"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda."

[Bindare_Dundat]

Obama administration to ratchet up hunt for bin Laden.

By Kelli Arena
CNN Justice Department Correspondent

     
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama wants to renew the U.S. commitment to finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to his national security advisers.

The Obama team believes the Bush administration has downplayed the importance of catching the FBI's most-wanted terrorist because it has not been able to find him.

"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority," Obama said during the presidential debate on October 7.

But tracking down bin Laden won't be easy.


Remember when I asked you guys if you were up for another 5 years of military spending and deaths in another part of the world? This may be it.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/binladen.hunt/index.html

[a_joker10]

Obama administration to ratchet up hunt for bin Laden.

By Kelli Arena
CNN Justice Department Correspondent

    
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama wants to renew the U.S. commitment to finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, according to his national security advisers.

The Obama team believes the Bush administration has downplayed the importance of catching the FBI's most-wanted terrorist because it has not been able to find him.

"We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority," Obama said during the presidential debate on October 7.

But tracking down bin Laden won't be easy.


Remember when I asked you guys if you were up for another 5 years of military spending and deaths in another part of the world? This may be it.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/binladen.hunt/index.html

They know here he is.
Just trying getting Pakistan or Saudi Arabia to agree to go after him.
Or let America go after Al Qaeda in their countries.

[240 is Back]

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important." - G.W. Bush

[CQ]

Surely focusing again on trying to track down Bin Laden is a very good thing?

Irrspective of what actual position/weight he holds now, it's a simple matter of justice and some form of closure for the families etc

[headhuntersix]

We go after AQ everywhere. My question is Obama going to go after AQ with a completely new military, and entire new Special Ops force not affliated with our current military...um NO. Its the same guys doing the same job execept, based on past experience with Dem's, we'll be much more risk averse. Obama does not want to risk burnt Blackhawks and dead Seals, and thats what it might take if we can corner Bin Laden again. Bush has allowed our guys to go after AQ any place and into an country we find em. I hope the idiots in the Obama admin can keep their traps shut about it.  

[headhuntersix]

We want his number 2. The hunt for Bin laden has never stopped. There are organizations u guys have never heard of, looking for him and all the rest of the AQ leadership. Bin Laden is largely a figure head. Its hard to corner this guy, even our allies in the regions he moves through, revere him. They fear AQ more then they fear us.

[a_joker10]

Pakistan is already ratcheting up its rhetoric against US intrusion.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD94CK4J80

I hope you have some more F-16's to Bribe give to Pakistan to help with negotiations.
Maybe this time they will let a full scale US division into their tribal areas to help clean up the mess.

[240 is Back]

still smells weird we left the north road out of tora bora unguarded and unbombed.

all the generals were on tv screaming at the top of their lungs in nov 2001.  "He's going to get away, leaving that path open when we have him surrounded is unexplainable".

You have to wonder... it special forces had killed Bin laden with fire on Sept 12th or 15th or 20th...
Meaning we didn't import the war infrastructure to their region.

Would we be in Iraq right now?  

[a_joker10]

We want his number 2. The hunt for Bin laden has never stopped. There are organizations u guys have never heard of, looking for him and all the rest of the AQ leadership. Bin Laden is largely a figure head. Its hard to corner this guy, even our allies in the regions he moves through, revere him. They fear AQ more then they fear us.

Most of the region he is in is not controlled by any American ally.
Pakistan has lost control of the tribal areas a long time ago.

I just hope that America gets more fixated on winning in Afghanistan and developing the Afghan military so that NATO can leave.
It took 3 years to stand up 150,000 soldiers in Iraq. What the heck is taking so long in Afghanistan.

[headhuntersix]

They have to say something, u say how much Syria bitched..one or two days and then stories come out about them letting us in to take down the AQ guys. We don't need more troops, especially there.

240 U really need to read "Kill Bin Laden"....ur idea about what happened there is not  correct. Its never as clear cut as whats put out by popular media. The "Generals" were part of the problem. U had a company of Rangers ready to seal the back door, u had aircraft ready to mine the passes. It was the risk aversion that has been prevelant since Clinton, that hurt our efforts. Not to mention terrain and our "allies" among the Afghi and Pakistani military that hampered our efforts.

Joker...Afghanistan isn't Iraq, not even close. Their troops are horrible and Nato does very little to help.

[a_joker10]

They have to say something, u say how much Syria bitched..one or two days and then stories come out about them letting us in to take down the AQ guys. We don't need more troops, especially there.

240 U really need to read "Kill Bin Laden"....ur idea about what happened there is not  correct. Its never as clear cut as whats put out by popular media. The "Generals" were part of the problem. U had a company of Rangers ready to seal the back door, u had aircraft ready to mine the passes. It was the risk aversion that has been prevelant since Clinton, that hurt our efforts. Not to mention terrain and our "allies" among the Afghi and Pakistani military that hampered our efforts.

Joker...Afghanistan isn't Iraq, not even close. Their troops are horrible and Nato does very little to help.

Canada will be out of Kandahar in 2011.
I am now of the firm belief that NATO is a complete waste of time.
An new Alliance should be formed with most of the new members like Poland and Czech republic, but also including new partners like Taiwan, and Australia.

France and Germany need to pound sand.

[240 is Back]

obama went to germany and told 200,000 germans that they needed to send men and $ to win war in afghanistan and they cheered him.

Maybe they didn't understand english, or maybe he's the world's best salesman.

[headhuntersix]

Complete waste.....and it sucks because the Canadians fight. The Poles are de mining, they need to let em fight. The Dutch have done well, after some prodding. The Aussies and New Zealand SF have fought well. The Koreans do engineering projects and don't fight. The Brits of course do their thing. They brought in the Gurka's which scare the absolute shit out of the Mujha's. I wish the French would send in the Legion. I'm not sure why they're not there. The French are around Kabul and do nothing...we almost got sandwiched between two of their madmax trucks after an IED in downtown Kabul. We were in small SUV's and my driver managed to "Tokyo drift" between two of em as they came out of the smoke and dust. For alomost dying, it was pretty fucking cool.

[Decker]

Obama administration to ratchet up hunt for bin Laden.
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It's about damn time.

Bush bungled the capture so badly that we're still talking about catching this asshole almost 8 years after the worst attack on American soil.

And 240's quote of Bush not giving a shit about OBL is sick.  Bush should be strung up by his balls for saying something so manifestly stupid.

[headhuntersix]

Decker....Obama will do nothing different period.

[headhuntersix]

And for the record this is the first decent debate we've had here in a long time. I'm headed to the gym but I hope u guys can keep a decent and respectful conversation going in my absence.

[a_joker10]

Complete waste.....and it sucks because the Canadians fight. The Poles are de mining, they need to let em fight. The Dutch have done well, after some prodding. The Aussies and New Zealand SF have fought well. The Koreans do engineering projects and don't fight. The Brits of course do their thing. They brought in the Gurka's which scare the absolute shit out of the Mujha's. I wish the French would send in the Legion. I'm not sure why they're not there. The French are around Kabul and do nothing...we almost got sandwiched between two of their madmax trucks after an IED in downtown Kabul. We were in small SUV's and my driver managed to "Tokyo drift" between two of em as they came out of the smoke and dust. For alomost dying, it was pretty fucking cool.

That's a cool story.

I saw the Gurka's in when I was England last year. They are the preferred guard for the Royal family and royal sites. Those are some scary SOBS. They also performed the best marching I ever saw.

If there is another election between now and 2011 I won't be surprised to see the Canadian stay in Kandahar lengthened. Especially since if they leave no one else, except America, will fill the void. I am sure that US can offer something to Canada to let us stay longer. Bush has done nothing but diminish the US relationship with Canada in public.

[Decker]

Decker....Obama will do nothing different period.

Cynical, cynical, cynical.

At least Obama isn't giving up like that sadsack Bush did.

Tell the families of the 9/11 victims that OBL is just not important these days.

[240 is Back]

And for the record this is the first decent debate we've had here in a long time. I'm headed to the gym but I hope u guys can keep a decent and respectful conversation going in my absence.

Psst... guys.... HH6 is gone...

Which one of you neocon skunks hates America worse?

[LurkerNoMore]

Cynical, cynical, cynical.

At least Obama isn't giving up like that sadsack Bush did.

Tell the families of the 9/11 victims that OBL is just not important these days.

+1.  Bush is a complete failure at everything he does and catching Bin laden was no different.

[Fury]

Cynical, cynical, cynical.

At least Obama isn't giving up like that sadsack Bush did.

Tell the families of the 9/11 victims that OBL is just not important these days.

Hahaha, so it's ok for Obama to wage war across the globe but not ok for Bush? Man you're a hypocrite.

[Buffgeek]

Psst... guys.... HH6 is gone...

Which one of you neocon skunks hates America worse?

Can you please define neocon? I hear that term thrown around like candy. Please explain. I see a lot more ultra libs on there than ultra conservatives.

[240 is Back]

Can you please define neocon? I hear that term thrown around like candy. Please explain. I see a lot more ultra libs on there than ultra conservatives.

Wiki PNAC

[tonymctones]

Can you please define neocon? I hear that term thrown around like candy. Please explain. I see a lot more ultra libs on there than ultra conservatives.

ill help you out there its anybody with conservative leanings especially those that are in direct opposition to the left...so basically anybody on the board other than the ultra left like you said  sound about right 240/hugo?

[Le4rner]

Once in the Agency, always in the agency.  Bin Laden is dead already.  LOL he was diabetic.  Running from cave to cave on a dialysis machine...  lol yea.  Some of the vids that came out when Bush needed to wag the dog were proven to have already been released