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Over the past three years, why has the Bush administration not devoted the resources -- or worse, decided it's not a priority -- to get this monster? We need a president who realizes it was Al Qaeda who attacked us on 9/11.
I'll repeat this. We need a president who realizes it was Al Qaeda who attacked us on 9/11 and devotes the full considerable resources of the United States to take him out now. And that leader is demonstrably not Bush.
March 13, 2002 White House Press Conference:
Bush: So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him , Kelly, to be honest with you. . .Q: But don't you believe that the threat that bin Laden posed won't truly be eliminated until he is found either dead or alive?
Bush: Well, as I say, 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. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him.
So much for "whatever it takes."
Update: Andrew Sullivan thinks this will tip the election in favor of Bush. Hard to believe. Bush is the guy who failed to get bin Laden. Sullivan goes so far as to say - tipping the election towards Bush is probably what UBL wanted. Given that Bush doesn't seem to care about getting bin Laden, UBL wanting Bush to win makes a certain amount of sense. If Kerry wins, UBL is finished.
Greg Djerejian thinks the opposite.
Posted by Laura at October 29, 2004 04:48 PM