U.S. general optimistic about bin Laden capture (HMMMMM Very interesting!)

Reuters ^ | 2/3/04

[philosofy123]

Show me the money!

[latrans]

Such optimism!

[InvisibleChurch]

dead or alive, it must stink to be obl

[Dead Corpse]

"General! FETCH!!!"

That'd be bigger than nailing Saddam. Tie 'em both to the same post and let the fireants have them.

[Cap Huff]

This keeps coming up. They could easily side-step any off-the-cuff assessments. This is at least the second or third time in the last week or so that this much has been said.

[areafiftyone]

I just have this gut feeling that they either have him in custody or they know exactly where he is.

[mikegi]

At a ceremony marking the shift of the U.S. headquarters in Afghanistan to Kabul...

I wonder how long it'll be before a truck bomb goes off at the new HQ?

[Cap Huff]

That's what I'd like to think, but I prefer not to get my hopes up too high. But I just can't imagine them saying things like this without real good reason.

[George W. Bush]

It's about time. He was the one who staged 9/11, not Saddam. We need to get him.

[pt17]

Well, you wouldn't expect the General to be pessimistic and still keep his post/job, would you?

[Dog]

They have some intel..

[bonfire]

"dead or alive, it must stink to be obl"


Literally!

[reagan_fanatic]

Another couple of reports like this and OBL will be tied with Elvis.

[twigs]

I heard Bob Bevalaqua(sp?) on FNC address this over the weekend. He's a straight shooter and does not hesitate to say when he thinks something is wrong. He didn't seem to know what's going on here, but he knows the officer who keeps saying this. Says he speaks very carefully and if he's saying this, he must know something.

I also think this has something to do with Musharev (sp?), president of Pakistan. He's allowing troops to get involved in the search, something that until now he has not done. There's been a lot said that he's doing this because of the assassination attempts on him. Maybe that's true and that has spurred us to double our efforts to get UBL. Without the current pres. of Pakistan, we will have a much harder time carrying out our war on terror.

[Huck]

But I just can't imagine them saying things like this without real good reason.

It doesn't take much to rationalize optimism. Quality staff, motivated troops, resources. What's he supposed to say?

Q: General, do you think we'll get Osama?

A: How the hell should I know? Maybe we will, maybe we won't.

That probably wouldn't fly.

[Dog]

Cap remember that mystery capture in Karachi last month.....wonder who that was..

[Lance Romance]

A capture of that magnitude would stop the mewling over WMD's in Iraq.

[gdyniawitawa]

I agree with you. They probably know now totally his movements and where he is. General would not make that statement without a reason. I think reason why spring offensive was released was not coincidence.