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To: Road Walker who wrote (210067)	11/2/2004 12:31:54 PM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1573957

>Would you have imagined that 3 years after 9/11 we would be watch bin Laden lecture our President on TV? Absolutely not. I predicted we'd have him by Thanksgiving '01. -Z

To: Road Walker who wrote (210067)	11/2/2004 1:13:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573957

No, it's not. We didn't even send in the Special Forces. Special forces were used extensivly in Afghanistan and against Al Qaeda. If we had focused on getting the top al Qaeda leadership, and used all the resources at our disposal, we would have had them. War isn't so simple and certain. The enemy responds to what you do, and luck also plays a role. Often attacking quickly is more important then mustering all of your forces. PS The proof is in the result. That is a very illogical statement. The fact that we didn't capture or kill bin Laden isn't proof that we would have had we done something different. Would you have imagined that 3 years after 9/11 we would be watch bin Laden lecture our President on TV? I certainly thought such a thing was possible. Countries can hunt for one specific person and never find him or even his remains after he dies of old age many years later. I did think we would hit Al Qaeda hard and we did, but I never was sure that we would get bin Laden. Nor did I think getting bin Laden was the most important objective. If we do get him it will be a good thing but it would only be a small part of the overall campaign against Al-Qaeda. Tim