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...military intervention in Afghanistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden gathers steam, it’s hard to find a single cautionary voice in the mainstream media. Not surprisingly, the nascent movement against “America’s new war” is being told not to challenge the wisdom of its elders. In our democracy, condescension and ridicule are often more effective weapons for stifling dissent than force and intimidation...
...would hope that the evidence will be sufficiently strong to convince the Taliban to reverse its obstinacy and turn over bin Laden to appropriate authorities. Unfortunately, such cooperation seems unlikely—especially in light of the Taliban’s claim on Sunday that bin Laden is nowhere to be found...
...leaves the Muslim world alone, there will be “an endless war that will burn America and America only.” These are not the words of international cooperation in the face of mass murder. Given the high probability of U.S. military action to disrupt bin Laden’s network, the Taliban has much to gain by convincing the world that bin Laden has vanished—regardless of whether that claim is true...
...idea that Osama bin Laden suddenly disappeared is, to say the least, implausible. To begin with, bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network is not a one-man show: it operates multiple training camps in many nations where would-be terrorists hone their homicidal skills. Even if bin Laden has slipped off into the night, it is almost impossible to believe that his entire organization followed suit. Furthermore, Pakistan and other neighboring countries are controlling their borders tightly, meaning that bin Laden has few places to turn. His exact whereabouts may be unknown, but there is strong reason...
...course, the Taliban is far from a responsible government. It has a long and shameful history of dealing violence, death and destruction to its own people, as well as allowing others to attack the U.S. from Afghan soil. Bin Laden and his organization are widely believed to have planned the attack on the U.S.S. Cole, as well as the bombing of American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Now more than 6,000 innocent civilians have been killed, and the U.S. has the right and obligation to investigate the source of these atrocities first-hand...