Re: OBL engineered the 9/11 attacks in the US. SH and OBL hated each other. The US had NO justification for invading/occupying Iraq. NONE!!!
Sounds like we are in violent agreement. I have not said anything to the contrary.
Re: OBL leads AQ - that is the group we should be going after.
Of course, but there are impediments to going after AQ. The Taliban stood in the way, and harbored these men within their country, and gave them access to the poppy revenues to help fund their organization. That seems to be ample justification to put the Taliban on the same list of enemies as OBL.