Originally Posted by joshgirls

This is widely reported by CIA who wrote books about it: there was this moment, at Tora Bora, & we had Bin Laden by the balls. Osama apologized to his troops on the radio for their dire situation in Tora Bora. Then Bush held back our troops, & ordered Afghans on jackasses to lead the final battle. This gave Bin Laden the opening to disappear.

the war in afghanistan could have, & should have been over in December 2001. But we had a POTUS with a much longer & wider war in mind. He knew if we knocked out al queda in Tora Bora, there was no way to bullshit us into Iraq. So he sent in jackasses on purpose, knowing the war would go in with Osama still out there. By Feb 2002, Bush was publicly stating "i don't care where Bin Laden is"

If the so called liberal media was doing its job in feb 2002, they would have exploited this statement to death, put families of 911 victims on the air to voice outrage. Instead, they were in love with the POTUS with an 87% approval rating.

So there was no trap. The Afgan war should have been over. But your supposition is correct: Bin Laden is much smarter than Bush.