[quote=ucodegen]Inaccurate. He allowed some of the Afghanis to be included in surrounding Tora Bora. These Afghanis got ‘bought off’. If you also remember, they were pounding Tora Bora from the air. If you know anything about Switzerland, you will know why you just don’t waltz into Tora Bora to get Bin Laden. The tunnels are constructed to create a large killing zone around Tora Bora.[/quote]
Bottom line is Bin Laden was in Tora Bora and our military leadership and possibly even Bush administration had enough reason to believe that Bin Laden was there. I think we at least agree on that.
1 – In no way do I believe that the military/special forces do not prepare for such a situation as taking Bin Laden out in Tora Bora with ground assault. certainly 2 months after 9/11 there was no higher priority in front of our military than take out Bin Laden. At least that’s what I think!
2 – I believe that even with preparation, there was substantial risk involved in such an operation on ground.
3 – I believe that several options were presented to the Bush administration for going after Bin Laden with military assets and that these options were high risk.
4 – I also believe that another option presented was to let Afghans/northern alliance to largely attempt to take out Bin Laden on the ground and that this option was selected by them…
