Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:02:20 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:

Yes, it was -- but tactically, it was badly bungled. And it took our
attention
away from destroying the people who attacked us on Sept. 11.

If you mean Osama ben Laden, it was NEVER the goal of the United
States to capture or kill Osama ben Laden.

The singular goal of the United States was to prevent an attack on
the United States or its interests abroad. To accomplish this goal,
several tactics were undertaken at the same time to disrupt or
destroy our enemies communications, funding, recruitment, training,
and sanctuaries and to deter those who would assist our enemies.

If, during the execution of these tactics, ben Laden ended up dead,
that would be a plus, but it was certainly never a goal (after the
first week).

Before 9-11, there was, on average, one or two attacks on U.S.
interests overseas every year (the first WTC bombing, the USS Cole,
the bombing of our embassies in Kenya and elsewhere, kidnapping or
killing of U.S. ambassadors, etc.). Since 2001 there has not be a
single successful attack on either the U.S. or U.S. interests abroad.


There's been no need to, bush has done more to destroy this country
then bin laden ever dreamed of. And your statistic is baloney in many
ways. The official reports of terrorist activity showed a huge
increase all thru the bush jr years. The bushies even tried to
redefine "terrorism" to make the numbers look lower but they were
outed.

It's true that terrorist attack spiked upward (though not against the U.S.),
but have now diminished to what John Kerry called "a mere nusiance level
that we can accept."