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:{{See also|Abbottabad raid}}

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Killing bin Laden was never an objective or priority of the Bush administration. Knowing full well Islam is a doctrine of vengeance - not love or forgiveness - the [[War on Terror]] was stipulated from the beginning to be about prevention, not retribution. Bin Laden had been living for a number of years under house arrest by the Pakistani military who (1) could not put him on trial, (2) could not execute him, and (3) could not [[extradite]] him to the United States - all for fear how the Pakistani public might react. Keeping bin Laden in a box, cut off from command of his global jihadi network, served Bush administration policy of limiting jihadi recruiting, and making bin Laden appear as a coward in hiding who sent others to die.  

Killing bin Laden was never an objective or priority of the Bush administration. Knowing full well Islam is a doctrine of [[vengeance]] - not [[love]] or [[forgiveness]] - the [[War on Terror]] was stipulated from the beginning to be about prevention, not retribution. Bin Laden had been living for a number of years under house arrest by the Pakistani military who (1) could not put him on trial, (2) could not execute him, and (3) could not [[extradite]] him to the United States - all for fear how the Pakistani public might react. Keeping bin Laden in a box, cut off from command of his global jihadi network, served Bush administration policy of limiting jihadi recruiting, and making bin Laden appear as a coward in hiding who sent others to die.  

On March 18, 2011, Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] certified to the [[United States Congress]] that Pakistan was demonstrating a “Sustained commitment to and is making significant efforts toward combating [[terrorist]] groups.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-pakistan-usa-aid-idUSTRE7440OT20110505</ref> The certification, as required by law to receive funding, atested that Pakistan was making progress in “preventing al-Qaeda... from operating in [jt's territory].”<ref>https://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/06/pakistan-must-act-against-network-that-shielded-bin-laden</ref>  An [[NBC]] investigation revealed Obama was informed of bin Laden's whereabouts in Pakistan one full year before he used it as an election-year gimmick.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3077864/NBC-investigatin-says-bama-DID-edit-role-Pakistan-killing-Bin-Laden-change-facts-credit.html NBC investigation claims Obama knew where bin Laden was ONE YEAR before 2011 raid and backs Seymour Hersh's claim Pakistan intelligence hid al-Qaeda chief], [[Daily Mail ]]</ref>  With the revelation six weeks later that bin Laden was living in plain sight in a compound one-half mile from the country’s premier military academy, the certification was met "with deep [[skepticism]] and appears to many observers to be driven primarily by political considerations rather than ground realities," according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.<ref>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41832.pdf</ref>

On March 18, 2011, Secretary of State [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] certified to the [[United States Congress]] that Pakistan was demonstrating a “Sustained commitment to and is making significant efforts toward combating [[terrorist]] groups.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-pakistan-usa-aid-idUSTRE7440OT20110505</ref> The certification, as required by law to receive funding, atested that Pakistan was making progress in “preventing al-Qaeda... from operating in [jt's territory].”<ref>https://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/06/pakistan-must-act-against-network-that-shielded-bin-laden</ref>  An [[NBC]] investigation revealed Obama was informed of bin Laden's whereabouts in Pakistan one full year before he used it as an election-year gimmick.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3077864/NBC-investigatin-says-bama-DID-edit-role-Pakistan-killing-Bin-Laden-change-facts-credit.html NBC investigation claims Obama knew where bin Laden was ONE YEAR before 2011 raid and backs Seymour Hersh's claim Pakistan intelligence hid al-Qaeda chief], [[Daily Mail ]]</ref>  With the revelation six weeks later that bin Laden was living in plain sight in a compound one-half mile from the country’s premier military academy, the certification was met "with deep [[skepticism]] and appears to many observers to be driven primarily by political considerations rather than ground realities," according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.<ref>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41832.pdf</ref>