Senate report: Bin Laden was ‘within our grasp’

(AP)

Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.

The report asserts that the failure to kill or capture bin Laden at his most vulnerable in December 2001 has had lasting consequences beyond the fate of one man. Bin Laden's escape laid the foundation for today's reinvigorated Afghan insurgency and inflamed the internal strife now endangering Pakistan, it says.

The best comment on this comes from Rainn Wilson via Twitter:


And the typical reaction is, well, typical. These 2 Tweets tell you about all you need to know. When confronted with truth, the right wing yells 'shut up!". Or "you lie".


Side note: Whether it's Wilson or Stewart or Colbert, why is it that the only real commentary on today's issues is coming from comedians? Why is the Serious Media playing every issue as if it's not a matter of fact, but opinion?