They want a victory of some type in Afganistan.Perhaps, but that would be dicey, and hard to schedule in any event.
How about this scenario (with a nod to Travis McGee):
Pass out a lot of Black Flags at Pakistan's end of the Khyber Pass, stage enormous rallies, and then have bin Laden dramatically appear in front of the adoring hordes with the simultaneous detonation of WMDs in America, Europe, and elsewhere.
"If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan,
join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice,
for that is the army of the Imam al-Mahdi
and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem."
It would be the loudest call to battle in History.
Millions would answer.
What you have would work most especially if there was a substantial faction within ISI and Pakistani military that was ready to execute a coup d'etat. Within an hour or two OBL has some nuclear weapons and a relatively modern air force at his disposal. I for one would not wish to see US F-18's going up against Pakistani F-16's.
Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
It would be the loudest call to battle in History. Millions would answer.
But we have more millions. Since we have much better toys, the exhcange ratio will be in our favor. It might be ugly, but there can be little doubt of the final outcome.