DGDevin wrote:
"HeyBub" wrote in message
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Whether the business was a "bad thing" can be measured.

As the computer people say--garbage in, garbage out. More on that
later.
It was never a goal of the Bush administration to kill or capture OBL
(after about 9/18).

We've discussed this before, and of course getting OBL was repeatedly
voiced as the policy of the Bush administration. That Bush later
said he no longer worried about that doesn't alter the fact that at
one time he'd talked very tough on the subject.


There was, admittedly, much blustering in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
As dispassionate heads began to think on the issue, however, vengence
against OBL fell into the pot of disinterest, or at least way down on the
list. Contrary to your position, I don't think you can find one single
reference to the killing or capturing of OBL as a goal of the United States
government since October 2011 - by an official OF the government.

Of course the opposition seized on the administration's position and made it
a cause celeb "Why haven't we brought OBL to justice?!!", etc.