What should have been done to catch Bin Laden sooner?
923754
the DOG!  he said he could catch 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.
185178
Regardless of how he got in there, we have to stand behind the decision.  There might not have been all the reasons stated, but they did find enriched uranium there, and other signs of helping terrorism.  We ousted a dictator by the majority of Iraq's request.  Else we wouldn't have gone in.\nSaddam should be dead already.  But he is a strong man, and it wouldn't surprise me much if somehow he got free, after all we have done.  \n\nThe military should have just shot him.  He is a mentally ill person with a great deal of power, and all of it is focussed on ruining western civilization as we know it.  If you don't believe that, then I'm not sure what I could say to convince you
687630
We have Special Forces on hand.\n\nIf we invaded Iran, he'd just escape again, like he did in Afghanistan.  We'd just send in Delta Force (or other relevant group) and capture him.  No one would even know we were there.\n\nIf we are going to disengage from Iraq (which we should), it's not goignt to be just to chase after bin Laden.\n\n'Cause when we invade, we like to make sure the country in question is NOT involved in international terrorism!
543813
They have not found him. they don't want to find him.\nIf they really wanted him, he would have already been had.\n\nThey will not find him, because then, they will have to withdrawl.  This is not the goal. laden uncaught is an excuse to keep going.\n\n.
926654
Osama was a bit of a spent force already then. He's always been the paymaster of the organisation rather than its Supreme Commander, so I'm not sure that much would have been achieved (except for a propaganda blow to al-Queda) by simply napping him. I agree with the administration's decision that the whole network in Afghanistan had to be crushed, not just a few figureheads. That said, though, I blame Bush & Co. for letting Osama get away with how many top men and active fighters when they had them holed up in Tora Bora. All because they feared massive American losses if they had to fight up hill. So they allied themselves with cash-hungry local warlords. Lesson one: if people can be bought once, they can be bought twice...
525772
sometimes the best way to trap something or someone, its best to back off and let them stick their head out. i don't know if that is happening, but it works. when they feel comfortable. the start showing up or coming out of hiding. then you can catch them on your terms w/o hurting more people. they say he is hiding among children and innocent families scared to  talk. and they don't deserve to die to catch him.time is on our side.
999680
He said he did it.  Duh!  And more than that the terrorists captured that couldn't make it with the rest were linked to Bin Laden.\n\nAnd, since Bin Laden isn't an American citizen (Thank goodness!) he isn't entitled to the right layed out in the constitution.
1144789
Osama, of course, and I will call FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security, US Marshall, ...etc. so they can all come get him.
883911
If you wish to speak to Bin Laden, you'd better hire a medium. He's been dead for 5 years. But they do keep using him, even in death.
916776
I think people gave way too much attention to Osama (which is most likely what he wanted). To answer the question though, I think both are the terrorists, Osama being the obvious one and Bush being the "cleverly hidden" one. I, for one, can't stand Bush or what he has done for this country. I feel since he has been the president he has accomplished little but taken away a lot from us, including family members, rights, and money. He has also made a lot of huge mistakes, ranging from his slow response to hurriance Katrina to his poor judgment on the war in Iraq.
604121
None.  Bin Laden/Al Qaeda did.
487687
I would not discount the Mossad too fast. They surely know where he is. Either the CIA does not want to 'find' him as that would take the will away from a great number of Americans to keep fighting...or the Mossad does not tell us for the same reason.
1035061
Yes, it would be a good thing if he were captured.\nIt wouldn't stop terrorism by any means, but it would stop *him* from sponsoring more terorrism.  Trouble is, his followers would treat any capture/death as making him a martyr for the cause, and they'd probably just get angrier and do more.\n\n*If* we capture him, we should try him LEGITIMATELY for his crimes, and put him in prison for the rest of his short life if he's found guilty (yes, even Bin Laden deserves a fair trial).  We should not execute him -- that makes us as bad as the terrorists, who kill for their cause.\n\nThe only way the US gains legitimacy in the world is by example.  If we torture, murder, exact revenge by killing, etc. then we have no moral standing to condemn others who do the same things.  We need to stand for the rule of law, for human rights, and for treating everyone fairly.
108285
Clinton didn't even have enough balls to stay in Somalia and finish the job and you ask why he couldn't catch Bin Laden?
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.
213738
they don't want to catch him. If they catch him who would they blame terrorist attacks on. I don't think he even had anything to do with the terrorist attacks. He is a terrible militia commander he could never of planned out the attacks of 9/11.