Reply #8: A guy who masterminds a major terrorist attack halfway around the world is expected to listen to a

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30 second soundbite from America and then throw all caution to the wind?

DID bin Laden throw all caution to the wind?

Did Bush's tactical soundbite strategy work?

The answer to that is clear.

Bush used the soundbite strategy in '03 after had his way with Iraq. Iraq, -sans AlQeada- pre-invasion mind you.

The tactical soundbite strategy had 6 years to do its magic. But alas...nada.

Obama said in '08 that he would get bin Laden in Pakistan.

What do I think about that?

Obama's strategy worked.

Bush was a miserable failure on every front including the '01 attacks that happened on his watch. The least he could have done was catch the mastermind.