Do you think it was right to let bin Laden go when we had him cornered?
611350
Of course not, but then Bush, Cheney, Halliburton and all the other energy and oil companies they gave contracts, in Afghanistan wouldn't have made as much MONEY $$$$ on the War there or in Iraq.
82467
Now, dont everybody jump on me at once, but i say yes.  I think we stick our noses where they dont belong, adn if their ways or customs dont agree with us, we find a way to make them look like a bad guy.  So basically, i think we should leave the other countries alone and concentrate more on domestic issues for awhile.\n\nAnd as far the answere below me goes....We have been bombed roughly 3 times in our entire existance by foreigners. So we are not being bombed all over the place.  What does Osama Bin Laden have to do Iraq and their freedom? If they want our help and they asked for it, then by all means i support it, but when theye didnt ask and we take it into our own hands, it means mind your business.  Maybe if your party wasnt so concerned trying to colonize the non western world, you would be able to see that.
39244
I think we should track down the perpertators and bring them to justice. Definitely we should not negotiate, that will only cause an increase in terror attacks and kidnappings.
310601
I think firing Hamas is definitly out of the question, since there would just be pure chaos. Stepping down would not be a very good idea since if he did there would be no bridge to the PA that Israel or the US to use in any such negotitiations. I don't think he failed, he may not have been to affective. It's a hard line to balance to try to please the more radicals but yet also appear as a peacemaker at the same time. It's something that few leaders in that region have been able to do very well. If they appear to much with the radicals they are labelled as dictators or a supporter of terrorism. If they appear to much of a peacemaker and side to much with the West, then they appear as a puppet and weak. This pressure is doubled for Abbas and especially now with Hamas in the government.
1054089
Well my thoughts are very similar, but I believe that Mr.bin laden's kidneys gave out in Dubai and he croaked there. Since the US Government empowered and controlled the Taliban for their own personal profit as well as their main man, we were allowed buy his family to use his demise for our pleasure, and I feel that there is enough evidence out there for any concerned, American such as myself to find out the real story.
833821
If we celebrate the conviction of Saddam, then we should also convict our own President, as he is just as guilty of "war crimes" as Saddam and then we should celebrate his conviction as well. As far as I know, Bin Laden is still in hiding, although I am sure our President has always known where he is and will never bring him to justice...Bin Laden didn't have a personal feud with Daddy Bush, only Saddam. Just my opinion folks...don't come down on me too hard, but I'm not in favor of this war in Iraq, and I feel we have no business there. When all the weapons of mass destruction were NEVER found, we should have high tailed it back home and let those people live in peace or at least live the way they are accustomed to, there has always been holy wars over there and we have no business in a holy war with them or anyone else for that matter.
299188
I would have exhibited restraint and patience, employed our intelligence agencies to track down Osama and infiltrated his camp.  I might have even established a decoy group of dissidents in hopes Osama would reach out to the group and offer support or take them under his wing.  \n\nOn the surface, I would deliberately look like I was taking a weak stance on the attack or even act as if I was unaware of who committed the attack.  Not only would this have infuriated Osama and kept him from becoming some Jihad hero, this would lull him into a false sense of security.  All the while I would be using the information I was gathering to gain knowledge of his strength, weaponry, supporters and future planned attacks.  \n\nUsing this information, I would circumvent any future attacks.\n\nAfter gaining as much information as I could, I would send a recon team from our Special Forces to his location, capture (or kill) him and his body guards, and attempt to bring him to America to face justice.\n \nAs for communicating with terrorists, I have long been against the US policy of non-communication.  How can go to a war against an enemy without having the ability to negotiate a peaceful resolution?  I firmly believe an open dialog with those groups who wish to harm America is the only way to convince them to stop attacking America and American interests overseas.\n\nAttacking Afghanistan was similar to blowing up a house to catch a rat; the house gets destroyed, but the rat simply goes to another house.\n\nNo, the attack on Iraq was not revenge; the attack on Iraq was for economic reasons and is producing the intended results.
962706
I have to agree, we made the situation infinitely worse by invading and occupying. To leave now would be the wrong thing to do, not because the terrorists win, but because it's our mess now. And anyone that thinks the terrorists win, PLEASE, get a life....
756169
Sure. The guy is a hero. He brought peace to Iraq and united the country after decades of conflict. He had to be harsh and rule with an iron fist but look at the place now he's gone. The US invasion has cost tens of thousands of lives and wreaked civil war on that nation. Saddam can stay at my place anytime but President Bush can stay in the kennels with the rest of the dogs.
683799
Sure, free Saddamn at ground zero. You're on your own with that Bin Laden idea, though.
858295
We went to 'topple Saddam'. We did that. Now we are trying to run the affairs of a country we never really knew anything about.\nIt is time to pull the troops to the borders, secure them and let the Iraqis "duke it out" whom will be in power.
1143224
I probably would've done the same. \n\nWhat lots of folks don't realize is that we put out a bounty in Afghanistan for terrorists. Think about it. We told a bunch of dirt poor Afghans that we'd pay them in American cash if they fingered Afghan terrorists. Of course they would turn in just about anyone they didn't know or maybe had an on going feud with, Al Qaeda or not.\n\nI'd be willing to bet that lots of Guantanamo "detainees" have been directly involved in terrorist activities, but when you consider all of those imprisoned without cause or evidence, other than the word of another dirt poor and desperate Afghan, it really is disgusting what we've done in Guantanamo. If their is real evidence to hold any of these people it should've been presented prior to their incarceration. After all, that is the American way. Right? \n\nLots of folks are awful pissed about 9/11 and I'm one of them. That doesn't mean we should throw due process, common sense, and our collective sense of humanity out the window in order to conduct another witch trial. In the end we'll lose by showing ourselves to be just as bad as the terrorists responsible for 9/11.
209977
Maybe ... and it would certainly be of PR value.  Otherwise, I'm not sure exactly how much the capture of this one man will change things.  And isn't that what matters?  (Some seem to suggest that if he is capture or killed, the terrorists will all give up.  You've got to be kidding me!)\n\nThe point is to thwart the abilities of those who think like him from carrying out their wishes.  Every other terrorist leader we kill, capture or disable, every cell we can break up, put on the run, or deprive of assistance (e.g., from states friendly to them), every place we decrease the prospect of their success (helping those offering ALTERNATIVES to terror) and so discourage others from joining them  is a step toward success.
1115522
They have not. I'm not just going to say I don't like him and consider that as a valid excuse. He has not been honest with us, and I in fact find him a threat to the United States as a whole. First of, Saudis attacked us, not Iraq. We're in there for oil, when we should be in Pakistan looking for the man that threatened the United States and might do it again. Think Pakistan, not Iraq. Bin Laden, not Hussein. And if it's not Osama that he cares about, why not deal with the Janjaweed in Uganda? Thousands of children being raped, sold as sex slaves, murdered, put on the front lines, mutilated. Why not save children if not the country?\n\nAs for Nickyraage, I'd like to see you make a complaint about this. The truth hurts, so get used to it.
218333
No! If they were to attacke us, we should not just let it go, this is true, but to just go over there and say Hey I don't like the way you are doing things, you got to do it my way, No.\n Would you  like your neighbor to come over and tell you how to run your home?
300227
Hell Yes!\n\nGotta put yourself in the other guys' shoes.  Even if they though that they had our best interests to heart, we'd resist with all of our ability to do so.  That's all that most of them are doing.  The man in the street's take in Bagdhad is, OK, SH is gone.  Thank you, but you may leave now!
1076403
The USSR invaded Afghanistan, but never captured it as you claimed. That is because the United States assisted the Afghanis against Russia. After all, Russia was our enemy at that time in the cold war and the Afghanis had done nothing to warrant an attack. In return for our assistance, Bin Laden decided to bite the hand that fed him and turn on America in his quest to commit terrorist acts. Is it wrong to try to help someone and be a friend? Is it Americas fault that Bin Laden wanted to commit terrorist acts against us? Just goes to show that you can nothing to help these people. They are the enemy of the world. And you are a stupid jackass!