Why the sudden interest in bin Laden?

June 20th, 2008 at 08:08pm Pat Cunningham

 

Some of the young Americans who will be voting for the first time this November were only 10 years old when Osama bin Laden’s pals attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

By the time these kids were old enough to pay any attention to politics, bin Laden’s name had faded to roughly the same status accorded to also-rans on “American Idol.”

Even the most otherwise bellicose Republicans long ago lost interest in tracking down bin Laden, and the dude’s occasional release of taped statements have hardly registered a blip in years.

It got to the point where bin Laden’s low public profile brought to mind the old show-business line about a performer whose career had gone bust: He couldn’t get arrested.

It’s ironic, then, that the idea of arresting bin Laden is now suddenly a matter of great interest in some Republican quarters.

Let’s examine this phenomenon HERE.

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