Barbara lee was the only person to vote no on the a o m f. The surface explanation, which was entirely accepted at the time, was that there is no meaningful distinction to be drawn between binladen alcide and those entities that sponsed hem. And so this epic conflation of the taliban and alcide also means that when bin laden escapes, the kind of fall back position operates as something that can look to the public like victory has been won.
Episode one of The Dig's three-part War on Terror series the with Spencer Ackerman: 9/11, bipartisan war fever, and George W. Bush.
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