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I promised, and here it is. whee

It has been brought to my attention by a couple of people that the Bush family and the bin Laden family knew each other before 9/11, and that Bush helped them (Along with other Arabs) out of the country near after.

It would not surprise me one bit if all of this is true, and in fact I believe it to be so. Let me explain why it makes little to no difference on the "Bush is a bad man" front.

When someone tells you this story, they say it in such a way that it sounds very bad. But let us go over the details of their relationship:

1. When Russia was (Trying to take over? In control of?) Afghanistan, Bush Sr. trained, among others, Osama bin Laden in the use of weapons and querilla warfare in order to (Stave off? Kick out?) the Soviets. This was an act much like our current war in Iraq; Trying to help the people help themselves. (In Iraq the Kurds, people who were trying to rebel in the first place, are helping us.)

2. The bin Laden family is one of the richest non-citizen Arabic families in the United States of America. They helped Bush Jr. by giving him loans to start businesses that tended to go down hill. Think about it, the Bushes helped them in Afghanistan, they felt a little obligated.

3. When 9/11 happened, you know that any Arab with a name associated with a certain terrorist would be targets to 'Patriots'. So the Bush family helped out their friends by getting them out of the country. And, most likely, the bin Laden family didn't have anything to do with the terrorist activities at all.

4. Some say that they were rushed out too fast for the FBI to have spoken to them, but there are several reasons that they would be exempt from that, as well as the fact that there is no evidence that no secret interrogation happened. Some of the reasons they would be exempt, however:
a) They were friends of Bush, and it would be a horrible act in the Arabic mind to betray ones own flesh and blood, even if they are causing atrocious events.
b) They were not citizens, and had no compulsion by US agencies of that sort, I believe. I mean, the FBI can't just pick up a French citizen and start asking, if they don't believe there is any direct connection with some wrong doing. They can ask permission first, but they can't just go and do it.

So I really don't see what the problem is with them leaving the country right after 9/11.