[lbo-talk] US hunt for OBL "phony"

[WD]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote:
> I heard the same story from a friend of mine in France before 2004,
> though in that
> version they were holding off in case they needed a capture to ensure victory in
> the election.
>
> Just to be annoying, maybe the U.S. has tapped into his communications.
> He is more valuable alive leaking information than dead while somebody
> else reconstitutes their HQ.

Call me naive, but the most likely explanation to me still seems to be
that the U.S. is simply incapable of capturing or killing OBL.  Why
this assumption that the people running the world are so unbelievably
powerful and smart?

-WD