Happy Birthday Osama

March 10, 2007 is Osama bin Laden’s fiftieth birthday. Five and a half years ago, when bin Laden ordered the attacks against the U.S., he could not have imagined things going any better. The United States government was asleep at the wheel and allowed Osama’s attack to have spectacular success. It looked grim for Osama for a while as the world united behind the U.S. and invaded the country where he was hiding. But to Osama’s good fortune our wise and great leader took his eye off the ball and was distracted by the shiny object that was Iraq. He attacked the wrong country and deposed the secular leader that was Osama’s enemy. He drove millions to Osama’s cause and increased his pool of recruits by a thousand fold. To Osama’s delight, the great leader ran his army into the ground and drained the treasury fighting the wrong people. Congratulations Osama on reaching the big 5-0. Our great leader has let you run free and happy for 2006 days since 9/11.

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." President Bush, 9/13/01

"So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him. ... And, again, I don't know where he is. I -- I'll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him." President Bush, 3/13/02