We've given bin Laden what he wanted...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by tw

Wait a minute. You are associating an irrelevant character - al-Awlaki - with bin Laden. You have no reason to believe he is anything but another Limbaugh or Beck. Those are facts.

Those are not facts, these are facts.

Mr. Awlaki, born in New Mexico in 1971, served as an imam in California and Virginia. He has been the focus of intense scrutiny since he was linked through e-mails with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., in November 2009 and then to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25. He also had ties to two of the 9/11 hijackers although the nature of association remains unclear.

In May 2010, Mr. Awlaki was mentioned by Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square. Mr. Shahzad said he was inspired by the violent rhetoric of Mr. Awlaki, an American official said.

American counterterrorism officials say Mr. Awlaki is an operative of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the affiliate of the terror network in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. They say he has become a recruiter for the terrorist network, feeding prospects into plots aimed at the United States and at Americans abroad.

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Catching bid Laden will NOT make everything all better again.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Catching bid Laden will NOT make everything all better again.

Letting bin Laden go free only makes everything worse. Which should have been obvious before you even posted that despicable soundbyte.

Worry more about a bogey man hiding under your bed. Or the ghost of Saddam. Or get real. Worry most about many who so hate America as to even encourage - as you just have - the freedom of bin Laden and the hatred he represents.

So why do you again not post a single actionable suggestion? Who gets hellfire? Who gets brimstone? Why do you ignore rational questions ... while also advocating bin Laden's freedom? Because you have created a new bogeyman - al-Awlaki?

al-Awlaki is a threat only when hearsay and same logic also proved a toothless Saddam so dangerous. Or did al-Awlaki steal all our hellfire and brimstone? Is that why you have no actionable recommendations?

Reality - no others - not anyone - more deserves court room justice than bin Laden. No one even comes close.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The hunt for bid Laden should certainly continue, that's not in question. But thinking he's the only danger is ludicrous. That's why al-Awlaki has been targeted by the administration. To say we shouldn't pluck the saplings as they appear, just because we haven't been able to take the tree down yet, is ridiculous.