[Txsleuth]

Didn't some ex-CIA guy write a book recently about how if he had been left in Afghanistan to complete the CIA led attack on the Taliban..and hunt for Osama Bin Ladin...

we would have had him by now...because HE (the author) knew he was still in Tora Bora...

BUT, Bush Admin. screwed up by sending him and his CIA group to Iraq???

[SevenMinusOne]

Didn't some ex-CIA guy write a book recently about how if he had been left in Afghanistan to complete the CIA led attack on the Taliban..and hunt for Osama Bin Ladin... we would have had him by now...because HE (the author) knew he was still in Tora Bora... BUT, Bush Admin. screwed up by sending him and his CIA group to Iraq???

Not exactly - Gary (Berntsen) makes the suggestion that if we would have sent in more U.S. troops (Rangers) we could have sealed off UBL from escaping from Tora Bora.

Gary is simply looking to sell books (and probably does wishfully think that UBL was there) - The reality is UBL most likely left the Tora Bora Mtn range about 7-10 prior to the operation Gary Bernsten was part of.

Bernsten has the right attitude / aggressive ideas regarding the WOT.....but he hasn't been so wise of late.

[SevenMinusOne]

Let me also add G. Berntsen's suggestion that we could have completely sealed off escape routes leading out of Tora Bora is absolutely wrong (and he knows it)...but the majority reading his books and talking heads on TV don't have enough of a true understanding of the terrain in that region and fall for this BS.

[prairiebreeze]

I don't know about that book, sorry. I meant to ping you TXsleuth, glad you saw the thread.