Mr. Bush has added a new line of attack on Mr. Kerry, saying he was twisting the facts when he asserted, in the presidential debates, that Mr. Bush let Osama bin Laden escape in the mountains of Tora Bora by "subcontracting" the pursuit to unreliable tribal allies.
"This is unjustified criticism of our commanders in the field," Mr. Bush said, citing Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander of the coalition forces at the time, who contends that intelligence at the time suggested Mr. bin Laden might have been in any of several countries at the time.
"This is the worst kind of Monday morning quarterbacking," Mr. Bush said of Mr. Kerry's criticism. "And it's what we've come to expect from my opponent."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/politics/campaign/26campaign.html?oref=login&ei=5094&en=9041c394e6b0d150&hp=&ex=1098763200&partner=homepage&pagewanted=all&position=Excuse me please mr bush; WHO WAS IT that said OBL was in Tora Bora and who was it that later said allowing him to escape the Tora Bora attacks was a huge mistake???
Oh yes, that's right. It was
YOU.The Bush administration has concluded that Osama bin Laden was present during the battle for Tora Bora late last year and that failure to commit U.S. ground troops to hunt him was its gravest error in the war against al Qaeda...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62618-2002Apr16?language=printerWHO will SAY ANYTHING to get elected???
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