Reply #8: One might have thought

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that Barbara Olson was close. The IRA hit a few prime targets but I don't know that it made a difference.

But more to the point I've never yet noticed anything from Osama that especially avows to hit high ranking politicians in person. He'd rather hit the Twin Towers because that was where the real power is. When he talks about the Saudi regime he seems to take pity; to him they're just the pawns in the bigger game.

It is also a mystery to me why Osama is routine credited with that much integrity or competence anyway. In politics they're all the same; shake hands one day and back stab the next, whatever it takes to keep their boat afloat. The worst feuds occur in families.

Et tu, Brutus?