I think OBL was just the excuse needed to invade Afghanistan and then Iraq (even though WMD was mixed with Al Qaeeda being in Iraq by Bush/ Blair etc)..
I can also recall the meetings taking place between the US and the Taliban officials in which the US offered the Taliban a carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs if they did not cooperate.
A lot of it has to to with the US wanting access to the region; oil pipeline routes; keeping a closer eye on Iran and the democratization project for the region.
Remember; just as the US has allegedly killed OBL without a trial; he was also convicted without a trial because Al Qaeeda was the 'bad guy' in the wild wild west of afghanistan and the cowboy Dubya was going to 'smoke em out'!
I think OBL was just the excuse needed to invade Afghanistan and then Iraq (even though WMD was mixed with Al Qaeeda being in Iraq by Bush/ Blair etc)..
I can also recall the meetings taking place between the US and the Taliban officials in which the US offered the Taliban a carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs if they did not cooperate.
A lot of it has to to with the US wanting access to the region; oil pipeline routes; keeping a closer eye on Iran and the democratization project for the region.
Remember; just as the US has allegedly killed OBL without a trial; he was also convicted without a trial because Al Qaeeda was the 'bad guy' in the wild wild west of afghanistan and the cowboy Dubya was going to 'smoke em out'!