Letter to President Bush.
President Bush,
Former CIA officer, Gary Bernsten, who led the CIA in Afghanistan to locate bin Laden, claims in his 2005 book "Jawbreaker" that they had pinpointed the location of bin Laden. According to Bernsten, al Qaeda detainees later confirmed that bin Laden had escaped Tora Bora into Pakistan. He also claims that bin Laden could have been captured if the U.S. Central Command had committed the troops that Bernsten requested. Former CIA officer, Gary Schroen, concurs with this view and Pentagon documents seem to confirm this account.
To this day, the U.S. Military is battling al Qaeda on the periphery of Waziristan with severe limitations. Are we fighting this war and sacrificing American lives to win or to appease our so-called allies? How can you, as Commander in Chief, condone a strategy which puts enemy territory off limits? If this was WWII and Hitler's bunker was "off limits", I wonder what the status of Europe would be today.
It appears to me that the United States has suborned the success of this mission, and the security of the United States, to Pakistan whose commitment is questionable at best. Please provide an explanation as to how, as Commander in Chief, you can support a military strategy which is riddled with limitations.
Thank you.