The independent presidential candidate made the remark in a social media post, later saying that he was referring to "possible Saudi involvement" in the 2001 terror attacks.
The Taliban offered to arrest and hand OBL over to the US after the 98 embassy bombings, and nobody cared or responded, as official US policy was either that the Taliban were lying and/or they were not a real, legitimate government.
While the language of the authorization for use of military force focused on combatting terrorism and spying on US citizens, the language used by Bush and other Admin officials made it plain that we were planning on nation building from day 0.
The Taliban offered to arrest and hand OBL over to the US after the 98 embassy bombings, and nobody cared or responded, as official US policy was either that the Taliban were lying and/or they were not a real, legitimate government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/9/11/taliban-offered-bin-laden-trial-before-9
Before we invaded, the Taliban offered to try OBL, then offered to hand him over to a neutral third country to be tried, as we were invading.
The US just demanded he be presented to us, as much of the world warned that a large scale invasion and occupation would be disastrous.
https://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/07/ret.us.taliban/
https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=80482&page=1
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/14/afghanistan.terrorism5
While the language of the authorization for use of military force focused on combatting terrorism and spying on US citizens, the language used by Bush and other Admin officials made it plain that we were planning on nation building from day 0.