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Originally Posted by August
I'd say that without that ground campaign the small force raid would never have occurred. First to eject bin laden from his Tora Bora stronghold and then as a base from which to mount the raid.
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That's a good point August, but where there is a will there is a way. Once they knew where he was there was probably more than one option to eliminate him. Also the U.S. military was still operating out of bases in Pakistan at the time, May 2011.