It is now over seven years since the terrible events of September 11th 2001 (I say terrible, but I do not know if any Al Qaeda sympathisers read this site).

A lot can happen in seven years.  Fortunes can be won and lost, careers made and then ruined.  Or, you can choose to hide in a cave for that entire time.  You see, it has been seven years since we have had a genuine confirmed sighting of Osama Bin Laden by anyone other than his close allies.

By happy coincidence, someone can be declared dead in absentia after they have been missing for seven years.  Now, I am not telling G Dubbya how to do his job, he has lots of other poorly-qualified people to do that, but if I was him I would look to claim a quick points victory in the run-up to the election.

OK, he might not have Osama’s head on a stick to parade in front of the world’s media, but a death certificate with Osama’s name on it would make a nice photo call in front of the White House.  He might as well use the rules to his advantage, he has made enough of them.

“Osama is dead!” he would proclaim from the White House steps.

“Show us his cold dead eyes then!” would be the cry from the hordes of press.

“I don’t need to!  I have a piece of paper here showing that he has definitely and properly died to death according to the legal laws of the land. Fact!”

You never know, it might even tempt Osama out of hiding and into the clutches of an eager Secret Service.  Or he might just show up in his next video wearing a “Vote McCain!” t-shirt just to spite him.

al qaeda · george w bush · osama bin laden