What our government hasn't bothered to explain is why it continued to send the Taliban hundreds of millions of dollars, all the while knowing they were "harboring" bin Laden.
If there is credible evidence against bin Laden, then I say Afghanistan must turn him over as a matter of principle and good will. However, we did not provide ANY evidence at all and still haven't.
You'd think that we could show a money trail at the very least. We can't. Why not?
What was the evidence that we gave Pakistan and Saudi Arabia that convinced them of Osama's quilt? They were the only two Governments that recognized the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan, but after seeing the evidence they decided to cut all ties to Afghanistan/Taliban even at the risk of having their people revolt against them. Why do you think that is? Must have been pretty solid/convincing evidence don't you think?
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