Pakistan Offers Safe Harbor to Bin Laden - All Politics Are Local - TomW's Blog - Bakersfield.com

Sep 5, 2006 at 11:09 PM : More as the story...

More as the story rolls in:

The Pakistani regime of Gen. Pervez Musharraf has been negotiating truces - with the Bush administration's encouragement - with Islamic separatists in North Waziristan and South Waziristan, mountainous tribal areas along the Afghan border where U.S. officials think bin Laden may be hiding.

Anyone want to try to make sense of this?

Sep 6, 2006 at 08:09 AM : Bush said it was OK to...

Bush said it was OK to give bin Laden a pass. This Misadministration has already disbanded the unit supposedly looking for him, probably in exchange for Osama's help in getting Bush re-elected in '04. Professional courtesy, you know.

Sep 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM : You know, this is why...

You know, this is why we need Democrats to take over. They are at least serious about fighting the War on Terror. Bush and his guys just want to screw around. This war would be over if we had someone in charge who cared about Americans instead of corporations.

Sep 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM : The war on Terra is...

The war on Terra is going wonderfully isn't it. It's OK, Bin Laden wasn't that important anyway, right? He's only wanted for a few terrorist attacks on the US.

Sep 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM : I think I'm...

I think I'm figuring this out.

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."

Sep 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM : They'll get it...

They'll get it even more if they play the above video of Bush saying he isn't that concerned about Bin Laden.

Sep 6, 2006 at 09:09 AM : "As long as...

"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.)

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.

Sep 6, 2006 at 10:09 AM : Hey Hardliner, they...

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.

Sep 6, 2006 at 10:09 AM : I'd like to see...

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.

"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!!!"

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

(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...)