Posted on 09/17/2001 9:25:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said Monday the United States wanted Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" and warned Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia it will be held accountable for giving him safe haven.
Asked if he wanted to see death for bin Laden, considered by Washington the prime suspect in the Sept. 11 hijack attacks in America, Bush said: "I want justice. And there's an old poster out West that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive."'
Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Pentagon, Bush also put the Taliban on notice they will be held responsible for helping bin Laden. Bin Laden has been based in Afghanistan.
"We are going to find those who, those evildoers, those barbaric people who attacked our country, and we're going to hold them accountable, and we're going to hold the people who house them accountable, the people who think they can provide them safe havens will be held accountable, the people who feed them will be held accountable, and the Taliban must take my statement seriously," Bush said.
Some tougher-hearted New Yorkers have wanted posters in the back windows of their van saying:
[picture of Ole Sammi bin Hidin' inserted here]
DEAD
NaW.
(This is the century of the feeling man, after all...)
there's an old poster out West that says, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'"
I suspect a couple of liberal reporters found it necessary to change their pants after that one :o)
The reporter has no sense of humor. A bad personality trait in these trying times.
(preferably dead)
The FACT is--and Mr. Bush himself has repeatedly said this--that the web of terrorist intrigue is long and wide. It doesn't begin with bin Laden and it won't end with him. Kill him, even kill his lieutenants, and others will rise to take their place. In fact, I'd be drop-dead stunned if there aren't rivals to bin Laden, who'd be very glad to have us bump him off so they could take over as the new "Mr. Big."
I would hope Mr. Bush would keep specific names out of it, and talk constantly about the immensity of these loosely-allied organizations, spread out across half the northern hemisphere.
Only if we are resolved to kill the serpent and burn the body do we have any hope of triumph in this war.
Look at THIS THREAD.
What I'm afraid of is that people will get tired of this. I mean, the ratings will go down, right? All this war-stuff on the news, every night...BOOOOORING!
Sure, and if we don't do all the long, drawn-out, boring things that it's going to take, we won't win this war. We'll get some respite for a few years, and then they'll come back stronger than ever. Maybe this time with bio-weapons, chemicals, even nukes.
We need to stay SCARED, man, and resolute and determined to see this thing through to the end. If we treat this struggle like it's just something catchy to fill up "Sweeps month" we're doomed.
Bin Laudin - Wanted Dead or Alive
(With Apologies to Bon Jovi)
It's all the same, only the president's name has changed,
Every day I feel my life slipping away,
America's the place, where the faces I saw cold,
I ride all night, Just to find a safe hole.
I'm an coward, on a stinking camel I ride,
I'm wanted, dead or alive,
Wanted, dead or alive.
Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days,
And people I meet always run the other way.
Sometimes you tell the day, by how bad you stink.
And sometimes when you're alone, you can't help but do a sheep.
I'm a coward, on a stinking camel I ride,
I'm wanted, dead or alive,
Wanted, dead or alive.
I'm Bin Laudin, on a stinking camel I ride,
I'm wanted, dead or alive,
Wanted, dead or alive.
I crap in the street, with my finger I wipe my crack,
I hide in the shadows, to avoid a bullet in my back.
I been everywhere, and no one will take me in,
I've angered every nation, and I'm wanted by them all.
I'm a coward, on a stinking camel I ride,
I'm wanted, dead or alive,
I'm Bin Laudin, I got the Americans on my ass,
I'm wanted, dead or alive,
Wanted, dead or alive.
We can all chew gum and walk. While we are killing bin Laden we will keep our steely eyes on the ball.
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