I'd like to see the talking hating heads on radio and FOX spin their way out of this one.  For America's sake, I hope they try.

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"We're fighting a war on terror!  We're going to bring the perpetrators of 9/11 to justice!  Support the Patriot Act and sacrifice your privacy for security!!!  Money is no object -- even if it's the better part of a trillion dollars!  We're going to get them!!!"

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Remember that refrain?  My bet is that Pakistan gets the free pass.

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(And just think: it's election season.  What sweet timing.  I thought only Clinton was capable of political blunders that catastrophic.)
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(But if the media point this out, out come the whines of "Bush bashing" and "liberal bias" again...)

Hey Hardliner, they moved the story on me, but the link above is fixed.  Pakistan as issued a new statement as well.  The new stance is that they have not created a safe haven.  Instead, they offer this:

"If someone is found there, we will see what is to be done," General Sultan said today. "Pakistan is committed to the war on terror, and of course we will go after any terrorist found to be operating here," he said.

So they've agreed not to go in to Waziristan.  They'll give the Taliban their weapons back, but if they find someone operating as a terrorist in the area that they will not enter, they "will see what is to be done."

Comforting.

"As long as one is being like a peaceful citizen"?  (Tom, please fix your ABC link.  It does not work, and I wanted to verify the statement before commenting on it.)

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If I read this at face value, let's think about it for a moment.
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Imagine Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez, serial killers, wanted by the police.  But after finally solving the case and linking them to their crimes, they find Ted and Richard "behaving as peaceful citizens."  The police go home, without making an arrest.
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(And imagine the screaming about "soft on crime liberals" while you're at it.)
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Well, if what ABC has reported what I think it has, Bush is willing to let a man go free who killed a hundred times as many people.

I think I'm figuring this out.

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If, on Sept. 11, the media replay Bush's vows to capture those responsible for 9/11, the media will be accused of "liberal bias" and "Bush-bashing."