On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.

I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.

Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.
I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.

Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11


If there was one thing the Bush misadministration mishandled perfectly,
it was dealing with other nations, governments, and organizations.
Besides, it *wanted* a war of convenience.

Convenient, wasn't it? :)

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:51:11 -0400, HK wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:35:43 -0500, Vic Smith wrote:


Nobody has really explained why we went to Afghanistan in the first
place or why we are still there.
I'll explain it, as I remember it.
We went in to get Osama Bin Laden.

Lest we all forget, the Taliban offered up Bin Laden on several
occasions. Not that I blame Bush for rejecting the offer. After 9/11,
we all wanted blood, myself included, but then, who would have thought
that 8 years later, bin Laden would still be breathing free air.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001...an.terrorism11


If there was one thing the Bush misadministration mishandled perfectly,
it was dealing with other nations, governments, and organizations.
Besides, it *wanted* a war of convenience.

Convenient, wasn't it? :)

If you wants a war, you gots to have an enemy. It would have been
very inconvenient to have captured Osama.