When we dropped a rather large package of high explosives on Zarqawi, the left was quick to note that his death meant little in the war on terror while Bin Laden was still out there. Today House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi made statements to the effect that capturing or killing Bin Laden now would have little meaning in the war on terror.

Why would the Democrats be trying to downplay the death or capture of Bin Laden who in their reality based world should be the primary, if not the sole focus of the war on terror?

I see two possibilities. First, in light of recent successful NATO actions in Afghanistan they are hedging and using a little pre-emptive spin. Just in case we get him. Clearly the Democrats hopes for congressional majority would die with Bin Laden.

Or, Congressional leadership has been briefed that we already have Ossama in the bag. (Preferably a body bag.)

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 01:56 PM | No Comments | Add Comment