Bush on Osama: "If we could find the cave he is in, I promise you — he would be brought to justice"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Capturing Usama bin Laden has been one of President Bush's top priorities during his time in office, but the president now seems to doubt the Al Qaeda mastermind will be found before his term ends next January.

Speaking about his goals for his last year in the White House, Bush tells FOX News in an exclusive interview to air this weekend that if U.S. military and intelligence knew where bin Laden was, they would have apprehended him already.

"If we could find the cave he is in, I promise you — he would be brought to justice or wherever he's hiding," he tells FOX News in "George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish," a documentary scheduled to air Sunday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. ET.

The president adds: "I will have left behind a mechanism — and a structure for the next president to better protect America."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325234,00.html

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. Bush can't find the hole - Yup

Seems to be a common Republican problem.

[LakeSamish706]

2. Another big fat F***ing lie.... I would say they have known where Bin Laden has always...

been, but obviously have never really wanted to actually catch him.

[Virginia Dare]

7. He could have asked his uncle last week..

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/01/15/georgebushkingabdullah_wideweb__470x361,0.jpg

:shrug:

[SpiralHawk]

10. That's because the Bush family is intimate with the bin Laden family

not that the republicon corporate media would ever point out that fact - nor would they ever mention how right after 9/11, when all other planes were grounded, Commander AWOL Bush made a special exception and let the Saudi bin Ladens fly a small horde of their clan out of the US without ever having been asked a single question.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Smart A$$.

:argh:

[WatchWhatISay]

4. Maybe he's not in a cave

Delusional

[Virginia Dare]

5. I swear I can't tell the Onion from "real" news anymore..

ASADABAD, AFGHANISTAN—Fears of possible terrorist attacks have led organizers of the Sept. 27-30 al-Qaeda International Convention to take unprecedented security measures, sources reported Monday

[Solly Mack]

6. one of his top priorities?

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

"I am truly not that concerned about him."
- G.W. Bush, responding to a question about bin Laden's whereabouts,
3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)

http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/2002/11/13_Laden.html

[MrCoffee]

8. "If we could find the cave"....here's a tip: START LOOKING!

[KansDem]

9. ?!?!?!

:wow:

What about Tora Bora?

'Fess up, you A**hole! You have no desire to capture the nephew of the man who financed your early oil ventures in Texas during the 1970s!!!

[UTUSN]

11. Yeah, just like KKKarl and Scooter were ferretted out of THEIR holes!1 n/t

[SoCalDem]

12. I saw "Usama" and KNEW it had to be from Fox

They are the ONLY people on earth who choose that spelling..

However onse spells the name, he's NOT "in a cave".. He's languishing somewhere, in a nice place..laughing his ass off..

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

13. $2 Trillion we can't find the right cave?

How many freaking caves could there be?

[xiamiam]

14. so damned insulting..rubbing salt in the wound created by this pitiful excuse for a president..

frankly, i dont believe bin laden has been alive for several years...but either way... alleged videos of bin laden are trotted out as needed...there is no need to find him, ever and never has been..the transparency of it is just so disgusting...

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. He loves being insulting and arrogant and condescending and just an all around a$$hole!

[FSogol]

15. I'd be happy if they just brought Neil Bush to justice.

;-)

[Elspeth]

19. What cave is old Neil hiding in?

:)

[Mad_Dem_X]

16. "One of his top priorities"?????

Since WHEN?

[bdamomma]

17. what total BS what cave he is in???

I thought what Bhutto said he was dead.

Bush is such an arrogant a$$hole.

Oh, just reading what he said what a delusional POS, can he leave tomorrow please?? He has caused enough damage.

[Virginia Dare]

26. And we know what happened to her...

:scared:

[Adsos Letter]

18. Check the closet in Laura's bedroom... n/t

[bdamomma]

20. what number lie was that hmmm....936 perhaps.

[Johonny]

21. I will have left behind a mechanism

That's right as long as the next president ignores everything Bush did they should do just fine. Basically Bush has left behind a great blue print of what not to do.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. He's pimping his "legacy"

...he wants to be sure that y'all will remember what he "left behind," Stretch.

Somehow I don't think HIS list will match the list most Americans have kept.

[Johonny]

30. Its kinda sad

don't most presidents worry about that crap after they leave office. He has 1/8 of his presidency left and he's talking like he's retired.

[OzarkDem]

24. I wish I could find a cave

where I could chain up Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and all the sorry GOP asses who have raped and pillaged our country.

[Disturbed]

28. "the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

“As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."” H.L. Mencken

[lumberjack_jeff]

25. Good idea. Then we could end this silly war on terror... right? n/t

[DCKit]

27. Hell, I'd settle for a thorough search of the WH basement. n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

29. Could it be because bin Laden is already dead, as reported by FOX??

Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

"The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said.

Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

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The Death of bin Ladenism
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Del.icio.usDiggFacebookNewsvinePermalinkBy AMIR TAHERI
Published: July 11, 2002
Osama bin Laden is dead. The news first came from sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan almost six months ago: the fugitive died in December and was buried in the mountains of southeast Afghanistan. Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, echoed the information. The remnants of Osama's gang, however, have mostly stayed silent, either to keep Osama's ghost alive or because they have no means of communication.

With an ego the size of Mount Everest, Osama bin Laden would not have, could not have, remained silent for so long if he were still alive. He always liked to take credit even for things he had nothing to do with. Would he remain silent for nine months and not trumpet his own survival?

Even if he is still in the world, bin Ladenism has left for good. Mr. bin Laden was the public face of a brand of politics that committed suicide in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands of innocent people in the process.

What were the key elements of that politics?

The first was a cynical misinterpretation of Islam that began decades ago with such anti-Western ideologues as Maulana Maudoodi of Pakistan and Sayyid Qutb of Egypt. Although Mr. Maudoodi and Mr. Qutb were not serious thinkers, they could at least offer a coherent ideology based on a narrow reading of Islamic texts. Their ideas about Western barbarism and Muslim revival, distilled down to bin Ladenism, became mere slogans designed to incite zealots to murder.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDE1230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63