I really think it was less about oil and more about kicking ass after 9/11 to "send a message" and the particular hate-on for Iraq that all of Bush's adviser's had (Project for a New American Century Crew)...
Agreed, they used Bin Laden as a lightning rod for support, which brings me to another issue which is factual
Benazir Bhutto in 2007 about 1 month before her assassination stated in an al jazeera interview that she attended Bin Ladin's funeral in 2001, BBC originally aired the video excluding this segment but youtube outed them.
If that's the case the war in Afghanistan is fraudulent at the highest level and helps explain the strange handling of his body after his alleged capture.
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