Death of Osama Bin Lafin: the aftermath.

Today, Laurence O'Donnell engaged Lawrence Wilkerson in a discussion about some aspects of the Bush presidency and one of the most egregious errors was the diversion to invade Iraq instead of focusing the resources on the perpetrators of 911. Three trillion dollars later, the US is embroiled on two fronts, the worst nightmare of any conquering nation with no end in sight. He suggested without sentimentality that the destruction of  Saddam's regime left the US without the counter force against Iran. Rice declared in the O'Donnell interview that Saddam was a danger to the world and the Middle East but refused to answer the question if Saddam was a danger to the people in New York and threatened to cut short the interview. if pushed. In that same interview, she stated that the US did not fight in [Fascist] Germany in WW II  to make it democratic. This is an important lead in to her next interview with a very relaxed  Anderson Cooper. Rice stated with out equivocation that the US [Obama] should thank Mr. Bush for putting in the infrastructure to TWEP Osama Bin Laden. Did he really? In fact Bush stated his regime was  not into nation building [ the infrastructure for democracy] and bluntly stated that Osama has been marginalised, and he is no longer interested in nabbing him as he promised after 911. By infrastructure, does Rice mean torture such as the Abu Gharib menu with water boarding as the night special? [This belief in the use of torture as a legitimate source of  intelligence violates the Geneva Accords and the Universal Declaration of Humans Rights. More importantly because the Americans by and large confess to their unstinting Christian Faith that believe in turning the other cheek and loving their enemies.] .Rice, smiling sweetly stated she did not know where Osama was, in some caves perhaps. She was less than  serious about the whereabouts of the uber  terrorist .She forgot the cost of the war in deficits, the dead and the maimed.  In fact she seems pleasantly  surprised to find out that Osama was setting pretty in what is the biggest mansion in that suburb, a stone's throw from the military academy and in the heart of retirement heaven for the military. How could they not know?  [Zardari and Musharaf included]. In the last several years it has been rumored that Osama was living in one of the densely populated cities of Pakistan, where it was impossible to tract  the comings and goings of individuals, even if you have a large entourage with AK-52's..The question now is how long the US will stay in Afghanistan. Rice thinks it should stay until the militias can replace the US and not before [another 10 YRS.?] Would it be correct to suggest that if the US were to  leave as fast as the Soviets did, [or is this blasphemy?] it might cut the US deficits by several trillion dollars, evade economic collapse  unlike the Soviets,  and the Taliban will have no reasons to get riled up and will shrivel on the vine. Perhaps just perhaps, Karzai will be the next Mubarak, an indicator of  how effective the US fight for the hearts and mind is.. Cue: solve the riddle of Schrodinger's Cat.