The Taliban said that they would agree to have OBL tried under Islamic law. That sounded to me like an opening position at the start of negotiations. That soun

The Taliban said that they would agree to have OBL tried under Islamic law. That sounded to me like an opening position at the start of negotiations. That sounded to Dick Cheney like an excuse to not negotiate and go to war. Going to war sounded to Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld like an excuse to build up American capabilities in the region so that America could have another war to convert Iraq into a shining light of democracy pumping out oil under a constitution written by the USA.