Please, Mr. President ... grant no more of Mr. bin Laden's fondest wishes!

Osama waiting for the next "present" to come his way

Just how many “presents” can one president give the butcher of 9-11? First, we allowed bin Laden’s family members to fly out of the US within a week of 9-11 and then continued to provide and execute one after another of the very actions that the architect of the worst attack on American soil must have wanted very dearly:

1. (already mentioned) Allowed his family members to fly out in a private plane before the FBI could even question them immediately after the Twin Towers fell.
2. Managed to “trap” him in the caves at Tora Bora then managed to permit him to slip out by only enclosing roughly half of the routes out of the Tora Bora area.
3. Invaded a Muslim country (Iraq) that had not killed a single American in a decade, giving his Al-Qaeda murderers both a “cause” and brand new new training grounds.
4. Transferred control of the Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia that Osama had asked that we abandon for years before 9-11. (That was, if you recall, Osama’s cause célèbre prior to the 9-11 attacks.)
5. Captured and allowed for the (bungled) execution of one of Osama’s most hated enemies, Saddam Hussein, the secular butcher of Baghdad (no loss there, but Osama referred to Saddam as an Infidel again and again!)
6. Provided an opening for the Sunnis in Iraq to organize a Civil war against the Shiites. (Yes, Osama is a Sunni)
7. Emboldened Iran to show itself as a threat to Sunnis throughout the Middle East.
8. Drove an unbelievable wedge between Osama’s homeland (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and the US … even King Abdullah has now attacked our Iraq War as “illegal” during the past week

Okay … so Osama bin Laden turned fifty this year, but couldn’t we concentrate on making sure that he doesn’t reach fifty-one before another 9-11 befalls us? Please, Mr. President … no more birthday presents for Mr. bin Laden!