[Political Junkie Too]

The opinion of many was that the war was fought because “He tried to kill my Daddy."-Bush. And to make lots of money for VP Cheney who, if I recall correctly, had about $23 million in Halliburton stock.

And it was the opinion of many more that the war was fought to fight Al Qaeda over there instead of fighting over here. Many believed that Saddam was providing a safe haven for Al Qaeda to train, including mock-ups of airline fuselages. Let Iraq be the magnet where Al Qaeda concentrates to fight us.

I believed that we killed Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora, but I guess he did escape when we granted them a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire.

-PJ

[ROCKLOBSTER]

it was the opinion of many more that the war was fought to fight Al Qaeda over there instead of fighting over here.

Yes, and also as opposed to the mountains of Afghanistan. (Come to Papa)

[gleeaikin]

I was watching carefully since my son was in the military and I had the impression that we had not killed bin Laden in Tora Bora. Then around that time I also read that the maps the CIA had made earlier of the Tora Bora caves had been lost. That sounded very strange and suspicious. My conclusion after the Iraq invasion was that letting bin Laden escape was another reason by Bush/Cheney for fighting wars.