Pakistan gave Bin Laden to US for ransom

[Je suis Omar]

Talk is cheap. Anyone remember when Clinton could have had Osama for his multiple bombings prior to 9/11? It might have been the Saudis that had Osama, and Bill turned them down. When this became public several years ago he went on a campaign to repair his image.

Notice how spare you are on sources and how high you are on speculation, "might"?

As you said, Sharkman, talk is cheap.

[sharkman]

Notice how spare you are on sources and how high you are on speculation, "might"?

As you said, Sharkman, talk is cheap.

Actually it's completely factual, I'm surprised you're so poorly informed.

The Sudanese offered to arrest Bin Laden and extradite him to Saudi Arabia or, barring that, to "baby-sit" him--monitoring all his activities and associates.

...

And that was not the end of it. In July 2000--three months before the deadly attack on the destroyer Cole in Yemen--I brought the White House another plausible offer to deal with Bin Laden, by then known to be involved in the embassy bombings. A senior counter-terrorism official from one of the United States' closest Arab allies--an ally whose name I am not free to divulge--approached me with the proposal after telling me he was fed up with the antics and arrogance of U.S. counter-terrorism officials.

The offer, which would have brought Bin Laden to the Arab country as the first step of an extradition process that would eventually deliver him to the U.S., required only that Clinton make a state visit there to personally request Bin Laden's extradition. But senior Clinton officials sabotaged the offer, letting it get caught up in internal politics within the ruling family--Clintonian diplomacy at its best.

Clinton's failure to grasp the opportunity to unravel increasingly organized extremists, coupled with Berger's assessments of their potential to directly threaten the U.S., represents one of the most serious foreign policy failures in American history.

If you read a little of the link you will also see that Clinton had several offers to help with bringing Osama into American hands, and he waffled or ignored all of them.

[Je suis Omar]

Actually it's completely factual, I'm surprised you're so poorly informed.

...

If you read a little of the link you will also see that Clinton had several offers to help with bringing Osama into American hands, and he waffled or ignored all of them.

I guess Clinton figured that his country still needed their ally, Osama bin Laden, to help them with their dirty work.

[sharkman]

I guess Clinton figured that his country still needed their ally, Osama bin Laden, to help them with their dirty work.

Nice try. You didn't even know this happened, and now try to play the expert? You're too funny Omar, better read up on reality first.

[Je suis Omar]

Nice try. You didn't even know this happened, and now try to play the expert? You're too funny Omar, better read up on reality first.

Of course I knew. Right wing nut cases have been harping on it since forever.

[sharkman]

Of course you knew.