OBL was the goose that laid the golder eggs in a way for Pakistani army.
Let me requote what I blogged a year back based on Tariq Ali's book on Pakistan: The Duel
OBL was much much more important alive than dead but then dead men can't tell secrets which was imperative for this to happen.
Abbotabad is literally a military cantonment so to think that the agencies had no idea that OBL was living right there is ridiculous.
Let me requote what I blogged a year back based on Tariq Ali's book on Pakistan: The Duel
I wouldn't be surprised if PA felt that given the precarious situation and confrontation that President Obama and Pakistani Army were hurtling towards each other, they had to come out with a winner for Obama. Something that would really define his presidency and guarantee re-election. The Quid pro quo I am afraid might be Pakistan being given a free hand in Afghanistan.(7) The most interesting was an chat with a close friend and a senior military intelligence officer in Pakistan. He states obliquely to him that Osama bin Laden is alive. Only a few important officers in Pakistan as well as a few US officials know where he is. Why would we (as in those in the security business Pakistanis or Americans) kill the goose that lays the golden eggs he says.
OBL was much much more important alive than dead but then dead men can't tell secrets which was imperative for this to happen.
Abbotabad is literally a military cantonment so to think that the agencies had no idea that OBL was living right there is ridiculous.