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maxsolomon

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40. Bin Laden was NOT in Pakistan.

Reply to quakerboy (Reply #39)

Mon Aug 16, 2021, 01:50 PM

Aug 2021

He was at Tora Bora, and escaped because we contracted the ground fighting out to Afghan militias.

Expelling the Taliban wasn't necessary, but that wasn't my question. My question was specifically about Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

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Power blackout in Kabul [View all] bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 OP

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The problem is they're not like ants... AkFemDem Aug 2021 #4

Eventually they won't. roamer65 Aug 2021 #5

+1000 Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #22

That whole place is fucked - always ha been. Should have never been there. kysrsoze Aug 2021 #2

"Never"? Should we have been there after 9/11? maxsolomon Aug 2021 #14

"Lots of Absolutism on DU about this topic." Stinky The Clown Aug 2021 #20

Once we cleared out the Al Qaeda training camps Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #24

Ok, that is a legit position. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #32

Sadly those in the White House had their eyes set on Baghdad, not Kabul. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2021 #36

Why? quakerboy Aug 2021 #39

Bin Laden was NOT in Pakistan. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #40

Purportedly quakerboy Aug 2021 #41

Yes, he was tin Quetta when he was found and killed 10 years later. "Purportedly". maxsolomon Aug 2021 #42

What I indicated was that we know where he was when our troops killed him quakerboy Aug 2021 #43

Oh my god. Vibes to all in Afghanistan with the exception of the Taliban. applegrove Aug 2021 #3

Bet we did that... secondwind Aug 2021 #6

hopefully Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #7

It would make sense. bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 #8

Likely. ancianita Aug 2021 #28

Crap and I'm partially at fault here... FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #9

Bush's approval was in the 90s in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 #11

yeah, you're right, but FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #19

Welcome and hopefully there are a lot more like you.. relayerbob Aug 2021 #34

We had the world; the whole world on our side after 9-11 and Bush pissed it away. nt Evolve Dammit Aug 2021 #33

Try not to turn that rage on yourself, and grant yourself some grace Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #16

Thank you, but FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #21

Welcome! Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #25

I researched it like it was all fake FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #26

Welcome to the Big Tent Tommymac Aug 2021 #27

Welcome to DU. lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #18

Thank you FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #23

we lost power here last night stillcool Aug 2021 #10

Do you have Taliban surrounding your neighborhood? Generic Brad Aug 2021 #12

Amrican Taliban, Vanilla ISIS, Y'all Qaeda, etc. Pick one? TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #13

Sounds like my neighborhood Generic Brad Aug 2021 #15

I don't think so, but stillcool Aug 2021 #17

That country has been under attack, occupation, for 40 years bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #29

More like 40 centuries but I get your drift. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #35

How many Marines are in Kabul today? irisblue Aug 2021 #30

I recall being out protesting this and the Iraq war relayerbob Aug 2021 #31

Glad to see another peacenik here. It feels like most of us have gone extinct. littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #38

Oh those poor people Dorian Gray Aug 2021 #37