What exactly is an appropriate response?

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Originally posted by jaguar
There is more to it than that - the taliban need his troops and training - [it] makes up the majority of their army. Afterall the Taliban aren't so much the goverment as the largest warlords at the moment so they cannot afford to lose most of their army.

bin Laden, et al are not a major part of the Taliban Army although I cannot say how much they account for training the Afghan army. But bin Laden assistance, both in ability and money are greatly appreciated. That appreciation may be moreso if bin Laden's people did successfully assasinate Masoud of the Northern Alliance. That suicide bomb may have started the beginning of the end for Afghanistan's civil war. If true and if bin Laden associates were responsible, then the Taliban would be greatly in his debt.

I cannot say enough about PBS Frontline's documentary on bin Laden. It puts the man and his organization in perspective.