Hey, O! S'up wit you? Ain't seen ya hangin' in the hood...thinkin' maybe, you be missin' the dissin', by now.....but you be nowhere, vato. I know da man said, he would do you ugly...but he jus' put a sock down his drawers and did the walk, actin' bad and all...da's it. One day, you be cribin' wit yo bros at TB.....then, you be so gone, dude. Wa'sup?
So, where is Osama bin Laden? From what I gather, no one really seems to know what has become of the infamous co-founder of the world's largest terrorist network (not including the world governments). Don't we pay somebody to keep track of these things? The latest, I heard was about a month ago, when Porter Goss (Bush's new "director-of-spooks" at the CIA) told us that he didn't have any idea where bin Laden was.....and then, he turned around a week later and told us that he's got a real good idea that O's probably hiding out along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Hell, they were saying that, way back at the beginning of this whole damn thing...let's see, now...how many years ago was that?
So, if we have a really good idea where he is, why then are we sitting on our hands the way NORAD sat on their hands the morning of 9/11? Mr. Goss explained that there are sensitive sovereignty issues to consider. I guess that means we're still not going into Pakistan...right? I suppose the Pakistanis will take care of it, themselves.......right?
I just don't get it. We've got a President who said explicitly (In fact, he made a really big deal out of saying it) that we would go anywhere to get bin Laden, DEAD or ALIVE and that "You're either with us or against us". Since then, we've had half the army out looking for terrorists.....IN IRAQ!!!.......and it sure looks like we found some, too! Of course, they weren't actually in Iraq until after we showed up...because if they had been, nasty ole Saddam would have chopped their damn heads off.......and the last time I saw bin Laden, he still had his.
But some folks think the "big O" is already dead. They figure he died at Tora Bora, but I don't buy that scenario. I was watching that day when the Special Forces Forward Controller looked into the camera (with a less than joyous expression on his face) and said, "We knew exactly which cave he was in, painted 'em with the lazer and called in the air strike. We waited four hours and the strike never came." I only saw this news report twice that morning, before they jerked it off the air. No.....bin Laden didn't die that day at Tora Bora.....because some extremely high official in our government wanted him to live. Imagine that.
Others think bin Laden has long since died of kidney failure. Considering that video tape he sent us, where he looked so terribly ill, I would think that might be the more plausible answer.......but I'm not putting any money on that one, either. If he was allowed to live after killing some 3,000 Americans on 9/11...then, what would make me think that he couldn't have easily, if covertly, sought out the best medical treatment that money (or Al Qaeda group health insurance) could buy.
Then, there are those who believe the "big O" is still very much alive. Mr. Goss seems to think so. He's just either not too sure...or he's got a real good idea, just where bin Laden is. Maybe he should get together with the Pakistanis on this.........or maybe, he already has.
Voice your opinion on our message board (you don't have to sign up to post), or post in our guestbook.
Down The Middle Archives:
"Wanted: Dead Or Alive" and "Will Bush Give Us The Lottery Again?" (Down The Middle and To The Left, May 31, 2004)
Shock and Awe or Shuck and Jibe? (Down the Middle, Jun 17, 2004)
"Reefer Madness?" and "Let Freedom Ring!" (Down the Middle and To the Left, Jun 27, 2004)
It's John John (Down the Middle, Jul 21, 2004)
Wanted: An Alternative For Drug Offenders (To The Left, Aug 3, 2004)
WAR IS OVER ...If You Want It (Down The Middle, Aug 23, 2004)
Drug Store Cowboy (Down The Middle, Sep 6, 2004)
"George Bush's 'Other Woman' "and "Count Your Children" (Down The Middle and To The Left, Sep 15, 2004)
John Wayne Died at the Alamo (Down The Middle, Sep 26, 2004)
"The Last Time I had Bush" and "Bush Secrets - Did You Know?" (Down The Middle and To The Left, Oct 3, 2004)
Don't Want to Lose Ya in Fallujah (Down the Middle, Oct 15, 2004)
When Left is Right and Right is Wrong (Down the Middle, Oct 25, 2004)
The Day the Music Died (Down The Middle, Nov 3, 2004)
"Goin’ Up North...Fo’ Freedom" and "Religion or Spirituality?" (Down the Middle and To the Left, Nov 9, 2004)
Scott Peterson Attacks Fallujah (Down The Middle, Nov 14, 2004)
It Can't Happen Here (Down The Middle, Nov 17, 2004)
Natural Born Liberal (Down The Middle, Nov 27, 2004)
Mister, Can You Spare a Dime? (Down The Middle, Dec 2, 2004)
The Monster (Down The Middle, Dec 8, 2004)
And So This is Christmas (Down The Middle, Dec 18, 2004)
"Man of the Year" and "Tribute to a Cowboy - Happy Trails to You" (Down The Middle and To The Left, Dec 26, 2004)
"The Pursuit of Happiness" and "Woman" (Down The Middle, Jan 1, 2005)
"Live Fast, Die Young" and "Social Insecurity" (Down The Middle, Jan 8, 2005)
"George Bush’s Viet Nam" and "The Religious Wrong" (Down The Middle, Jan 15, 2005)
Next Stop, Iran! (Down The Middle, Jan 23, 2005)
"Letter to my Friend, S.K." and "It's the Bomb!" (Down The Middle, Jan 30, 2005)
Strange Days, Indeed! (Down The Middle, Feb 7, 2005)
The Dogs of War (Down the Middle, Feb 20, 2005)
Revolution #9 (Down The Middle, Mar 10, 2005)
With a Little Help From my Friends (Down The Middle, March 19, 2004)
Live and Let Die (Down The Middle, Mar 25, 2005)
Bush's Third Term (Down The Middle, Apr 3, 2005)
The Pope and I (Down The Middle, Apr 12, 2005)
You've Been had....Again! (Down The Middle, Apr 19, 2005)
Hey!!! They're Stealing My Wind! (Down the Middle, May 3, 2005)
Freedom! (Down The Middle, May 28, 2005)
The Big Chill (Down The Middle, Jun 4, 2005)
Support Our....Oops! (Down The Middle, Jun 21, 2005)
The Worm Has Turned (Down The Middle, Jun 25, 2005)
Bushwhacked! (Down The Middle, Jul 3, 2005)
The Coming Wars (Down The Middle, Jul 14, 2005)
Hey, O! Wa S'up? (Down The Middle, Jul 21, 2005)
JFK Assassin Identified! (Down The Middle, Jul 25, 2005)
Say Cheeeese! (Down The Middle, Jul 30, 2005)
The Sun Also Rises (Down The Middle, Aug 9, 2005)
Ten Years After (Down The Middle, Aug 20, 2005)
My Brother's Keeper (Down The Middle, Aug 29, 2005)
Baghdad on the Bayou - The Cavalry's Coming! (Down The Middle, Sep 5, 2005)
Return of the Dragon (Down The Middle, Sep 17, 2005)
OKLAHOMA! Where The Bombs Come Sweeping Down The Plains (Down The Middle, Oct 4, 2005)
U.S.S. MAINE EXPLODES IN THE PERSIAN GULF! WAR IS DECLARED ON IRAN! (Down The Middle, Oct 17, 2005)
In the Eye of the Eagle (Down The Middle, Nov 25, 2005)
Let the Eagle Soar (Down The Middle, Dec 5, 2005)
Dr. Rumsfeld or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Down The Middle, Jan 10, 2006)
Where Eagles Dare (Down The Middle, Jan 21, 2006)
Through the Looking Glass (Down The Middle, Feb 12, 2006)
Beware the Ides of March (Down The Middle, Feb 23, 2006)
The Last Patriot (Down The Middle, Mar 6, 2006)
Beating the Bushes ...and the Clintons (Down The Middle, Mar 16, 2006)
By Dawn's Early Light (Down The Middle, Apr 11, 2006)
|
|
|