Bush let bin Laden Escape

Larry Johnson, a CIA officer not afraid to speak out, lays it on the line:

The key news from Gary's book is that we had Bin Laden in our sights but Tommy Franks and JSOC Commander, Dell Dailey, dilly dallied and did not deploy U.S. troops requested by Berntsen to the battle at Tora Bora. We could of had him; we should of had him; but we let Bin Laden get away.

Now George Bush can use the threats of rampant terrorist attacks and "they hate us for our freedom" to fire up his scaredy-cat base any time he wants. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Happy New Year, George.