What does anyone make of the reported opportunities Bush had to capture or kill Osama, but neglected or purposefully failed to take?
Sorry for the polemic, but they are briefly detailed
here for anyone not familiar. There was, of course, Tora Bora where we had him cornered under Bush, and the Taliban offer to hand him over, which Bush rejected.
Assuming the truth of those, I would not give Bush one iota of credit for Bin Laden's killing. I'm just not sure how black & white those events were. And personally, I'm not really interested in who gets credit or blame. The whole political spin is just absurd and beyond insulting.
My only concern for "using" this Bin Laden's death to further a cause is to promote ending the longest war in American history.
It seems to be pretty clear Bin Laden's main strategy was to bankrupt the superpowers by luring the stupid, blundering giants into wars in Afghanistan and bleed them dry as the sand and rock they foolishly fought for. Succeeded brilliantly with the Soviet Union. Not too shabby with the United States.
Can we stop now?