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I didn't realize that the Taliban offered to give up bin Laden.

 

That article was from October 2001. I didnt realize that either but after I read the article, I do remember reading something to that effect back then but at that time (i was in 8th grade) who had every really heard of bin laden :dunno: Specifically people my age that don't remember the Gulf War conflicts.

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I didn't realize that the Taliban offered to give up bin Laden.

 

Ya, and GW rejected that offer, probably with reasonable grounds. Who knows how long it would have taken them to turn over OBL, and in the meantime it would have bought them time or possibly allowed them to remain in power. Afghanistan could have continued on being a Taliban run and Al Qaeda foothold even after turning over OBL.

 

On the other hand we would have had him and who knows what kind of intel we would have gotten out of him, or how many other terrorists plots we would have stopped. He could have been sequestered away and slowly rotted to death in a dark cell, its possible now that him being dead(and one reason not to release the photos) that he becomes a matyr figure.

 

Course anything like that is such rampant speculation that its moot to try and discuss it really.

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We (we being the 15th MEU) had him in our sights in Dec 01. I was with the 15th MEU and was one of the first Marines on the ground with the 03s. The initial invasion is long forgotten history. But, I remember it like it was yesterday.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Rhino

 

One of my many tasks was to feed Johnny Walker 3 times a day until he was flown out to be "interviewed".

 

I still can hear the Maj,

 

MAJ

"K-Dawg, have you been feeding Walker pork chow mein everyday for the last week?"

 

ME

"Yes Sir...?"

 

MAJ

"He his Muslum you butthole he can't eat pork!"

 

Me

"Oops, I forgot!" :rotf:

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I've flown in a lot of MH-60s, in fact every rotary wing A/C JSOC had up until 2002 when I left 2/75 RGR, that's not from a regular MH60, definitely new. Maybe a "Comanche" helicopter that never went into production. Its good to be in a JSOC unit, they get all the toys.

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I’m all for analyzing a picture to gleam ‘what’s really going on’, but I can’t agree with any of your findings. Why are most of you guys so quick to rip this guy?

 

I have a better question, why did former President Bush sit in an elementary school classroom reading My Pet Goat for about ten long minutes when he was told that ‘the country was under attack’?

 

 

Pats fan...figures.... :D

 

:peek:

 

 

I think that with Al Kite-a acknowledging he be dead means he be dead. How do I know he is dead? On 5/2/11 I went out to try to get a grape squishy at the quickie mart. The doors were locked and the sign taped in the window said "Closed due to death in the family."

 

Proof enough for me.... :wavey:

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The games a H*ll of a sight from being over. Just lost one player is all. :USAflag:

 

Ya and not the rest of the other team is even more pissed off and has an icon to rally behind.......

 

 

still kinda weird to me that they would rally behind someone that's been hiding like a coward in caves and back rooms for 10 years. :dunno:

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The games a H*ll of a sight from being over. Just lost one player is all. :USAflag:

 

Ya and not the rest of the other team is even more pissed off and has an icon to rally behind.......

 

 

still kinda weird to me that they would rally behind someone that's been hiding like a coward in caves and back rooms for 10 years. :dunno:

 

Ya, but like most things it doesn't make sense to us, and it doesn't make sense to them, but logic has nothing to do with it.

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