Osama, How We Missed Thee...

OBL, (or UBL as Fox News likes his intitials) poked out from his cave to say hello to the civilized world today and drop this little surprise:

We don't mind offering you a long-term truce on fair conditions that we adhere to, both sides can enjoy security and stability under this truce so we can build Iraq and Afghanistan, which have been destroyed in this war. There is no shame in this solution.

Of course, he was offering this truce to the United States. The Bush department quickly responded to the offer by flat-out denying OBL and telling him 'We'll see you in hell!'. And why shouldn't they. This adminstration has no reason to stop fighting wars. We have plenty of troops to fight. Plenty of bombs to drop. Plenty of more casualties to accrue. And plenty of perfectly innocent people to kill.

Bin Laden's recent truce offering was also occumpanied by additional threats:

The delay in similar operations happening in America has not been because of failure to break through your security measures. The operations are under preparation and you will see them in your homes the minute they are through.

So I suppose that it would be irrational for the United States to PULL COMPLETELY OUT OF IRAQ and let the inevitable civil war there occur. What's interesting here is the fact that Bush has been silent about Osama Bin Laden. In fact, I can't even recall the last time he mentioned his name in an official news conference. Isn't he the reason we're in this mess in the first place?

A few questions that I would like to be answered by somebody with connections in the adminstration:

Why are we in Iraq?
Why haven't we captured Osama Bin Laden? (My smart-ass answer: Poor marketing of the bounty on his head).
Why was the aftermath of the Iraq war so poorly planned?
With civil war inevtiable in Iraq, why not just pull out now? We wouldn't be losing face, and if anybody made fun of us, we'd just go to war with them too.
Why is the Taliban making a comeback in Afghanistan?

Please, answer my questions.