So, were the stories I was reading shortly after we lost bin laden false? I read in three or four places that we lost him because we cornered him, then turned the operation over to the Northern Alliance 1) because we trusted them, 2) they knew the terrain, and 3) it would let him be eliminated without our fingerprints being on it (based on fears that his death would anger the muslim world).
The stories’ upshot was that the Northern Alliance, being muslim themselves, were unwilling to carry it out, but just went through the motions.
Am I the only one who read these stories?
I have read those stories too.
The one thing I would add is he may have also paid them off. They basically work for whoever is paying them the most.