Okay, but it might not surprise them nearly as much as the daisy cutters dropped on Afghanistan did, and still the Taliban might not agree,.... but let's not quibble. Dean now says we haven't paid attention to al-Quaida. (That's for today, stay tuned for tomorrow's cast pearl from Dean.)
Uhmmm, what stronger move would he have suggested: the proverbial threat of making a glass parking lot of Afghanistan & ajoining Pakistan areas? Now THAT would have been the only higher phase of paying attention, but it does seem a little radical for a Vermont salon that can't make his mind up from one day to another.
One could suggest that maybe Bill could have taken the Sudanese offer of Osama on a platter in 1996, but the Sudanese government couldn't get a response from the Clinton administration and exiled bin Laden to Afghanistan instead. Of course, mentioning that extreme failure which could have prevented 9/ll might get Hillary on Dean's case and even he's not that crazy. :)