George W. Bush's Hail Mary Pass

[lame54]

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/06/14/after-81-months-bush-desperate-to-find-bin-laden/
It has been 81 months since Osama bin Laden attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, but only now — with just seven months left in his term, George Bush become desperate to capture the terror overlord.
– U.S. intelligence source
If you factor in the fact that Pres. Bill Clinton tried to kill bin Laden in August 1998, a case could be made that Bush should have started the search for bin Laden on his first day in office, which adds another nine months to the total. That’s 90 months — seven and a half years — during which bin Laden has been at large in the mountains of Pakistan.

With his polling down to a 24 percent approval rating and his legacy in a shambles, Bush is making one last “hail Mary” bid to to capture the 9/11 mastermind before he leaves office...

[no_hypocrisy]

1. What it really means is that *'s head would explode if Obama got elected,

found OBL, and got the credit for it.

[Marr]

2. Well, really-- "one last pass" is a being a bit generous.

The Bush Administration never attempted to capture bin Laden. Either they wanted to preserve their favorite bogeyman/terror mascot, or the Bush clique was afraid to hurt a member of their Saudi paymasters' family, or whatever. They never tried a first time.

[pt22]

4. Well, "catching" OBL would be like "winning" the War on Drugs. Would put a million

fatass bureaucrats out of their sinecure jobs...success is the worst possible thing for them.

[many a good man]

3. Dick said "Pssst....he's in Iran!!!"

I hope they don't bomb India by mistake.