Bin Laden
posted in General |BIN LADEN
The campaign rhetoric continues to amaze me. Kerry keeps up the George Bush criticism that Bin Laden was cornered by US Special Service troops and we let him get away. Kerry says that Bin Laden was cornered in Tora Bora and we turned over the hunt to Afghani war lords who let him escape. The insinuation is that the warlords were less than skilled or dedicated and that we couldn't be sure whose side they were on. Conclusion: George Bush's fault.
Both Kerry and Edwards were members of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the years following 9/11. Dick Cheney chaired that Committee. During that period, any number of Intelligence Committee meetings included confidential agenda items about the whereabouts and search for Bin Laden. Both Kerry and Edwards were absent from 70% of the meetings of that Committee. Not 50% – 70%. Does that strike you as being Presidential? Or as being a wartime leader? Or conscientiously representing your constituency? With that kind of track record, it is a bit sanctimonious for Kerry to pontificate about letting Bin Laden “get away”. But in a larger sense it is understandable that Kerry wouldn't know too much about the search from Bin Laden since he didn't even bother to show up at most of the Intel meetings. Kerry has yet to comment on his own absentee record. Wonder why??
The more I think about it, maybe the Senate Intelligence Committee functioned better with Kerry and Edwards being absent. Just a thought.