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February 29, 2004
Bin Searching?
I'm with Wes on this one. Catching Osama probably isn't the election day cure-all for the Bush team. God knows gay marriage, Medicare, the prospective veto of the highway bill, the Thanksgiving Day Iraq trip (which was the right thing to do for the troops), the aircraft carrier landing (which was the wrong thing to do) and every other recent political stunt haven't been.
If you apprehend bin Laden then to many American voters the war on terror is over. It may not be in reality, but when you personalize a war the way this administration has that's the risk you run. Of course, we know what happens when voters aren't voting on national security concerns anymore.
Other than that, catching bin Laden this late in the game may make the Bush team look fairly incompetent. After all, if you can't (or don't want to) catch one of the world's most recognizable men for 3 whole years then maybe you're not the best anti-terrorism team. Personally, I'm willing to give Bush the benefit of the doubt because I think it's likely bin Laden is dead or hiding out so effectively that he wouldn't be able to direct any terroristic efforts anyway. I wouldn't bet on October surprise. I just don't think this group is competent enough to pull off something like that even if they wanted to.
Posted by Chris at February 29, 2004 04:09 AM
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