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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:04 PM
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Do you care if we get Bin Laden? I think it's bigger than
that, but our country could go nuts if that happens. No, soldiers wouldn't come home, but it could appease people.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:05 PM
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1. I hope they do get him, maybe it would help the familes of 9/11
but i don't think it will reduce terror and change anything going on in Iraq at all.
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AG78 Donating Member (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:08 PM
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2. It was never about him
We could rid the world of whatever it is that Al Qaeda is, and we're still not leaving.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:47 PM
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12. So true
Very true. If they do catch him they'd make some excuse to stay.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:10 PM
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3. Since about 50% of the sheeple in this country........
believe that Saddam was the mastermind behind 9/11, will it really matter to them?

Even * said "I don't really think about him anymore". So then, it follows that why should the American Repugs care about him?

The Neo-cons will bring him out when they deem it is neccessary to further their political base and not before.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:11 PM
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4. they'll bring him in chains at the 08' rnc convention
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:06 AM
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21. and have him give a speech, probably
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:50 PM
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15. * Said That Because Bin Laden Was Still At Large - But Wait Till They.....
catch him. They'll say that * was the reason that he was caught - and that * never took his eye off the goal of catching BL. They'll say * is making us safe. * will wind up the big winner on this. Rove will make this "war" president a god.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:52 PM
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17. You are right.....they won't blame this on Clinton.........
even tho it takes YEARS to find OBL...or will they?
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:15 PM
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5. Do you think he's still alive?
He looked pretty sickly in one of those videos way back when - kidney something or other? Could be he's living large in a palace in Saudi Arabia somewhere. It's been about six months since his most recent video release in late October and not a peep since - funny how that works.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:20 PM
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7. He supposedly has been on dialysis since 9/11....
how could he have that sort of care in a cave in Afghanistan? Something fishy has been going on.

Yes, I would like to see him arrested and tried for the crimes his organization has commited but is there more to this than meets the eye? Maybe I need one of these :tinfoilhat: ?????
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:51 PM
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16. You can borrow mine. :-)
He's lugging around a dialysis machine through the hills of Tora Bora? C'mon.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 08:35 AM
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28. Well to most Americans
sadly--one person of mideastern descent looks the same as another.
They could prop anyone up with a beard and make the sheeple believe that it is OBL, and they would eat it up.
The real one doesn't have to be alive to do that.:shrug:
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WorseBeforeBetter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 05:30 PM
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29. I'm afraid you're right...
Edited on Fri May-06-05 05:31 PM by TWriterD
and with Saddam the token terrorist behind bars, many Americans seem to be appeased. OBL is the bogeyman and Al-Zarqawi is supposedly ill. Ah, the attempts to manipulate never end...
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:17 PM
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6. If he's guilty.. --dons tin foil hat--
If Bin Laden did have something to do with 9/11 then yes I would like to see him stand trial. Along with anyone else involved. Which is possibly why he hasn't been caught. Maybe he knows something...
--removes tin-foil hat--
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 05:46 PM
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32. Ummm, hasn't he claimed responsibility?
to me, that constitutes a "confession", and since he wasn't in police custody when he made it, it's pretty solid evidence that he did have something to do with it....at least in my book...
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:26 PM
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8. I think the guy is a mass murderer who,
if alive, should be brought to justice for his crime, for the sake of everyone, especially those who lost family on 9/11. However, it won't change anything. Not here and most definitely not in the Middle East. It's so much bigger than UBL.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:39 PM
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9. OBL is a Pug wedge
Just like gay marriage and abortion.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:42 PM
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10. OBL is bush's bogeyman
As long as bush can make hay by saying the bogeyman's in your closet or under your bed, he won't be officially "caught".

Sleep tight. Mwahahahahahaaaaa!....
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:44 PM
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11. OMG! I never thought of OBL as a bogeyman...you may be right...n/t
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:49 PM
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13. Bingo
If anybody here hasn't you need to watch "The Power of Nightmares." You can see it at: propogandamatrix.com in their media section.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:04 AM
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20. Is that available anywhere else?
For those of us with dial-up, it stalls the puter.
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brettdale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:50 PM
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14. For the families of 9/11 victims
I hope we get him, but the repugs would turn it into a "Bush is the greatest human being ever" event.
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:56 PM
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18. I want Bush behind bars. I don't think the Arabs did 9-11. Inside job.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-04-05 11:57 PM
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19. I don't think anyone will get OBL alive.
I think he will comit suicide before he would let that happen.

Sure, the ShrubCo supporters will make a capture (dead or alive) a big event, and I guess it is. I guess they deserve their 15 minutes of glory. But I also think it could prove to be a red herring. Al Qaeda won't go away, and maybe people will finally realize the problems are not "one man", but lots of people hat the US because of their intrusion into the middle east where they just don't belong!
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Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:08 AM
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22. Bush doesn't have any more elections.
They may catch him to help with votes for the mid-terms. If Bush were up for an election I would say, No, they won't catch him! They need him as a boogie man to scare people.

That was, do I think they will catch him. Do I care? I don't know anymore. I guess I do. He is the villain.
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MazeRat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:12 AM
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23. Not really.....
Getting OBL would be "symbolic" at best. Certainly it would be a media "frenzy" and according to MSM the most important thing to happen since sliced bread.

Yes they should get him... but in the grand scheme of things... I don't think it will really matter.

MZr7
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satya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:13 AM
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24. I want the 9-11 perps tried & sentenced.But first we gotta impeach 'em. nt
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 12:34 AM
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25. put it this way...i'm MUCH more scared of bushco than bin laden.
the effect bin laden will have on my life...about nothing, the effect bushco has had and will have and potentially could have on my life is about 10,000 times what bin laden could have ever hoped for.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 07:16 AM
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26. Wow, ain't that the truth! Agree, mdmprsn! nt
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-05-05 07:49 AM
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27. I would rather get the culprits who did 9-11. BushCo and his friends
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 05:32 PM
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30. I hope we can impeach Bush soon!
He is the greatest danger to America... and the idiots who support him.
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FinallyStartingToWin Donating Member (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-06-05 05:33 PM
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31. Do you think I should feel guilty about the fact
That I'd rather take down * than BL?

(Not that I don't want to see BL taken down too or anything, that is, if he's even real anymore.)
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