Comments on: How We Let Osama Get Away

By: Alfredo Chand

Alfredo Chand — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:03:03 +0000

i dont know how to become a police dog trainer but i know what you cant have in a police dog for eg. if a puppy has been hit by a roll of newspaper from digging the plant from a young age then when it gets older and gets scared of something that gets waved around its head like a criminals hand trying to shoo it off and the dog runs away the dog is no use ‚another eg. some dogs get cautious by walking on tiles because they slip and those dogs that get scared they are no use.

By: Rick Mills

Rick Mills — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:27:59 +0000

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By: BT

BT — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:23:42 +0000

Gen. Tommy Franks, Sec Def Rumsfiled and their staffs decided that using the locals, in concert with SOF and air power would be the quickest, cheapest, and most affective way to remove the Taliban from power. They studied the Soviet’s methods and decided that a traditional large and heavy force would not work.
We wanted to remove the Taliban and kill every Al-Qaida we could find. Removing the Taliban requires one strategy, and killing all the Al-Qaida requires another. We chose the remove the Taliban strategy, and promote freedom and democracy. To kill every Al-Qaida we needed different tactics.
We could not have both strategies at the same time, and have to live with the consequences.
There is no right answer, and no one is to blame.

By: ROBERT BRYNE

ROBERT BRYNE — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:24:03 +0000

WAT BOTHERED ME WAS OUR OUTSOURCING THE TASK OF TAKING TORA BORA BY FORCE. AFGHAN WARLORDS DO NOT WANT TO FIGHT, THEY THREATEN, POSTURE…AND NOTHING. WE GAVE HIM TIME TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE WHEN WE STOPPED THE PRESSURE. IF THE 10TH MOUNTAIN WAS THERE, SF FROM THE U.S., U.K., CANADA, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, ROYAL DUTCH MARINES, U.S. MARINES, WE SHOULD HAVE WENT IN THERE HELLBENT FOR LEATHER KNOWING HE WAS THERE. WHO IS AT FAULT? GEN.HAGENBECK? OR HIGHER UPS? PART OF ME THINKS HE IS DEAD. OR JUST LYING LOW…WAITING…

By: Jay.Mac

Jay.Mac — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:08:44 +0000

The comments to this post just go to show the huge advantage the Islamist terrorists have over us– our incredible ability to in-fight in the face of the biggest threat to our civilisation since the Cold War. As a number of people here point out, what’s currently our weakest point is our collective resolve. The Islamofascists cannot defeat the US and allies militarily in Iraq, Afghanistan or in any other theatre– we can, however, let them win by not having the fortitude to continue to fight them.
Has the Bush administration made mistakes? Yes
Did the Clinton administration do enough to combat terrorism? No
Now, can we please move on and put a combined front on in the battle against terrorists who would like nothing more than to kill innocent civilians in vast numbers?
And, just for the record, Clinton didn’t foil the Millennium terrorist plot as Aaron suggests; that was down to the actions of alert LEOs. The other plots hatched at the same time were defeated by Jordanian intelligence and the terrorists overloading and sinking their own boat. Clinton had exactly nothing to do with any of it.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:49:29 +0000

Okay, the Atlanta Olympic bomber evaded capture for 5 years by hiding in the woods of Georgia, but somehow finding Osama in a foreign country in a desolate region is supposed to be a piece of cake, and thus represent the failings of the Bush administration.
The problem with the current so-called debate is the total lack of perspective and patience. Here we have Islamofascists who are committed to spending their entire lives fighting for their cause, no matter what the setbacks and hardships they face, and we Americans get into a frenzy of self-loathing because 5 years of anything is too long to wait.
Isn’t it any wonder OBL is convinced the U.S. lacks the resolve, and all he has to do is wait for the Democrats to gain power and pull troops out of Iraq and suddenly make a triumphant appearance to claim victory for that?
Just think about this post and consider again why Osama and his gang consider the West to be weak. It’s not about our weapons, folks. It’s because it seems most of us slap “failure” on anything that doesn’t produce instant gratification, and this post merely confirms how short-sighted and unwilling Americans are to see things through. Americans are only prepared to hardship and the long haul, as long as it’s over by tomorrow.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:56:27 +0000

Got Gulbubdin Hekmatiar. This is no small thing!! Maybe he knows where Osama is.

By: The Realist

The Realist — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:56:22 +0000

It’s a moot point anyways. Osama Bin Laden was killed years ago. I would say in the Tora Bora region from airstrikes. No concrete audio or video evidence of his existence has ever been released since the infamous Tora Bora video where he looked about a few days from death.

By: Noah (the other one)

Noah (the other one) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:50:20 +0000

The reason we haven't caught bin Laden is simple: If we caught him, that would mean we have 'won' the so-called 'war on terror', eliminating justification for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, removal of civil liberties from Americans, gargantuan military budgets and endless weapons programs, no-bid contracts to politically connected corporations, etc. That is why his capture at Tora Bora was 'outsourced' to non-US units. That is why the military was 'misdirected' to Iraq. That is why the CIA unit devoted to bin Laden was disbanded. That is why Bush went from "dead or alive" to "I truly am not that concerned about him." WASHINGTON POST: Why do you think bin Laden has not been caught? DUBYA: Because he's hiding.

By: BT

BT — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:03:57 +0000

I am not going to comment on C-Low’s five thousand word diatribe, except to say there are some legitimate points.
Anyway, why does the GWOT have to a partisan matter? It took decades to create the situation we have now and it will take decades to resolve. I find it amusing that we Americans are always debating the past, even though it can never be changed.
Unless someone creates a set of principles in an over arching strategy for the GWOT, and then develops the metrics to gauge our successes and failures, then everything else is trivial.
My own personal philosophy is to never give your opponent what he wants. For some people, there are things worse than death. Find it and then use it to its maximum affect.