I’ve read that Bush wanted an Afghan army unit to capture or kill bin Laden. It would make for better optics. The idea was that American intelligence would locate bin Laden. Then the Afghans would move forward, and take him.
But the Afghans weren’t all that motivated. And so bin Laden escaped.
The author of this article is wrong. I don’t care how many people Bush hugged after 9/11. He botched the job. He failed. And we’re not even talking about the huge mess he made in Iraq.
I don’t think Bush really ever wanted to get Bin Laden. Once he did, then there would have been pressure to leave Afghanistan.
Or the huge mess he made at the border. Bush was a horrible President, and I’m not going to be thankful it wasn’t worse. Republicans need to do better.