Why Did The Bush Administration Allow Osama bin Laden to Escape?

[David Zephyr]

Was it an accident that Bush's top advisers chose not to allow the U.S. armed forces to capture Osama when we had the best chance to do so in Afghanistan after the events of 9/11?

Could George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and Karl Rove have made their case to wage war against Iraq if Osama had been behind bars?

No.

So, was Osama bin Laden remaining free a critical component to building American support for invading Iraq?

Yes.

Would the White House which was itching to make war with Iraq before the events of September 11th, have considered the impact on making that war should Osama be captured?

Yes. Of course they would have.

So, the only question now is...

Knowing that the U.S. had an excellent chance to capture Osama at Tora Bora and chose not to do so, one can only ask the following:

Was Osama allowed to escape in order to build the case with the American people to invade Iraq?

Sadly, I think the answer is now obvious.

[Old Mouse]

1. "see the cat?"

"see the cradle?"

busy busy busy

[Deja Q]

5. With the silver spoon, too...

:-(

[Malva Zebrina]

2. You have to keep the bogeyman alive in order to keep up the fear.

which is necessary to stay in power, or, OBL, is still in the employ of the CIA.

[proud patriot]

3. bush's priorities have to do with power NOT U.S. Security

too bad freepers don't realize this .

Having the fear card to play bush continues to
have power over those stuck in Fear .

[David Zephyr]

4. And Osama is the "Fear Card" That Bush's Presidency Hinges On.

Yep.

[goforit]

6. Gee, I wonder after Poppy trained OBL if OBL still works for them?

[Cleita]

7. The evidence seems to be mounting.

eom

[tom_paine]

10. Bin Laden sure delivered for the Bushes on Nov 1st

That video of his literally did evrything it could to crush the Democrats without Bin Laden actually saying "I endorse Kerry."

If Bin Laden isn't a current Bush Employee, his actions are indistinguishable from if he was one.

Bunnypants* has given Bin Laden everything he wanted, and let him keep his freedom, too.

[blm]

8. Professional courtesy. One demagogue and war profiteer to another.

Could also be their LONGTIME FAMILY TIES.

[David Zephyr]

11. Longtime Indeed.

And what blackmail can Osama have against the Bush family from all of those cozy years that allows him to keep his "get out of jail free" card?

Lots.

[FlemingsGhost]

9. --> $

... and lots of it.

[Disturbed]

12. Tinfoil hat theory of mine.

OBL is a deep cover CIA Agent. Al Q. knows nothing about it and believeS OBL is for real. OBL is an Agent Provocatuer(sp. 911 Attack was what kept Bush Junta in power. Without that Shrub's ratings would have been in he low 30s. Was 911 Attack LIHOP or even MIHOP? I vote for LIHOP.

[David Zephyr]

13. Don't Agree, But Osama Presents a Very Messy Problem for the Bush Family

just as did Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega and others.

[Sterling]

17. That is why you are still confused.

You are not willing to accept the obvious that becomes more obvious to you all the time.

[Al-CIAda]

20. MIHOP

...some even say OBL's former CIA name was "Tim".

[Mr_Spock]

14. I think we propped up the USSR also

The "eternal enemy" is a good real-life drama to keep all the knuckleheads busy.

[David Zephyr]

15. Gore Vidal

said we replaced Nazism with Communism which was replaced by Terrorism so that we have an eternal sworn enemy to hate which keeps the defense establishment enriched at the expense of the people's domestic needs.

[Cleita]

16. Vidal is usually pretty astute about his

political observations. Reminds me of 1984 and the need for perpetual war to keep the government propped up.

[theresistance]

18. Don't forget...

America created Al Qaeda, Osama and the Taliban in the first place when it supported the foreign insurgency against the Soviets in the 1980's.

[spanone]

19. Yes, the answer is obvious.