General: Bin Laden capture key to U.S. efforts

[Contrary1]

:eyes: Obama is listening to this guy?

"WASHINGTON - The U.S. general in charge of the war in Afghanistan says capturing Osama bin Laden is the ultimate key to defeating the al-Qaida terror network.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that bin Laden is an "iconic figure" whose very survival eight years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. serves as a recruiting tool for al-Qaida. U.S. intelligence officials believe bin Laden is in hiding in Pakistan, along that country's rugged border with Afghanistan.

McChrystal says finding bin Laden is not the key to winning the war in Afghanistan. But he says he does not think that the United States will defeat the terror network outright until bin Laden is found and brought to justice.

The general also said Tuesday he did not get as many troops as he wanted and must work under a schedule he did not recommend, but he insisted the Obama administration's revamped strategy is the best way to win..."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34326302/ns/politics-capitol_hill/

[lapfog_1]

1. If McChrstal says it isn't over until we find Bin Laden

then we know he is deader than Elvis.

[Selatius]

2. I have a hunch Osama has been dead. So, we'll be there for a very long time.

And we will be bled dry on the mountains of Afghanistan like so many other armies that have marched through those passes and valleys.