"President Bush has perfected The Big Lie."

Six years later, one set of footprints leads us to failure

Editor, The Times:

Another video from Osama bin Laden ["Bin Laden's new video makes no attack threat," Times page one, Sept. 8, and see "Al-Qaida promises 9/11 hijacker video," News, Sept. 10].

If somebody had told me shortly after 9/11 that bin Laden would still be walking around a free man in 2007, I would have laughed. Now it's beginning to look like he will still be on the loose when President Bush leaves office. I find this incredible.

You would think, if there were one thing Bush could have accomplished during his two terms as president, given all the money, troops and resources at his disposal, he would have caught or killed this one person who has caused so much pain and grief to the American people.

I have read Bush is very concerned about his legacy. Sadly, it looks like a free Osama bin Laden will be a part of it.