there he is... or parts of him anyway..
Posted on 05/23/2008 11:29:53 AM PDT by PROCON
If He Succeeds as He Has in Iraq It Could Reshape Presidential Race
WASHINGTON — The general whose successful counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq reshaped the Republican primary, David Petraeus, will now turn his attention to hunting down Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Pakista
General Petraeus told the Senate Armed Services Committee here that is weighing President Bush's proposal to promote him to head of the Central Command that one of his first actions would be to visit Pakistan and meet with leaders there to discuss strategies for taking back control of the tribal border provinces where Osama bin Laden and his deputies lurk.
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A few days ago I was called a nutjob on this forum for saying that finding and capturing / killing bin Laden should be the GOP’s #1 priority.
Looks like General Petraeus agrees with me.
Yo Eli, that an assumption on your part with no data what so ever to support it. We know Taliban and Al Qeda forces operate their, we have no way of knowing if Bin Laden is there. But I know, don't bother US "Journalists" with facts, they have their Democrat National Committee approved talking points and they cannot be bothered with FACTS.
I agree with you, this would be a great October surprise!
For the record, I agreed then, and I agree now.
Dead or alive, I want to see his head displayed at ground zero!
there he is... or parts of him anyway..
Find him...Find him DEAD!!
He's under a couple of million tons of rock and he's a convenient boogey man.
Don't take this too mean that I'm against the WOT, I'm for hunting down every supporter, financier, recruit, iman, janitor or anybody that thinks of helping Al-Quida and putting a bullet in their heads.
I wasn't part of that debate. But I'll say this: it would be a better election strategy that spending tax money like drunken sailors while trying to convince the country you're the fiscally prudent party.
If he’s dead, then it shouldn’t be too hard to hang his head in Central Park!!
GET IT DONE!
Better concentrate on the “deputies” then.
Why they trying to hunt down a dead guy?
But his day is coming......we will put a JDAM or guns on his sorry as$ one of these days (or nights).
Seems like finding him isn’t that important anymore. He may or may not be alive. But the way they operate, in independent cells, doesn’t make finding him that important. Gotta get ‘em all, everywhere. And if he’s out there, roaming around, all alone, with his minions captured or killed, he doens’t seem to be that imiportant. Of course, it would be a symbolic and moral victory if we COULD get him, but it may not be the most imporatant thing.
Tactically without question UBL's value has been tremendously reduced - Strategically he is still of very large importance to the radical Muslim street and their causes -
Killing him is still of vital importance for a number of very real reasons -
For starters....Simply for the justice of it being done / accomplished. For those lives lost due to the attack on this great nation on Sept 11th, 2001 - But also for the lives lost of brave warriors who have been hunting him since late 2001 - The risks that have been taken in tracking him down (along with killing over 3/4 of al-Qeada's top leadership) most are hardly aware of - These men deserve to see the job finished.
However more importantly (to a degree) is that most underestimate the value that UBL still manages to hold (within the radical Muslim street throughout the ME...but also importantly within the Afghan/Pak border regions)...and holds his value simply because he has managed to stay alive (along with Zawahiri) - Another "aura" of sorts has managed to build up around him precisely because of this fact. He remains alive.
Killing him would radiate a resounding defeat throughout not only the Afghan/Pak border region....but throughout the radical Muslim street as well. Some like to talk in circles about how "cause" is larger then just one person (and this is certainly true...without question).
But make no mistake killing UBL will be an endgame outcome that will stick in the world's collective mind (including those radical Muslim wannabes)...UBL is dead. The United States tracked him down and killed him. Full-stop, end of discussion (no amount of psycho babble will be able to deny this fact).
Killing UBL will also recapture the 10 second mindset of a majority of Americans. It will not only remind them of the GWOT....but it will reshape their mindset that the American military (headed by CINC GWB) is methodically and deliberately tracking these SOB's down!! (just like he has quietly and steadfastly said over these past 6 years).
The American public will see it as a complete victory (one in which the factless spinning MSM can't spin negative no matter how hard they will try). The American people deserve this victory.
And when we get it...we'll cherish it. And that in itself will provide a new rededicated "will" by the American public not just to this CINC but to this whole just cause (to continue to see this WOT through).
Lastly our warriors deserve it (which goes along with point one). So -
1. Justice is owed.
2. Killing UBL is a resounding defeat that the radical Muslim street will not only feel...but won't be able to deny or spin. A sense of the inevitability of defeat will only further drape itself over them
3. His death will bring clarity back to the American publics mindset in this WOT - While at the same time bringing back a level of loyalty and respect to our CIC for quietly and steadfastly showing the resolve he has for the last 7 years.
4. His death = complete victory (in one aspect of the WOT) - A victory that can't be denied.
5. Our warriors deserve it and a good morale boost while not needed is always welcome...and this one will have certainly been earned / owed.
Terrorism: Bin Laden in Pakistan's K2 mountains, says report
Says we had a meeting in Doha ,...About finding him.
I would so love to kill Umama bin layin guys (UBL).
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