Al Qaeda's Great Escape

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Modern
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Author: Philip G. Smucker ISBN: 9781612342511
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. Publication: May 30, 2005
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc. Language: English
Author: Philip G. Smucker
ISBN: 9781612342511
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.
Publication: May 30, 2005
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc.
Language: English
Details how Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda fighters slipped out of Afghanistan during the battles of Tora Bora and Operation Anaconda. The author also charges that Western media outlets, eager to satisfy their audiences thirst for revenge, lost their grasp on journalistic objectivity while covering bin Ladens pursuit. Blinding patriotism and reliance on Pentagon press releases led them to portray events not reflecting reality on the ground. He contends that to satisfy the press and the publics need for vengeance, the Bush administration pushed to achieve early, highly visible successes to the detriment of long-term strategy. Impatience at the top forced a rush into a war aimed primarily at regime change, which left the U.S. military largely empty-handed.
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Details how Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda fighters slipped out of Afghanistan during the battles of Tora Bora and Operation Anaconda. The author also charges that Western media outlets, eager to satisfy their audiences thirst for revenge, lost their grasp on journalistic objectivity while covering bin Ladens pursuit. Blinding patriotism and reliance on Pentagon press releases led them to portray events not reflecting reality on the ground. He contends that to satisfy the press and the publics need for vengeance, the Bush administration pushed to achieve early, highly visible successes to the detriment of long-term strategy. Impatience at the top forced a rush into a war aimed primarily at regime change, which left the U.S. military largely empty-handed.

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