WI Bin Laden, just after 9/11, made a vidio showing himself in Pakistan...

King Thomas

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or any other country that the USA can't invade? (either because it has nukes or because it would anger the enire Muslim world if US forces went in.)
 
You think Pakistan would want him there, at that moment in time??? I don't think a majority of Pakistanis would want that big of a target placed on their country.

Same goes for Iran or any other country in the Middle East that we'd think twice before invading. Having Bin Laden there, at that moment in time (when the US was good and pissed and ready to kick some ass and looking for payback) would create WAY too many problems. Either in regards to our support (or the world's support) of Israel, political pressure, or just damned harrassment.

Or just the simple threat of invasion would probably coerce most of them.
 
Probably a quibble, but... how do we know from the video he's in Pakistan? And if the video shows his location that specifically, couldn't we... well :rolleyes:
 
You're thinking from a 2011 perspective. For this question, you should be thinking from a 2001 perspective, where the question isn't "if", but "how much".

No, even in 2001 intelligent people were asking whether going into Afghanistan and late in 2001 Iraq was particularly intelligent. Neither has achieved the objectives set for them. All they have done is dangerously expose the US's strategic over-reach.
 
If he had showed himself at any recognizable place in Pakistan, he would have been arrested by Pakistani military the next day.

not if he was in that weird northern territories area where the local tribes are almost autonomous. First, the locals there think he's a swell guy, and would be more than willing to hide him. Second, if the Pakistani military tried to do any kind of major operation there, they'd have a civil war on their hands. Chances are, the Pakistanis would make a half hearted effort to find him and proclaim that he's too well hidden...
 

Ak-84

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not if he was in that weird northern territories area where the local tribes are almost autonomous. First, the locals there think he's a swell guy, and would be more than willing to hide him. Second, if the Pakistani military tried to do any kind of major operation there, they'd have a civil war on their hands. Chances are, the Pakistanis would make a half hearted effort to find him and proclaim that he's too well hidden...
Ah the expert speaks.:rolleyes:

If Bin Laden is found in any place anywhere in Pakistan, he is a dead man. he military wants to kill him, most people at the time think the US is justified in going after him and the tribes? 25 million dollars reward, they would sell their mothers for that and OTL many did for lesser fish.

This is 2001, the US has a lot of sympathy, not 2004 when the US is seen as a mad dog.
 
or any other country that the USA can't invade? (either because it has nukes or because it would anger the enire Muslim world if US forces went in.)

You think Pakistan would want him there, at that moment in time??? I don't think a majority of Pakistanis would want that big of a target placed on their country.

Same goes for Iran or any other country in the Middle East that we'd think twice before invading. Having Bin Laden there, at that moment in time (when the US was good and pissed and ready to kick some ass and looking for payback) would create WAY too many problems. Either in regards to our support (or the world's support) of Israel, political pressure, or just damned harrassment.

Or just the simple threat of invasion would probably coerce most of them.

If he had showed himself at any recognizable place in Pakistan, he would have been arrested by Pakistani military the next day.

If Bin Laden is found in any place anywhere in Pakistan, he is a dead man. he military wants to kill him, most people at the time think the US is justified in going after him and the tribes? 25 million dollars reward, they would sell their mothers for that and OTL many did for lesser fish.

This is 2001, the US has a lot of sympathy, not 2004 when the US is seen as a mad dog.


Ironic, isn't it?
 
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