With $500 billion a year spent on the military, how is it the US still can't find Bin Laden?
817144
they dont really want to ....they had a half assed attempt in afganastain,and they are still there now,with the Taleban gaining control more and more.They focused all there efforts on Iraq,if they had put half the effort they put in to Iraq in to Afaganastain,they would have the bastard.
849425
Let's face it. We started off in Afghanistan purportedly to find Osama. But the real target was Iraq, Saddam and oil. Most of us don't even know how many US troops were killed in Afghanistan and the media doesn't keep us apprised. All eyes are on Iraq. Afghanistan was just a ruse to an even bigger prize, which prize has become a field of carrion, rather than barrels of free oil.
929566
no\nwar in iraq has gone on way too long\ncan't find bin laden\n\nmy 2 cents
555379
Everyone notice, not one intelligent response or idea from a liberal. Just crap.\n\nEDIT: Hey G, no troops in Pakistan because they don't want them and they would destabilize a teetering government that has nuclear weapons. How many buildings has Bin Laden taken out lately? He is in caves with people who would die to keep him hidden. He will fall eventually. Can't hide forever.\n\nRE-EDIT: 20,000 troops in Afghanistan because they had the military might of the L.A.P.D, we didn't need more, they had the Northern Alliance there to fill the void.\n\n100,000 in Iraq because they had a real military with 500,000 troops. Other than Saddam's regime, there was no one else to take power, hence the large occupation force
747180
concidering how our govenment couldnt even prevent 9/11 from happening or FIND Bin Laden, trust me, the govenment isnt as capable as they WANT you to think they are. Theyd rather control thru fear and misinformation.
557956
how much money gogle has?? some of the money belong to public share,terrorists are tecnologicaly more suffisticated,and they are financed by arab world and other nations including pakistan,this was reported by some Us militarz leaders after they attacked some military positions in Iraqe,what does google provide,stupid road maps??this are peanuts for them,when u makea gun it can ne taken by a good person or a bad person,But google proides earth map more advanced version on payment basis, so for them it doesnt really matter terrosrists use them or other,it is business baby!!!!!!, as if politions are really worried about terrorists, it is all politics, only when terrorists kidnap their son or daughter they become worried other wise they do business with them including some companies and banks.
507665
Of course! Don't forget than Osama Bin Laden was trained in the USA in the early 80's. The american government needed a motive to declare the so-called "war against terrorism". And to succeed that it sacrificed its own people...
519318
Nobody except Bin Laden and his closest followers know where Bin Laden is hiding. The google earth is not a good enough statelite to view single peoples on earth and go close enough to get a good view of their faces.
57286
My guess is he has been captured or is dead, but the U.S. is afraid to announce it.\n\nI would bet that SOMEONE knows.  I don't think for a second that we have looked for years, and can't find him.
602875
Good question. I strongly believe that our dear government knows where he is. Why haven't they caught him? Perhaps because it is to the US interest that he is not caught yet. The US govt always knows everything, but at times they pretend like they don't, so that they may allow their enemies on act on something so that the US can censor people, use documents like the Patriot Act and who knows, perhaps a National Marshall Law. Govts are shaddy.
141300
He will never be 'found'. This administration has too much fun with their fear mongering.  \n\nHis name is synonymous with Al Qaeda and terrorism. As long as he is still roaming around the earth, this administration will do anything and everything it 'feels' it has to power to do in the name of national security.
955653
Yes I do because at the battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in December of 2001, we had Osama Bin Laden cornered, and rather than using Special Forces troops to either nab him or just kill him, our military paid Afghan War Lords to go after him, and god knows where he went or what happened. Point being, he got away. Ever since then, I think America has had a black eye because the rhetoric of our president after 9/11 was we're going to get him dead or alive, and it never amounted to what he promised.
522921
america cant catch bin-laden cos i dont think they want to! \nthe oil issue is weird prices seem to be rising , as human rights issues should be tackled by the un, not thw world police(ie bush)i think people where genuinley scared of saddam , i think its terrible that the same people who where cheering when the troops entered baghdad and were pulling down saddams statue are now shooting them troops. Let em get on with it i say and bring the boys home
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.
694230
Red herring. This was 30 years ago and it doesn't explain why Osama hates the US now, or why Bush didn't go all out to find and kill him after he plotted the murder of thousands of Americans.
383032
The Bin Laden family and the Bush family do have business ties... does that mean that Bush knows or has ever known osama... I don't know? But, I do find it interesting that he never talks about Bin Laden anymore and we didn't catch him, and it's just like we gave up or don't care? He killed 2,000 people on U.S. soil, what the Hell? Everyone says he's in Pakistan and Bush want's the Pakistanis to take care of it... They are doing a great job obviously.  Meanwhile, we invade a country that "MAY" attack us one day with "WMD" that they didn't even have? Let's worry about the guys that attacked us first, then worry about the guys that "MAY" attack us. \nAnd does anyone actually beleive that if we wanted to catch him and made a concerted effort that we couldn't?
187617
Much of the information that you want lies with the FBI and related agencies and is confidential.  But, you can know what is public.\n\nThe United States Department of State is offering a reward of US$25 million for information leading to bin Laden's capture. An additional reward of $2 million is being offered by the Airline Pilots Association and the Air Transport Association. While bin Laden's current whereabouts are unknown, the most popular assumption is that he is hiding in Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan bordering Afghanistan, or, more specifically, near the small Pakistani market town of Chitral. If bin Laden is in Pakistan, it is possible that he benefits from local support by the Waziri. With the inhospitable mountainous terrain and uncertainty about the cooperation of Pakistani intelligence, the United States faces many difficulties in pursuing his capture, despite a wide array of sophisticated eavesdropping sensors deployed in the region.