The National Emergency regarding terrorists disrupting Middle East peace efforts began on President Bill Clinton's shift. He declared it in 1995 and expanded the emergency to include Usama bin Laden in 1998. George Bush just renewed the declaration.
And what's happened to Usama? Intelligence experts believe he is hiding in a lawless region of Pakistan. The United States has given Pakistan $10 billion in assistance in the war on terror. Their President Pervez Musharraf toured Europe and spoke to his efforts to find bin Laden.
"The 100,000 troops that we are using ... are not going around trying to locate Osama bin Laden and Zawahri, frankly," Musharraf told a conference at the French Institute for International Relations in Paris.
How's that for a return on investment? Laughable, yes. Now, will Pervez crack us up later with, "I've been looking of Osama with an O, and the U.S. wants the one beginning with U. I think he might be hiding under this podium..."
And what's happened to Usama? Intelligence experts believe he is hiding in a lawless region of Pakistan. The United States has given Pakistan $10 billion in assistance in the war on terror. Their President Pervez Musharraf toured Europe and spoke to his efforts to find bin Laden.
"The 100,000 troops that we are using ... are not going around trying to locate Osama bin Laden and Zawahri, frankly," Musharraf told a conference at the French Institute for International Relations in Paris.
How's that for a return on investment? Laughable, yes. Now, will Pervez crack us up later with, "I've been looking of Osama with an O, and the U.S. wants the one beginning with U. I think he might be hiding under this podium..."
