[Poohbah]

I dunno. If we got him, why not say we got him?

Because he's the perfect all-purpose excuse for bombing any real estate we don't like: "we heard Osama was in there." And, of course, the bad guys will announce "OSAMA HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!"

[hchutch]

You have a point.

Still, sooner or later, al-Qaeda would be announcing that their leader had been martyred. I think he was wounded at Tora Bora, and is still out there.

I just want to get that guy.