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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (202388)	9/16/2004 9:18:08 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572942

Do you honestly believe the soldiers along the border would have just let him escape? What soldiers? We had (practically) none there. And once he is in Pakistan, can we just go over the border and raid a sovereign nation? For this I would say yes, but international rules are different. The neo-conwards "respect" international rules selectively. Reality is considerably different in Pakistan. Al

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (202388)	9/16/2004 9:23:05 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572942

re: it is an insult to everyone on the front lines to say that we "let" him escape. No, it's an insult to our leaders who didn't commit every resource we had to get al Qaeda leadership when they were clustered together. No matter our casualties. That was our only chance to get get even with swift and brutal retribution, and the entire world would have applauded. re: And once he is in Pakistan, can we just go over the border and raid a sovereign nation? You are funny... you might mention that to Bush wrt Iraq. In that time and place, we would have been perfectly justified chasing those guys into Pakistan and killing them. Instead, al Qaeda thrives, with multiple attacks around the world. And the guy that did 9/11, he's spent the last couple of years plotting and financing the next attack on the US. Bush is incompetent. John

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (202388)	9/16/2004 10:39:17 AM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1572942

Do you honestly believe the soldiers along the border would have just let him escape? Yes, when Junior's team called for Afgan warlords to fight the Taliban it was Bin Laden's own allies who volunteered first to guard the border with Pakistan. They had their pocket full of CIA cash to put on top of the cash Bin Laden had already given him. Sure, there were some brave Afgan soldiers dying to run up the mountainside, but the Hindu Kush passes were guarded by Taliban supporters who knew how to tell the Rumsfield crew what they wanted to hear. prisonplanet.com csmonitor.com