Hijexx wrote:
] One thing that concerns me is that most people believe the
] attack on Afghanistan was a reaction to the 9/11 attacks. It
] was actually well underway with respect to planning and
] logistics. Pakistan had been told earlier that summer that we
] were coming in.

?! Whats your source for "Pakistan had been told earlier that summer." Thats a pretty wild accusation. If you're going to throw it, have a verifiable reference.

Bin Lauden was involved in the 1998 embassy bombings. There was a UN resolution ordering the Taliban to turn him over to the US, they refused, and we decided to let them off the hook, mostly because Clinton accidentally blew up a pharm plant in the sudan and had lost a lot of face as a result. Of course we had war plans. These people blew up two of our embassys. We have all kinds of war plans and logistics worked out for sorts of scenarios. You don't want to be the victim of an attack and then stand there for 6 months scratching your head while you start looking into how to deal with it. If you have an enemy out there you have a plan for how to deal with him if you have to.

RE: Furor over Bush's 9/11 ad