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Tobiasly · 07-15-2002, 09:11 AM

It looks like UBL was wounded by shrapnel in that attack on the Tora Bora caves, but has now recovered.

http://news.excite.com/article/id/45...9|reuters.html

I wouldn't be surprised if this brings new criticism of our military strategy in this war. The locals over there were saying that we relied heavily on letting the northern alliance and others do too much of the ground fighting, instead of sending in a well-organized infantry force to flush out UBL and his other baddies. And that a result of this technique was that many of them escaped.

From what I've seen, that doesn't look like it's too far off the mark. It seems like we may be too scared to put Americans at risk to get the job done. Sure, if we begin losing lots of our guys, public support will wane somewhat.. but what's the point of a war if we're not gonna take care of business?

07-15-2002, 09:11 AM	#1
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Bin Laden Said Wounded by Shrapnel, Now Recovered It looks like UBL was wounded by shrapnel in that attack on the Tora Bora caves, but has now recovered. http://news.excite.com/article/id/45...9\|reuters.html I wouldn't be surprised if this brings new criticism of our military strategy in this war. The locals over there were saying that we relied heavily on letting the northern alliance and others do too much of the ground fighting, instead of sending in a well-organized infantry force to flush out UBL and his other baddies. And that a result of this technique was that many of them escaped. From what I've seen, that doesn't look like it's too far off the mark. It seems like we may be too scared to put Americans at risk to get the job done. Sure, if we begin losing lots of our guys, public support will wane somewhat.. but what's the point of a war if we're not gonna take care of business?