems to be using this day: youtube :o)

(Sorry, just couldn't resist since I can't say what I really think)

More info: I just noticed that caps at the bottom of that site:

BIN LADEN DETERMINED TO STRIKE U.S... WITH EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE.

There you have it. Bin Laden is the greeter at the local Walmart. :o) So now we know! <s>