Bush admin admits making mistake letting OBL get away

[jfern]

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, according to civilian and military officials with first-hand knowledge.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62618-2002Apr16?language=printer

Get the media to report on this now.
Tell them it's "new" news, since it was mentioned in the debates.

Here's an article about how OBL tried to kill Bush in July 2001, 2 months before 9/11.

http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Hatfield-R-091901/hatfield-r-091901.html

[Walt Starr]

1. This post is soooooooo 2002

Now that's no longer true.

Get with the program, citizen, or your chocolate rations could be cut!

[sonicx]

2. Josh Marshall has a collection of these on his site

Bush and Tommy Franks are lying about the Tora Bora thing (big surprise.)

[afridemo]

11. Yes, OBL says they beat back warlords

' This is in addition to the forces of hypocrites, whom they prodded to fight us for 15 days non-stop.

Every time the latter attacked us, we forced them out of our area carrying their dead and wounded'



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2751019.stm

[newyawker99]

12. Hi afridemo!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[NMDemDist2]

3. officials, not Bush. He won't admit a mistake ever. n/t

[keopeli]

4. Excellent post, jfern!

[jfern]

5. Some more links

http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0304/p01s03-wosc.html
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_10_17.php#003769
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/opinion/24letter-graham.html?oref=login

Discussion here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/29/21143/833

[K. F. Gibbons]

6. FUCK ME, IS THIS FOR REAL!!!!!!!!!!

ALL LAST WEEK ALL WE HEARD WAS KERRY DID NOT KNOW THE FACTS OVER AND OVER AND OVER. THE GENERAL FRANKS CAME OUT TO CONTRADICT KERRY, CLAIMING HE WAS WRONG. THIS DESTROYS THE ADMINISTRATIONS CREDABILITY ON THE ISSUE OF OBL AND THE MISSING WEAPONS.

THIS IS A FULL ON PUNCH IN THE FACE FOR BUSH.

GOOD GOD!!!!!!!!

[MichiganVote]

7. Oh really? Not much of an admission of stupidity if you ask me

Errors are for normal people.There is nothing normal about this adminstration.

[mcg]

8. kick

[jfern]

9. Kick

back to the top

[opihimoimoi]

10. A Hawaiian Kick

:kick:

[burythehatchet]

14. a "Hawaiian kick" means so much more

:)

[liberalpress]

13. and notice how * himself did not admit mistake