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I can't prove that he is alive, but at the same time you can't prove he is dead.

Yes that seems to be where things stand. Which leaves me wondering how you could have written "Bin Laden however is still running around causing trouble" just a few posts ago. I asked you how you knew this and obviously the answer is that you don't.

So then do you have a point to make?

The CIA says that the "bin laden" tapes are likely authentic meaning there is a good chance it's him.

Is this the same "CIA" whom everyone doubts about "WMD" and the like?

But hey, you're the one convinced he's still running around causing trouble. So where is he? What trouble?

Being that we are all so concerned about terrorism because we are all so scared and feel we are not safe, why not send the military to find his ass?

Give me some coordinates. Where shall we send the military? I'm game.

I think finidng bin laden dead or alive would be a bigger victory for "the war on terror" than Sadam.

Perhaps.

Coordinates, please.

I'm ceaselessly amused by the "let's send the military to go get 'im" complaint. Where the hell are they supposed to go?? You don't just "send the military" out the front door and say "here's some helicopters and guns, here's a shirt he wore once, now take a sniff and then go get him". Get real.

As long as there is a small chance their cult leader, Bin Laden, is alive Al-Queda operatives will continue on.

I hate to break it to you but "Al Qaeda" operatives will (and probably have been) continue on regardless of whether OBL is alive. "Al Qaeda", whatever else it is, is not the Cult Of OBL, and even if he's still alive, finding and killing/capturing him would not stop "Al Qaeda" from doing whatever it's trying to do. The main thing OBL contributes to "Al Qaeda" is money and we can stop that even if we never do find his grimy remains.

If Osama Bin Laden is alive, I have to wonder why he has such difficulty releasing actual videotapes rather than all these dumb audiotapes. Videotape technology has been with us for some time and is relatively cheap, compact, and widely available, virtually every bit as much so as audiotape technology. But hey, you're the one convinced he's still running around causing trouble. So where is he? What trouble?

Chances are that Bin Laden, if he's still alive, is in a cave somewhere. Video teleconferencing technology is probably the last thing you're going find in his lair regardless of how cheap it is. You probably won't find toilet paper and look at how cheap that is :). Even though he's only releasing audio tapes, it's enough to boost morale among his operatives. This is how he's causing trouble in my opinion. The man has the ability to influence dangerous people with just words.

I hate to break it to you but "Al Qaeda" operatives will (and probably have been) continue on regardless of whether OBL is alive. "Al Qaeda", whatever else it is, is not the Cult Of OBL, and even if he's still alive, finding and killing/capturing him would not stop "Al Qaeda" from doing whatever it's trying to do. The main thing OBL contributes to "Al Qaeda" is money and we can stop that even if we never do find his grimy remains.
I agree with you here by the most part. The only point I was trying to make is that as long as there is hope that Bin Laden is still alive, Al Qaeda is going to use the tapes as morale boosters. From what I understand, Al Qaeda terrorist see this as a war, where they hit us, then we hit them, and then they hit us back and so on. It would be better for the cause if we used most of our resources to find Bin Laden, dead or alive. If it would have been my call, Sadam would have been a lower priority.