Kongresmand: Bush lod bin Laden slippe væk

On Monday afternoon, Rep

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02/12/2009

On Monday afternoon, Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-New York) told MSNBC host David Shuster that the Bush administration "intentionally let bin Laden get away" in order to justify the Iraq war.

"Look what happened. Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan. How we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. How we intentionally did not follow the Taliban and al Qaeda."

Det lyder umiddelbart som en skør konspirationsteori, men fakta er, at den amerikanske militære ledelse foretog nogle mærkværdige prioriteringer i krigens første måneder, og at man efter alt at dømme kunne have fanget Osama bin Laden og mullah Omar, hvis man havde prioriteret anderledes.

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