Tora Bora: What Really Happened?

Peter Bergen, noted al Qaeda expert writes Tora Bora: What Really Happened?:

"Apologists for the US military failure at Tora Bora will no doubt provide several compelling reasons why this was the case, including a lack of airlift capabilities from the US base in neighboring Uzbekistan. However, such explanations are hard to square with the fact that scores of journalists managed to find their way to Tora Bora, a battle covered on live television by the world's leading news organizations. If Fox and CNN could arrange for their crews to cover Tora Bora it is puzzling that the US military could not put more boots on the ground to find the man who was the intellectual author of the 9/11 attacks. Sadly, there were probably more American journalists at the battle of Tora Bora than there were US troops. And in that sense, Sen. Kerry's charge that Tora Bora was a missed opportunity to bring bin Laden to justice isn't 'garbage', but an accurate reflection of the historical record."

OBL's video this afternoon should be a reminder that Bush completely failed in his promise to find him "dead or alive". Why anyone could possibly think that the asshole in chief is strong on terrorism is beyond me. He has done everything in his power to try to thwart the retribution for the 9/11 attacks.

- Initially opposed the 9/11 commission
- Bowed to pressure from the 9/11 families and "supported" the 9/11 commission
- underfunded the 9/11 commission
- missed opportunity at Tora Bora
- diverted resources from Afghanistan to Iraq
- allowed Afghanistan to drift back to Taliban control in most areas outside Kabul
- underfunded homeland security
- delayed publication of CIA IG report on administration response on 9/11

Repeat after me... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra... Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terra...

George W. Bush is a miserable failure. He has exploited a national tragedy to his own political gain and done nothing to improve the security of the nation. The fact that we have not been attacked since 9/11 is mere coincidence. al Qaeda takes years to plan for an attack. If OBL is to believed, he conceived of the 9/11 attack in 1982. That was twenty friggin years before the attck was carried out.

Think about it.