Even if the GOP sets up the bin Laden dunk tank tomorrow during the Jerry Lewis Telethon, they're still going to be out there. As Bill Maher said Friday night, even if we capture and kill this guy right now, it'd have the same effect on terrorism as Ray Kroc's dying had on McDonald's. It ain't the end of it, and it was made worse by ignoring it.
U.S. Official Says Close to Catching Bin Laden
The United States and its allies have put Osama bin Laden on the defensive, increasing chances of his capture soon, a U.S. counter-terrorism official said in remarks published in Pakistani media on Sunday.
Cofer Black, State Department coordinator for counter-terrorism, said in Islamabad the entire "infrastructure" was in place to capture bin Laden and his close lieutenants, Pakistan's English language Daily Times reported.
"In counter-terrorism, the programs are in place. We are after these guys globally," Black was quoted as saying after holding talks with Pakistani security officials.
"Success against people that you know about, Osama, could happen tomorrow, could happen the day after, a week from now, or a month from now," he added.
Black's comments, made only to Pakistani media, came just a few days after President Bush, who is standing for re-election in November, said that three-quarters of known al Qaeda leaders have been captured or killed.
