Bush's Failed Hunt for Bin Laden

[democracy1st]

Run time: 03:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bH1IYe9I0   Posted on YouTube: May 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgressVideo Views on YouTube: 81   Posted on DU: May 12, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 934

 
One of the more staggering developments to emerge in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s elimination has been the attempt by many on the right to shoehorn George W. Bush into the narrative of how the terrorist mastermind behind 9/11 was successfully tracked down and ultimately killed. Soon after Obama’s announcement of Bin Laden’s death, House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) attempted to spin the accomplishment as a continuance of Bush’s “vigilance,” Sarah Palin thanked the former president without even mentioning Obama, the news shows on the Sunday following the event featured no less than five former Bush administration officials (versus only two from the Obama administration), and Bush himself reportedly declined an invitation to a commemorative ceremony at the World Trade Center because he reportedly felt like he did not receive enough credit for Bin Laden’s death.

But attributing Bin laden’s death to “vigilance” on Bush’s part is a stretch (to put it kindly) as an analysis and a timeline by ThinkProgress demonstrate. Bush’s missteps included not focusing on Bin Laden prior to 9/11, undermining the search for Bin Laden by abandoning the fight in Tora Bora, and above all, by shifting resources away from a focus on al Qaeda and into the massive folly that was the invasion of Iraq. Watch a ThinkProgress video documenting Bush’s failures:

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/05/11/video-bush-bin-laden-failure/

[Grassy Knoll]

1. This is bullshit........

Bush & Cheney's Torture is what caught Bin Laden. Obama was following Bush's orders.
:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[lumpy]

2. Best concise video on the truth of Bush's wanton failure to pursue

Bin Laden. Bush's non-action appears to be deliberate. The question is why.

[KansDem]

3. Whenever I see Bush now, I have the stark feeling I'm looking at a crminal...

Either incompetent or complicit, but a criminal nevertheless...