Where was Osama?

If "U.S. Intelligence" was "absolutely confident" that Saddam had WMD, and they were 100% wrong... What makes us so damn sure Osama bin Ladin was in Afghanistan, and not in, say, Pakistan? Were both wars based on bogus intelligence? Jonathon Spence edited the words of K;ang Hsi, a 17-18th century, and longest ruling, Emperor of China. What I got from the beautifully edited work was that K'ang Hsi would have been a pretty good Emperor, but he took the entire Army traipsing through the entire Chinese hinterland looking for ONE BANDIT! Sound familiar? Only complete idiot buffoons think we should be using the Military to combat terrorists. In 100% of cases, it is the military which inspired the terrorists in the first place.