Bush: Bin Laden isolated, not leading parades

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who has eluded a U.S. manhunt, is plotting against the United States but has been isolated and driven into hiding, President George W. Bush said on Thursday.

"He's not out there traipsing around. He's not leading many parades," Bush told a news conference after being asked why bin Laden had not been caught. "He's not out feeding the hungry. He's isolated, trying to kill people to achieve his objective."

...

"He is in a remote region of the world. If I knew precisely where he is, we would take the appropriate action to bring him to justice," Bush said.

"He is attempting to establish a base of operations in Iraq," he said. So far bin Laden had not succeeded in establishing a cell there and "that's why we've got to stay engaged," Bush said.

"Had he been able to establish an internal cell that had safe haven, we would be a lot more in danger today than we are," he said.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24369699.htm

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. I don't recall many parades prior to 9/11 either.

[Rage for Order]

6. You didn't see OBL at the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

He was all over the place, leading a marching band, helping out with the big inflated cartoon characters...he even dropped by the grand marshall's review stand to wish them a happy Thanksgiving!

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. I do recall seeing jr-as-half-ass-ranch-hand plenty before 9/11.

[firefox_fan]

2. Well, instead of wasting time with parades he works hard.

Am I missing something?

[BOSSHOG]

3. Would that not apply to bush as well?

Hand picked audiences at public events, isolating himself from the majority of Americans who know he is wrong. Way too dangerous for the lunatic to lead a parade let alone anything else. bin laden is hiding out somewhere badly fucking with the leader of the free world. Isn't that incredibly telling of bush's "leadership." Maybe he'll get a wing at the bush library.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Chimpy is leading a parade - the USA off a cliff.

Ass*ole

[Lisa]

5. "traipsing around", "leading parades" -- is that what happened to the "Mission Accomplished" banner?

I wondered who's got it!

[Supersedeas]

27. and where did that flight suit go traipsing off too?

[Trouser Trout]

7. I'll Wager Bin Laden was busy prior to 9-11

You know, when Bush was blowing off the Aug 6 PDB.

[soothsayer]

8. If I were OBL (and I weren't dead), I'd lead a parade now! He's got

the build to be a heckuva drum major !

[Pastiche423]

13. Nah, not a drum major

He was much too tall.

Little Lord Pissypants has run out of boogeymen, so he's raising one from the dead.

[Lisa]

32. he'd need a longer-than-average baton, I guess (n/t)

[BikeWriter]

9. It's been 2075 days since Bush said he'd catch Osama bin Laden 'Dead or Alive!'

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Same life Bush will start leading on 01/21/2009!

[EFerrari]

12. It's remarkable how Bush can't talk about the Bad Guy du Jour

without sounding self referential. lol

[youngdem]

14. Sounds like he is describing himself to me

But, then again, he always does when he talks this way. He projects more than any piece of shit I have ever seen.

[tabasco]

15. Bush allowed Bin Laden to traipse away at Tora Bora when he allowed Pakistan to "guard" the border.

Anyone who knows Jack Shit knows that was a free pass to Bin Laden to escape into Pakistan unimpeded.

US forces could not be spared for Afghanistan because they were on standby to secure the Iraqi oilfields.

The Bush oil mafia put profits ahead of apprehending our enemies and it is mission accomplished as the oil barons are rolling in world record profits.

[grytpype]

16. He's so nuts.

He should be locked up as a danger to others.

[Parche]

17. Exact Location

He is in the 'Batcave'

[endarkenment]

18. Whew! What a relief.

I was so tired of Osama leading parades back in the bad old pre-911 days. Really, it was sickening that the CLENIS let him get away with that. Heck of a job, Dumbass, heck of a job.

[alstephenson]

19. "He's not out feeding the hungry".....WTF?????

We don't have a clue where OBL is, but we know what he's plotting??? Yeah, right. I wasn't sure about impeachment until this morning's press conference, but now - IMPEACH THE BASTARD. We can't take another year and a half of this lunacy. The guy is dangerously delusional!

[BushOut06]

20. If the leader of Al-Qaeda is isolated, why do we keep hearing about Al-Qaeda?

Seems like almost every day, * tells us that Al-Qaeda is alive and well, planning nefarious schemes, and under every rock in Iraq.

So which is it?

[NastyRiffraff]

21. Yay! We won!!!

OBM isn't leading parades! He's not feeding the hungry! He's in a remote region! Mission accomplished. :sarcasm:

[krkaufman]

22. Jeebus! Bush is unbelievably full of shite.

"He is attempting to establish a base of operations in Iraq," he said. So far bin Laden had not succeeded in establishing a cell there and "that's why we've got to stay engaged," Bush said.

"Had he been able to establish an internal cell that had safe haven, we would be a lot more in danger today than we are," he said.

What a total crock. This guy is a joke.

[silverojo]

23. Bush: "He's not out feeding the hungry."

Neither are you, douchebag! :mad:

[lanlady]

24. an overgrown child

talking down to us as if we're children too.

[Nihil]

25. Bin Laden: Bush isolated, not leading parades

WASHINGTON, May 24 (Rotters) - President George W. Bush, who has eluded a
U.S. brain hunt, is plotting against the United States but has been isolated
and driven into hiding, Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said on Thursday.

"He's not out there traipsing around. He's not leading many parades,"
bin Laden told a news conference after being asked why Bush had not been
caught. "He's not out feeding the hungry. He's isolated, trying to kill
people to achieve his objective."

...

"He is attempting to establish a base of operations in Iraq," he said.
So far Bush had not succeeded in establishing a cell there and "that's why
we've got to stay engaged," bin Laden said.

[camero]

26. They must keep forgetting to check the House of Saud n/t

[Javaman]

28. Well that's a new spin on why moron* lets OBL get away...

even though jerkoff* hasn't done shit in months to find is old buddy OBL, he* now tries to spin it as if he* isn't given OBL any breathing space. :eyes: chirst on a pogo stick are we supposed to believe this latest piece of shit propaganda? That is so pre 2004.

[Chemical Bill]

29. *: "I truly am not that concerned about him."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020313-8.html

[BigDDem]

30. Wait....

I thought I saw him leading the "Dead or Alive" parade.

[CJCRANE]

31. "Traipsing around"?!!

:wtf:

Because of course fundamentalists love "traipsing around" and leading parades. It's what they do.

I heard Tora Bora was the place to be for a parade or carnival back in the day. Ho boy, you should have seen the Mahdi Gras!

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[Marrak]

34. I think I saw him on Saint Pati's Day,,,

in the parade...