based and it will be economic and plit us call and diplomatic as well as military overt and covert. the concept, especially by don rumsfeld, was we want a small footprint. there was some wisdom in that. they sent in a bunch of cia officers with suitcases full of money and hired a bunch of tribesmen to go after bin laden. command forces got within two miles of a cave complex where osama bin laden is believed to be holed up. they could not go any further without exposing themselves to fire. there was a moment where we had bin laden bottled up. we knew where he was, but the road to pakistan was left open. opposition and u.s. special operations forces rolled into. the mountains in pursuit of fleeing al qaeda fighters. but the pentagon says it s anyone s guess where bin laden is. al qaeda got away.
well as military overt and covert. the concept, especially by don rumsfeld, was we want a small footprint. there was some wisdom in that. they sent in a bunch of cia officers with suitcases full of money and they hired a bunch of tribes anthony in go after bin lad laden. u.s. commandos got within two miles of a cave complex where osama bin laden is believed to be holed up. but they could not go any further without exposing themselves to the al qaeda fight areas defending the cave. there was a moment where we had bin laden bottled up. inside tora bora. we knew where he was. but the road to pakistan was left open. opposition and u.s. special operations forces rolled into. the tora bora mountains in pursuit of fleeing al qaeda fighters. but the pentagon says it s anyone s guess where bin laden is. al qaeda got away. bin laden went off to pakistan. but what was very striking is how quickly it turned to iraq.