Peter Bergen: more American journalists at Tora Bora than US troops

[troublemaker]

From one of Amrica's top experts on al Qeada.

"Apologists for the US military failure at Tora Bora will no doubt provide several compelling reasons why this was the case, including a lack of airlift capabilities from the US base in neighboring Uzbekistan. However, such explanations are hard to square with the fact that scores of journalists managed to find their way to Tora Bora, a battle covered on live television by the world's leading news organizations. If Fox and CNN could arrange for their crews to cover Tora Bora it is puzzling that the US military could not put more boots on the ground to find the man who was the intellectual author of the 9/11 attacks. Sadly, there were probably more American journalists at the battle of Tora Bora than there were US troops. And in that sense, Sen. Kerry's charge that Tora Bora was a missed opportunity to bring bin Laden to justice isn't "garbage", but an accurate reflection of the historical record."

http://www.peterbergen.com/clients/PeterBergen/pbergen.nsf/Web00002Show?OpenForm&ParentUNID=9FF2726B6783C68085256F3B00447441

[AmerDem]

1. Bergen always said it like it was

Hence why CNN very rarely uses him anymore.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. tommy can you hear me?

gen. tommy franks that is. i'd like to hear what he has to say about this report.

[ErskineBowlesVoter]

3. Uh you forgot about all our Afghan allies there

We didn't need a whole lot of troops, just some special forces observers and guides.