[Demidog]

I don't think my logic is faulty at all. Afghanistan asked for evidence which showed bin Laden was actually responsible. The administration refused and then claimed that such a request was proof that Afghanistan was "harboring" terrorists.

When the feds asked for McVeigh's extradition for trial they presented evidence. That's the way it's supposed to work.

[Gumption]

Are you guys crazy? The Taliban "govt" knew of Osama's terrorist activities, his terrorist training camps for foreign Arabs, and his declared war on Americans and Jews whether in uniform or civilians (from Osama's own mouth), and his Al Qaeda group. Yet they never acted to shut him down. They (Taliban) even invited Osama into their government as Afghanistan's defense minister.

Do you actually believe if we showed them pictures of Osama instructing a class on piloting aircraft into tall buildings with "September 11th is the day of our attack so be prepared" written on a blackboard behind him, they would have handed him over to us? Get real.

[LSJohn]

The current war in Afghanistan does fit with these principles

I think the rest of the paragraph which this sentence heads indicates that "does" is actually a typo, intended to be "doesn't."

[DugwayDuke]

"I don't think my logic is faulty at all. Afghanistan asked for evidence which showed bin Laden was actually responsible. The administration refused and then claimed that such a request was proof that Afghanistan was "harboring" terrorists." - demidog.

"Not according to our government. Our government is saying "harboring" has to do with Afghanistan's refusal to turn ben Laden over to the United States on demand. Of course, the Afghanis seem to think that they should see the evidence first. Isn't that silly of them?" - tex-oma.

This whole argument you two are attempting to make is misleading at best since there never was an offer to turn Sammi over to us that was contingent upon us providing evidence. The Taliban said that if we provided them evidence and they found it compelling, they would turn him over to an Islamic court. Surely, you would not call that being responsive to our demands?