re: #81 Killgore Trout

What we do know is that we didn’t get bin Laden on 9/12, and the Al Qaeda network continued to operate and stage terror attacks throughout Bush’s presidency.

Al Qaeda’s global network HAD been disrupted, true — by President Obama, not by Bush. Their downfall can be traced to the switch in US policy, from fighting a big “war on terror,” to aggressively targeting the leaders and spokesmen of Al Qaeda.

At the time, I was right there with Romney and the rest of the right, making fun of Obama for saying he’d go into Pakistan to get bin Laden, and I was completely fucking wrong about it. In fact, it’s pretty clear to me that along with many other people, I was played by the GOP all along, and that won’t happen again.

I do question Bush’s commitment to finding bin Laden. I don’t believe it was a real priority for his administration.