Romney in 2007: Catching Bin Laden not worth the cost. [View all]

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Romney Said Capturing Bin Laden Would Result In “Very Insignificant Increase In Safety” For America. And Such Effort Was “Not Worth Moving Heaven And Earth And Spending Billions Of Dollars” To Catch
One Person. “[Romney] said the country would be safer by only ‘a small percentage’ and would see ‘a very insignificant increase in safety’ if al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was caught because another terrorist would rise to power. ‘It’s not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person,’
Romney said. Instead, he said he supports a broader strategy to defeat the Islamic jihad movement.” (Liz Sidoti, “Romney Says Rivals Switch Positions, Too,” The Associated Press, 4/26/07)

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