"Bush Orders Bin Laden Caught" (article) - What, finally?

[Faygo Kid]

Well, here is a shocker. The Name That Must Not Be Said has apparently caught the "president's" attention this election year. Gee, as an American, I had hoped we might have gone after him earlier - say, Sept. 12, 2001. Here's the article and link:

George W. Bush has reportedly ordered US agencies to step up efforts to catch Osama bin Laden amid accusations by Democratic presidential frontrunner John Kerry that the White House has neglected the al-Qa'ida leader to the US's peril.

The renewed focus on bin Laden, who US intelligence believes is hiding on the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border, comes amid bitter politicking in the US over national security.

Senator Kerry says Mr Bush effectively allowed bin Laden to escape two years ago when he relied on local warlords instead of US troops to hunt him in Afghanistan's Tora Bora region.

News of the stepped up hunt comes less than a month after the senior US military spokesman in Afghanistan, Colonel Brian Hilferty, said: "We're sure we're going to catch Osama bin Laden this year."

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8829429%5E2,00.html

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Wow, just in time for the election!

But which "bin Laden" will they catch? The "fat" one, or the "thin" one?

[whistle]

2. Orders from the CEO of U.S. of Amerika Corporation...

This is not surprising as Rumsfeely has out-sourced to private companies billions of dollars of military support contracts. One out of ten combat troops who are wearing U.S. uniforms and carrying U.S. weapons, using U.S. military resources, but are in private armies and thus have non U.S. military connections are in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. The orders I would think are directed at these private armies (bounty hunters, eh...) to get this job completed.

[yellowcanine]

3. "Bush orders the tide to stop coming in"

Kings think they control everything, don't they?