Why did everyone stop caring about Osama Bin Laden?

[cowcommander]

Even the conservatives don't talk about him anymore, isn't he the whole reason why we started these stupid wars? Why isn't there even any sort of intensive manhunt for him the same way there was for Saddam?

[Ghost in the Machine]

1. Because he has been dead since Dec 2001??

"Fox News: "Bin Laden Already Dead"

Wednesday, December 26, 2001

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

"The Coalition troops are engaged in a mad search operation but they would never be able to fulfill their cherished goal of getting Usama alive or dead," the source said.

Bin Laden, according to the source, was suffering from a serious lung complication and succumbed to the disease in mid-December, in the vicinity of the Tora Bora mountains. The source claimed that bin Laden was laid to rest honorably in his last abode and his grave was made as per his Wahabi belief.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

[deconstruct911]

2. "Let Bin Laden stay free, says CIA man"

"The world may be better off if Osama Bin Laden remains at large, according to the Central Intelligence Agency’s recently departed executive director.
If the world’s most wanted terrorist is captured or killed, a power struggle among his Al-Qaeda subordinates may trigger a wave of terror attacks, said AB “Buzzy” Krongard, who stepped down six weeks ago as the CIA’s third most senior executive."

“You can make the argument that we’re better off with him (at large),” Krongard said. “Because if something happens to Bin Laden, you might find a lot of people vying for his position and demonstrating how macho they are by unleashing a stream of terror.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article410125.ece

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a010905dontcatchbinladen#a010905dontcatchbinladen

The CIA wanted to avoid "terror storms."