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While I am in no position to hijack a QP’s thread, this discussion has brought to mind many a conversation that I have had with family and friends. These conversations usually begin inevitably with the opposition’s argument against everything to do with current American foreign policy and, also inevitably, turn toward their tread-thin argument concerning the fact that we have yet to find Bin Laden. And, as they would say, “Bin Laden was the original source of all this fighting, right?”
I am not going to go on a tangent concerning all the flaws that I have found in these arguments. However, I do want to add an additional question to the line of thought that this thread is on.
If Bin Laden has managed to stay alive, does he have any control over the various terrorist networks that we are currently dealing with?
I only ask because I often counter points about Bin Laden’s continued existence by suggesting exactly this phenomenon: whether he is alive or not is moot in comparison to whether he is still operationally capable. While I would prefer to see the substantiated death of Bin Laden, I rest just as easy with the thought that he has been rendered ineffective.
Since I have used this point so often, I wanted to make sure there are few holes in it. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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