On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:20:09 -0700, nom=de=plume wrote:


It seems pretty clear to me there was a strong connection:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban...sama_bin_Laden

What seems to be forgotten over the years, the Taliban offered up bin
Laden several times. There were strings attached, and I can't blame Bush
for not accepting the offers, but, with hindsight, perhaps, there was
enough of an opening that with diplomacy, we could have avoided this
war. The Taliban, at the time, wasn't the enemy. Bin Laden was, and
still is.