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The Taliban offered to turn over Bin Laden for trial in any country other than the US weeks after the attacks [1][2]. If there reason to invade Afghanistan was
by zingplex 5y ago
The Taliban offered to turn over Bin Laden for trial in any country other than the US weeks after the attacks [1][2]. If there reason to invade Afghanistan was solely to kill Bin Laden surely they'd just take the Taliban up on their offer.
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/10/15/bush-rejects-taliban-offer-on-bin-laden/bc0ec919-082b-40e6-91ca-55e5ca34a70a/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/10/15/b...
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/17/afghanistan.terrorism11 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/17/afghanistan.te...
- boomboomsubban 5y agoFor trial, it's unlikely they would have sent him somewhere likely to kill him. In my opinion, they were offering a sort of justice but the US was interested in revenge.