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Al Qaeda a protected Republican political asset
Bush (and the Republicans) need to keep Al Qaeda around as a boogeyman. That's why they conveniently allowed Bin Laden to escape at Tora Bora.
When Obama suggested attacking Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan if we received "actionable" intelligence, Bush and the GOP howled as if Obama was going to attack a valuable US asset -- which in essence, he was. Al Qaeda is a political asset for the Republicans that continues to be both protected and exploited to this day.