I've suspected since 9/11 that the GOP has been paying tribute/bribes to Al Qaeda and Pakistani Intelligence to prevent attacks on U. S. soil. The recent statements by Giuliani about voting GOP to prevent attacks only adds further to my suspicions.
Let's examine the facts:
- Bush and Cheney are not only cowards they are always looking for the easy way out of things
- Cheney has lusted after money most of his life and Bush assumes that everyone has their price
- There is compelling evidence that the GOP paid bribes to the Taliban officials to change sides after 9/11
- There is compelling evidence that the GOP paid bribes to Iraqi generals to surrender Baghdad without a fight
My hypothesis:
The GOP paid billions to Al Qaeda in October 2001 with the following conditions:
- The U. S. will withdraw military forces from Saudia Arabia (bin Laden's key demand)
- In return for the arrest of a few small fry ('bin Laden lieutenants') to satisfy the American people, Mullah Omar, bin Laden, anyone important will be left alone
- The U. S. will provide an airlift out of the war zone for thousands of critical Al Qaeda operatives ("the Al Qaeda Dunkirk")
- The U. S. will prevent India from attacking and destroying Al Qaeda's strategic assets in Pakistan
- The U. S. will absorb all of Pakistan's external debt
- Taliban will be free to operate all over Afghanistan except Kabul
In return:
- No more attacks on U. S. territory
Note that all items (1-6) did, in fact, happen and are against U. S. security interests.
When a U. S. force inadvertently threatned this agreement by nearly capturing bin Laden at Tora Bora, the GOP hastily intervened to prevent the abrogration of their accord with terrorists.