Dealey Joe wrote:I have a What If.
Something has been bothering me.
If Bin Laden is a friend of GHW Bush it is hard for me to believe he was killed at all.
Wouldn't he get a little protection or just be sacrificed?
What I find astonishing is the apparently long-lived close relationship between the Bush family and the Bin Laden family. Osama was supposed to have been the "black sheep", so that is apparently why the Bushes have not publicly distanced themselves from the Bin Ladens, but he's been a "black sheep" now for a very long time. I am surprised that the American public has not risen up in protest at the continued relationship before now, even before 9/11, but especially afterwards.
I don't know if has ever been verified, but there were stories going around that members of the BL family were hastily conveyed out of the country soon after the WTC attack by jet, when no other aircraft were allowed to fly. Even if the stories were not true, the existence of such stories should surely have provoked some public distancing of the Bin Ladens by the Bushes, if only for appearance's sake.
A possible explanation for the continued relationship is that the Bushes feel invulnerable. They have got away with so much that they truly believe they can carry on getting away with it, and sadly, apparently they can.