Oh, BS. What she said was that bin Laden had done more for the people of that region than the US had at that time. Can you dispute that?

She was talking to a bunch of high schoolers, who generally have a limited and shallow view of world affairs. She was answering their questions - in terms and analogies they could relate to - on why the local population doesn't turn in bin Laden.

If the radical right wasn't so consumed with hate towards true democracy they'd see that Nethercutt is full of crap. He's using the typical Grand Ol' Parrot's tactic of character assasination through lies and misinformation to create fear.

It has zero to do with the libalous contention that she is an al Qaeda apologist or her need to prove anything to the radical right's satisfaction.