What if..............

[Skookum]

Right before the election Osama Bin Laden was miraculously captured or proven killed; perhaps by our Pakistani "friends"?....................

[Toshi]

good prophecy, methinks

[valve bouncer]

Wouldn't that be just the most amazing co-incidence. Wow.:rolleyes:

[Thepagoda]

Yea, I'm guessing that since we haven't heard anything about Saddam, He'll probably go on trial sometime in august. those two things together have a lot of influence on voters...

I think that the best thing that could possibly happen with Bin Laden is that He's already dead and there's no way of proving it.

[gtastro]

YA butt didnt Carter do kind of the same thing when he got the delegate hostages out of Iran right before election time?

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by gtastro
YA butt didnt Carter do kind of the same thing when he got the delegate hostages out of Iran right before election time?
Huh? Are you talking about the hostages that were kept for 400+ days? The ones that Reagan traded for weapons... the whole Iran-Contra scandal?

[$tinkle]

Originally posted by LordOpie
Huh? Are you talking about the hostages that were kept for 400+ days? The ones that Reagan traded for weapons... the whole Iran-Contra scandal? damn! i wanted that!

ok, i'll add to it: 444 days. & it was the canadians who got 'em out, right?

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by $tinkle
damn! i wanted that!
:D

Keep both hands on the keyboard and you might be able to keep up with me.

PS: Excellent (accidental) trolling of NYDave in the homo thread :devil:

[gtastro]

YEah the ones that were there for ever, but I thought Carter got them out before Reagen came in. Also I was like 12 at the time and wasnt too politically active at the time.

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by gtastro
YEah the ones that were there for ever, but I thought Carter got them out before Reagen came in. Also I was like 12 at the time and wasnt too politically active at the time. I hear ya, I was 11 yo... I found out about it from the whole Iran-Contra, Ollie North, thing.

[valve bouncer]

Originally posted by gtastro
YEah the ones that were there for ever, but I thought Carter got them out before Reagen came in. Also I was like 12 at the time and wasnt too politically active at the time.
Actually they were released on or just before Reagans inaugruation the Iranians express purpose was to humiliate Carter as much as possible.

[BurlyShirley]

That would be GREAT news

[N8]

Yep, great news.

Wait.... what is Osama contact Rev. Jackson and said he'd surrender only if Kerry was elected President...

My guess is that Osama would much rather Kerry in office than Bush. Don't you think?

[golgiaparatus]

LOL! That would be phuking brilliant...
Like they already have him but are just waiting for GW's campaign to start going downhill.

I doubt it will happen though. I honestly think that dude is long gone.

[Thepagoda]

My guess is that if Osama is still around it doesn't really matter to him who's in office.

[splat]

Originally posted by LordOpie
Huh? Are you talking about the hostages that were kept for 400+ days? The ones that Reagan traded for weapons... the whole Iran-Contra scandal?
Close But wrong!!!!!!

The hostages were freed on Reagan Inuguartion Day, they held just long enough so carter would have the disgrace of having the hostage held and be able to get they free.

Now Olie North Sole weapons to Iran for $$$ to give to the "freedom fighters' in central america.

[valve bouncer]

Originally posted by splat
Close But wrong!!!!!!

The hostages were freed on Reagan Inuguartion Day, they held just long enough so carter would have the disgrace of having the hostage held and be able to get they free.

Now Olie North Sole weapons to Iran for $$$ to give to the "freedom fighters' in central america.
I think also Oliver North sold weapons to Iran in return for the freeing of Americans held by Iranian backed groups in Lebanon which is where the original poster got confused. In the 80's the Western hostages held in Lebanon was a big story and a number of them were held for years. Google "Terry Waite" if interested.

[JRogers]

Come on, Osama has been hanging out and playing volleyball in the Hamptons for months now....

[Westy]

Originally posted by N8
My guess is that Osama would much rather Kerry in office than Bush. Don't you think?

Doubt it. Bush may have policies that are "tougher on terrorist" but he is also widely hated in the Muslim world. Osoma probalby sees Bush more as a great recruiting tool than a direct threat.



Newz update (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=4&u=/nm/20040313/ts_nm/afghan_usa_operation_dc) . US steps up campain against Osama, I guess it was just not important enough before:rolleyes: . In othe words not close enough to the elections.

[fluff]

Originally posted by Westy
Doubt it. Bush may have policies that are "tougher on terrorist" but he is also widely hated in the Muslim world. Osoma probalby sees Bush more as a great recruiting tool than a direct threat.


You are making the assumption that Bin Laden would rather have an escalation of the terrorist 'war' than to achieve his stated aims of removing US troops from the middle east. Partisanism (is there such a word) is not restricted to the conservatives eh?

I think (and hope) that you're wrong and that N8 is right. (I never thought I'd say that..)

However I do think that a less confrontational US foreign policy is the only way to reduce the terrorist threat.