Remember this guy? Bush says he's still causing problems.
posted by
Wally
6:42 AM
Shame we didn't catch him either dead or alive. 
Bush declassifies more info saying bin Laden ordered attacks outside Iraq
Seeking to rally support for the war, President Bush is pointing to U.S. intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in early 2005 to form a terrorist unit to hit targets outside Iraq, and that the United States should be first in his sights.
The information...was declassified by the White House on Tuesday. It expands on a classified bulletin the Homeland Security Department issued in March 2005.
The Bush White House in the past has declassified and made public sensitive intelligence information to help rebut critics or defend programs or decisions against possibly adverse decisions in the Congress or the courts. On a few occasions, the declassified materials were intended to be proof that terrorists see Iraq as a critical staging ground for global operations.
Osama bin Who? What an incredible revelation: Osama bin Laden determined to to strike in United States. Perhaps Bush didn't get the memo.
Maybe if Dubya had expended the effort to catch him, "dead or alive" back when he had the chance, instead of pulling most of our troops out of Afghanistan for his little misadventure in Iraq, bin Laden wouldn't still be giving such orders. But back in 2002 Bush had more important things to worry about than capturing the criminal who had caused the worst terrorist act in United States history. After all, as George himself said back on March 13,2002: He's just -- he's a person who's now been marginalized. His network, his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match.
So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him... to be honest with you.
I truly am not that concerned about him. Marginalized, huh? Than why is he still in the news? If he's "been marginalized" and "met his match", than why is he still ordering attacks on the U.S.? Mr. President, are you still not that concerned about him? When you abandoned Afghanistan in order to invade and occupy Iraq, you opened up a whole new country for him to play and hide. You have embarked on a recruiting campaign for al-quaida beyond his wildest dreams. You have made bin Laden more powerful and relevant than he ever could have imagined. When he reads your words and watches your speeches, is Osama thanking you, or laughing at you? Probably both. So I ask you again, George, are you still "truly not that concerned" or have you flip-flopped on him again? So much for steadfast and resolute.
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