brad on stupidity

[Brad DeLong]

>Rakesh Bhandari asked that I forward this:
>
>>Oh, no Brad, you're quite possibly wrong. If bin Laden had sought cover
>>somewhere on Sa'udi soil, it's probable that not  only would he not have been
>>handed over to the US, the US would not then have bombed a 'recalictrant'
>>Sa'udi Arabia. It's possible that the US would have accepted an offer to hand
>>him over to a a muslim court or third party...

Only if they were also guaranteed that the fix was *really* in in the 
third party trial. I don't think any U.S. administration that 
accepted such an offer would survive a "not guilty" or a "guilty with 
extenuating circumstances" verdict, no matter how tight the links 
between the Carlyle Group and the Ibn Saud Clan...

Brad DeLong