Posted on 05/03/2011 4:46:53 AM PDT by Huck
It's like a derangement syndrome ...; something to avoid.
Well deserved and well said. There is a pettiness and a nastiness that has taken root here. It needed to be called out. If you wind up leaving FR because of what you said in this post, I will be right behind you.
There seems to be a knee-jerk reaction now to any and all events- the lack of thought, the lack of letting an opinion form rather than leading with it may be reflective of the speed with which we participate in the world these days.
I came here immediately when I saw the news on tv and was struck by the various reactions of my fellow freepers. There was a sense, that has only grown, that this is all a grand conspiracy and UBL has actually either a) been dead for years or b) is alive and being waterboarded at Gitmo as we speak. Suggesting that scenario would require willing participation by hundreds of GI’s and you’re met with scorn or avoidance.
I do not trust the president even a little bit. I have profound dislike for his policies and his world view. However, for one day I had to credit him with the guts it took to make this call - I don’t know why he did the right thing and I frankly don’t give a damn.
Instead- what I know is UBL is dead and it was an unpleasant death and the last thing he saw was the face of an American with a gun. Completion.
There was great celebration in my family and amongst our friends and for my son and his army buddies. He said “now my buddies can rest in peace”...
Undoubtedly there are some mysteries surrounding this event- and in time I hope we are able to learn the truth. But frankly- the bigger truth is that the evil wicked man responsible for the horror of 9/11 has met his maker!!
After 9/11, some people were terribly upset. Some of them couldn’t stand it that everyone in the world wasn’t as upset as they, themselves, were. It’s odd, really, that there should be a need for “my response to event X” to be validated by the rest of the world’s having the same response.
Hey, Huck...Virginia thinks that we’re the problem....we must be doing something right.
I disagree, FRiend.
FReepers were quite upbeat ... and praising the correct Heroes.
Are you suggesting that there is something wrong
with invoking "Trust but verify"? With this Administration?
Birther mentality? Which side are you on? They are PROOFERS.
The impostor has not provided unimpeachable evidence of HIS birth
or Osama's death.
No reason to leave.
By your recounting of your trail to yesterday, you should be even more offended by the behavour of Zero and his minions. ZERO DID NOT “get” OBL. It has taken hard and dangerous work by dedicated Americans for close to 10 years to finally get OBL. Your gratitude should be reserved for those people, and the lions share to the brave People of the CIA and NAVY SEAL TEAM 6 that went into the asylum of murderers to get OBL.
Funny I have yet to see anything that indicates FDR took credit for D-Day or the defeat of Germany (he died before the end of the War with Japan).
Maybe your right, your lack of ability to look at an issue indepth seems to support your unhappiness at FR.
Your knee-jerk reaction, ready to give BHO ALL the credit, is irrational and indicative of a failure to look at the real picture.
That and the fact he gave the order instead of opposing the mission; the credit does go to resources in the CIA and DOD, as well as the Bush Administration that blazed the trail.
Amen!
I never posted anything at all about the subject. But you appear to be a “concern troll.” Preachy people are difficult to deal with. It’s a freaking website, dude. Don’t you have a real life elsewhere? Why would comments from strangers upset you so much? Good grief.
I'm certainly glad that Osama is gone as well, and I really should have posted some cheer myself. BUT, it wasn't the administration that killed him - it was a group of well-trained military personnel. I think that the problem people are having with this is that Obama popped up on TV claiming credit for something for which he had little input. He acted as though he personally did the deed, where we know that it wasn't him at all. Instead, it was done by brave people that actually care about this country.
To the idiot in the White House, it's all about politics. He's in constant re-election mode, and this event is part of his game. He's attempting to take credit for that which he DID NOT DO, and that is why people are cynical.
The credit belongs with the military, and for that effort, I am both thankful and proud.
Yes, I agree with your assessment. I am very pleased the SOB is dead. However, I knew this administration and the LSM would elevate The Won even higher on the pedestal for political gains, when “O” and everybody in the current administration spent 8 years bit**ing, whining, pi**ing and moaning against just the type of operation by the SEALS (aka “Cheney’s Assassination Squad”) that was undertaken. Obama can take all the credit he wants...and shove it!
I don’t really understand the skeptics. Wouldn’t it be easy for OBL to prove he was alive...come out with a current paper and say nya nya nya!. That is why I think we got him...Obama wouldn’t risk the embarrasment of the above scenario. I’m with the original poster..let us celebrate. Time for politics later.
Well put. Thoughtful skepticism is far more wise and useful than mindless jingoism or shallow patriotism for patriotism's sake.
As I said above, I applaud and am fully proud of the military. I am skeptical of the govt's intentions and goals. And as a conservative I believe that is how it SHOULD be.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this.
ALSO: Bemoaning the "Golden Age" of anything is human nature and almost invariably proves to be a sentimental illusion.
Regardless of the question of when Osama died, the current shenanigans have achieved one thing only:
Assured that America has exchanged one O*ama for a worse one.
Enjoy.
Thank you for the post Huck.
I thank our troops for dispatching this man and any others who threaten our country.
I wish I could find "joy" in his departure but I don't. I've tried to figure out the "whys" and part of it must be the amount of time that has passed (along with the sanitizing of the media of the images of 9-11).
The spectacle of Obama preening for this is so repulsive, that any expression of "happiness" about it is muted. I had to turn off the TV. Listening to everyone praise Obama was too disgusting.
This president will milk this as his platform, massage it for a ratings "bounce," and make photo-op rounds for personal enrichment.
That is the spectacle I see.
Don't blame FReepers. Blame the man in the White House.
Our lives really will not change with bin laden's death -- the terrorism he championed is still with us. The people he helped kill are still dead. It will be the generation that comes after us -- who are more removed by time from 9-11 to feel "good" about the U.S. military action (that we are so "fortunate" to see was watched -- WH official photos -- by the administration as it happened).
My energy will be used to get Obama voted out and someone who wants a strong U.S. and loves this country voted in.
Huck...you are just plain wrong. Obama in his speech said the word “I” twenty four times, and mentioned the brave troops who conducted the mission only three times.
Of course we are elated that bin Laden may be dead (I want proof)...but this would NEVER have happened had it not been for GITMO and Bush...yet, the self-absorbed power hungry destroyer of our land will take full credit and give no salute to those who made it possible....it was an ugly day because of Obama, not because of Free Republic.
I just skip those threads.
Ah !! some-one who chooses their search for FR postings’ like my-self. Hell, if I wanted to see the Lefts point of view I would read many of their web sights, which I don’t.
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