So there is still a little life left in the struggle to bring Afghanistan into the 21st Century even while here at home Gary Bauer & Co work tirelessly to take us back the the 12th Century. Hark! What was that noise...ah, the sound of troops steathily creeping around to catch Osama bin Laden...you know, they guy Fearless Leader wanted "Dead or Alive" in his best John Wayne swaggering bluster.

The U.S. military said Wednesday that a "renewed sense of urgency" is firing the search for Osama bin Laden, even as it dismissed reports that the fugitive al-Qaida leader had been located near the Afghan-Pakistan border.The U.S. military said Wednesday that a "renewed sense of urgency" is firing the search for Osama bin Laden, even as it dismissed reports that the fugitive al-Qaida leader had been located near the Afghan-Pakistan border.
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"The sands in their hourglass are running out," Lt. Col. Matthew Beevers, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, said of bin Laden and others. "We remain committed and reaffirm our effort to track these guys down and get 'em."

There's something to be said for election years, and not all of it is good. I have to say that the magic 8-ball says about the capture of bin Laden..."answer in October". Yeah, why doesn't that surprise me.