We have NOT always been after O B-L! Bush, 2002: "I'm not that concerned."

[WinkyDink]

http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/14/nation/na-osama14

Bush's original comment came while U.S. forces in Afghanistan were searching for the Al Qaeda leader, who had eluded joint American-Afghan military operations designed to find him.

"We haven't heard much from him. And I wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. And, again, I don't know where he is," Bush said during the 2002 news conference. "I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him. I know he is on the run.

"I was concerned about him when he had taken over a country," Bush continued. "I was concerned about the fact that he was basically running Afghanistan and calling the shots for the Taliban. But once we set out the policy and started executing the plan, he became -- we shoved him out more and more on the margins. He has no place to train his Al Qaeda killers anymore."

Edited to correct year.

[pnwmom]

1. That comment on TV tonight bothered me, too.

Bush didn't seem concerned at all -- otherwise he wouldn't have withdrawn the forces from Afghanistan that he sent to Iraq instead.

[dhill926]

2. yep.....

and Tora Bora.....chirp....chirp. Hope Rachel nails it tomorrow.