New York Representative Maurice Hinchey is delusional

New York Representative Maurice Hinchey has an unusually idiotic conspiracy theory. He believes that George W. Bush intentionally prevented U.S. soldiers from capturing Osama Bin Laden in December, 2001. Here is Congressman Hinchey’s twisted logic:

“Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away,” Hinchey said during an interview on MSNBC.

“That was done by the previous administration because they knew very well that if they would capture al Qaeda, there would be no justification for an invasion in Iraq,” the Democratic congressman continued. “There’s no question that the leader of the military operations of the U.S. called back our military, called them back from going after the head of al Qaeda.”

When host David Shuster followed up to ask if Hinchey really thought Bush “deliberately let Osama bin Laden get away,” the congressman responded: “Yes, I do.” » read more