Bush would have said “git ‘er done” on the spot.
Hey, it takes time to do a poll!
/sarc
“newsflavor” has the real story, it keeps getting banned here.
Had to get to the WHCD don’t you know.
But then leading from behind is the best he can do
Nope, not gonna say it...
I would imagine the members of Team Six would take umbrage at being called a “Hit Squad”.
That’s getting on the same level as Bubba Clinton not wanting his golf game interrupted when OBL was in a sniper’s sights.
Chinese press is claiming the Paki’s did all the heavy lifting and that we swooped in @ the last minute simply to collect OBL’s body..! Nice huh? Oh! And they say that the helicopter that went down was Pakistani, and that the rebels SHOT IT DOWN.
hahahahh...yeah right....
16 hours? I may not really care for Soros, but at least I always thought of him as being a little more decisive than that.
Wow. Even then-VP Al Gore, speaking about a much less prominent terrorist than bin Laden, took about 2 seconds to recommend (to Clinton, who was asking Gore’s input) approving an “extraordinary rendition.” “Gore laughed and said, “That’s a no-brainer. Of course it’s a violation of international law, that’s why it’s a covert action. The guy is a terrorist. Go grab his ass.” (Against All Enemies pp. 143-144)
That 3:00 am phone call in Hillary’s commercial? Obama left orders that he should not be disturbed when he’s sleeping . . . or for that matter while he’s playing golf once he gets up.
Obama looked SOOOO pained to announce that Osama was dead.
He didn’t seem proud or happy about it in the least. He was mournful, if anything.
I can tell you that he delayed because he was looking for a way not to go through with this.
In reality, he had no choice.
The same thing will happen again, and the circumstances will dictate the only response.
This is why the USA can tolerate and survive a tyrant or incompetent in office for four years.
Hey, back off, he had a correspondent’s dinner to attend!
Before they could speak, the president put his fist on the table and declared ‘It’s a go’.
...did he use the same fist that was holding his ice cream cone?
Pretty absurd. The search for OBL has been ongoing for more than nine years. No president should have to make up his mind about anything once his military and intelligence people have said the time is right. Small chance a president is going to know of any factors not already considered, save maybe some domestic political consideration which should not be a consideration in a search of this duration.
Can anyone tell me why we didn’t take Osama alive?
If enhanced interrogation techniques work well, why wouldn’t we subject bin Laden to those same techniques? He certainly must have known quite a bit.
This is a serious question. I know many FReepers are in the military or in the intel fields. Any help would be appreciated.
“the greatest military operation in recent history began”
Sensationalizing.
Our weatherman noted...just a sliver of a moon.
I've now heard 4 helicopters??? Originally said 2.