Originally Posted by
Fishfreighter
Has anyone considered the juxtaposition of the elimination of Bin Laden with the scheduled drawdown of the troops from Afghanistan in July.
Does anyone really believe that Pakistan didn't know where he was?
Makes me think the previous administration didn't want him taken down as a justification for remaining at war, just as the current administration waited until now to justify their troop drawdown.
It is always nice to imagine a coherent master plan exists, but they are all just in a reactive mode, consider it a big game of blind man's bluff.
Bin Laden will be quickly replaced and it will be business as usual.