poll: bin laden capture would be useless

that's right. so why did Bush waste billions of dollars and thousands of lives to invade afghanistan?? it was stupid.

Bin Laden Capture Would Do Little, Say Americans
March 26, 2006

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Few adults in the United States believe the eventual detention of the leader of al-Qaeda would not be particularly beneficial, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. Only 37 per cent of respondents think the U.S. would be safer if Osama bin Laden is captured or killed.

Al-Qaeda operatives hijacked and crashed four airplanes in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people. In July 2004, the federal commission that investigated the events of 9/11 concluded that "none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government from 1998 to 2001 disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al-Qaeda plot" and pointed out government failures of "imagination, policy, capabilities, and management."
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Polling Data

Do you think the U.S. would be safer if Osama bin Laden is captured or killed?

Yes 37%
No 47%

Do you think Osama bin Laden is alive?

Yes 80%
No 7%

Source: Rasmussen Reports
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 American adults, conducted on Mar. 17 and Mar. 18, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.