"Bin Laden is no longer a top target"

[Bluebear]

Hello Senator Kerry, although the final debate is on domestic issues, what better issue is our domestic security? I hope they make hay of this:

COALITION commanders in Afghanistan have begun playing down the importance of Osama Bin Laden — in sharp contrast to the statements made earlier this year that he would be caught by the end of 2004.

“From the Afghan point of view we don’t want to focus too much on Bin Laden,” said Major-General John Cooper, deputy commander of the American-led coalition forces.

“He is not necessarily the major player. He will be caught one day but his whereabouts today won’t have a huge effect.”

Cooper, the most senior British officer in Afghanistan, admitted that after three years of searching the hills and valleys of Afghanistan, the coalition forces had no idea where their other main target, the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, is hiding. “We don’t even know which country he’s in,” he said

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1302365,00.html

[jimshoes]

1. So the man responsible for the murder of

2800+ people on 9-11 just isn't that important any more. Well fiddle dee dee... Let me get this straight, the guy who had no WMD's and was contained like a lab rat demanded the full military might of the US combined Armed Forces plus a bit part played by the UK and the coalition of the bought, because he dreamed about getting his programs started some day before he croaked, and Osama bin Laden, the alleged architect of 9-11 is no longer important. Hmmm? I'm sensing mexed missages.

[Bluebear]

2. No, Saddam was the problem. Everything is lah dee dah now.