When You're On The Hunt For Bin Laden, Why Not Send Over the Big Dick?

Dick Cheney can hit a man at thirty feet, why don't we send him over to find Bin Laden? Oh, I forget. The Big Dick specilizes in friendly fire and fragging friends. Have a gander at the propaganda spun from Afghanistan today:

PRESIDENT KARZAI: Well, I guess we take some questions, Mr. President?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Why don't we take a couple.

PRESIDENT KARZAI: Two on each side?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Sure.

PRESIDENT KARZAI: All right.

PRESIDENT BUSH: We'll start with the AP guy. Terry, please. He asked a very difficult question last time.

PRESIDENT KARZAI: He did?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Hopefully he'll tone it down some --

Q I'd like to ask you, Mr. President, there was a time when you talked about getting Osama bin Laden dead or alive. Why is he still on the loose five years later? And are you still confident that you'll get him?

PRESIDENT BUSH: I am confident he will be brought to justice. What's happening is, is that we got U.S. forces on the hunt for not only bin Laden, but anybody who plots and plans with bin Laden. There are Afghan forces on the hunt for not only bin Laden, but those who plot and plan with him. We've got Pakistan forces on the hunt. And part of my message to President Musharraf is, is that it's important that we bring these people to justice. He understands that. After all, they've tried to kill him four times. So we've got a common alliance, all aimed at routing out people who are evildoers, people who have hijacked a great religion and kill innocent people in the name of that religion.

We're making progress of dismantling al Qaeda. Slowly but surely, we're bringing the people to justice, and the world is better for it, as a result of our steady progress.

Isn't the very definition of "evildoer" subjective and dependent upon which of the many sides of the issue/action you are on?

In another questions we see one of the Afghani reporters presents a freudian title to the shrub calling him "excellency." Even despite confusing Mister President with the emperialist he is trying to be, the reporter poses a good question that gets the usual runaround treatment:

Q Your Excellency President Bush, welcome to Afghanistan and wish you a pleasant stay. The question is -- it has been four years since the presence of the international forces in Afghanistan. However, the security situation is increasingly deteriorating. What will be your long-term security policy to Afghanistan? And the second part of the question is, how will the U.S. policy be affected in regards to Afghanistan if Osama and Mullah Omar are captured?

PRESIDENT BUSH: It's not a matter of if they're captured or brought to justice, it's when they're brought to justice. The United States is here at the request of an Afghan government elected by the people. We signed an agreement in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., with the duly elected President of your country, President Karzai. It's an agreement that sets out a strategic relationship. It's an important relationship for our country. It's an important relationship for Afghanistan.

But it's important for the people of Afghanistan to recognize that we're here by mutual consent. We want to be here. We want to be here to help Afghanistan grow its democracy, and to defeat those who will -- can't stand the thought of freedom.

The President has talked to me a lot about this issue, assures me that the government is sincere in its request that the United States and coalition help Afghanistan grow its democracy. Our commitment is firm. Our desire is to see this country flourish and set a great example not only in the neighborhood, but around the world.

See, I hope -- I hope people of Afghanistan understand the people of America have great -- got great regard for human life and human dignity, that we care about the plight of people. We

-- when we saw the devastation in Pakistan, we were quick to respond with help because we care about people. When we heard 73,000 people lost their lives and 2.5 million people were displaced from their homes, it broke our hearts. When we see HIV/AIDS ravishing an entire continent of Africa, we care.

I'm going to repeat what I said before: We like stories, and expect stories, of young girls going to school in Afghanistan. It means a lot to the American people to hear the President say that. It means a lot for people to realize that there is an entrepreneurial class that's beginning to grow. We believe in hope, which is the exact opposite of the ideology of the bin Ladens of the world, and the Taliban.

In our country, you can worship freely. You're equally American if you're a Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or Jew. You're equally American if you don't believe in an Almighty. Under the Taliban and Osama bin Laden, there is no religious freedom. You have no chance to express yourself in the public square without being punished. There is no capacity to realize your full potential.

And so we're committed. We're committed to universal values. We believe -- we believe everybody desires to be free. And we know that history has taught us that free societies yield the peace. And that's what we want. We want peace for our children, and we want peace for the Afghan children, as well.

PRESIDENT KARZAI: Good. Wonderful. Great. Thank you very much.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you.

END 3:05 P.M. Local

The whole press conference was a total of thirteen minutes. Do you feel safer or better about the global situation now? Do you feel like it was an effective and valid expense of your taxpayer dollars to get Shrub there to do this?