Obama's Disastrous Interview About Hunting Osama bin Laden

The Campaign Spot at NRO ^ | 21 July 2008 | Jim Geraghty

[SE Mom]

In his interview with CBS News, Obama says:

Logan: Because you do have a situation seven years on into this war where Osama bin Laden and all his lieutenants and all the leaders of the Taliban, they’re still there. And they’re inside Pakistan.

Obama: Right. It’s a huge problem. And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq, which began in March of 2003. We don't know precisely when Osama bin Laden entered Pakistan, but it is generally believed that he escaped Tora Bora and crossed the border sometime in late November or the beginning of December 2001.

(Somehow the U.S. took its collective eyes off the ball to prevent an event that occurred in December 2001 by sending troops to another country starting in March 2002 for an invasion that began in 2003.

It's not as if the geopolitical challenges of sending U.S. troops into Pakistan suddenly appeared in March 2003. Once Osama crossed the border, the potential cost of pursuing him —i.e., a civil war in a country with nuclear weapons — became higher and the consequences became riskier.

Also note that CBS' Lara Logan forces Obama to concede that his oft-touted call to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistani territory is actually current U.S. policy. )

[SECURE AMERICA]

A lot of words but nothing new or news worthy.
Nobama acts like nothing has ever been done about Bin Laden since the war began.
Al Queda has been seriously degraded and many of the top officers have been caparured killed or driven under ground where they are basically useless.
A first term junior Senator speaks and proves that he lacks the maturity and knowledge to be the Commander in Chief.

[WayneS]

I think his preferred title is “Lord High Chancellor, God Emperor, of the Peoples Republic of the United States”, or SOMETHING like that...

He’ll probably finalize it AFTER the coronation.

[NOBAMA in 08]

Gosh! I screwed up again!!!

Please add:

Obie, “the Jerk Messiah”*, is also an extremely, arrogantly, terrifying, Dangerous Racist!

* Title quoted from Rush Limbaugh

[BARLF]

I hope McCain keeps pushing for Town Hall debates.McCain pushed him into going to Iraq,even offered to go with him. See what happend? Obambi looks the fool.

[WayneS]

Now THAT about covers it.

[Iron head mike]

mine is made of tin foil and has dual antennas :)

[NOBAMA in 08]

Correction:

“People’s Republic”

Please correct to:

“People’s Caliphate”!

[McGruff]

Obama: I don’t think there is going to be a change there.

Throwing change under the bus now?

[Hunton Peck]

It’s not the change he knew.

[SERKIT]

How many “jump the shark moments” is this guy allowed? Absolutely vapid!

[BARLF]

First time I’d seen your Freeper name and it had me LOL!

[SE Mom]

Rub a dub-dub it’s Obama’s net scrub.

[hershey]

I loathe BOM and his wife, Michelle. Who, by the way, is now ‘one of the beautiful people’, a celebrity in her own right, or at least as a reflection of BOM. She’s featured in the celebrity magazines, a la Paris, Madonna, etc.. What will they do when he loses? The press coverage is sickening, and it’s just going to get worse until McCain stands up on his hind legs and tells it like it is and BOM makes a hugh mistake, something the press can’t whitewash or ignore.

[Beckwith]

Osama bin Laden has been dead for some time now.

[Beckwith]

Is this a typo"

"...prior to Bush flying planes into the world trade center"

[weegee]

"And first of all, if we hadn’t taken our eye off the ball, we might have caught them before they got into Pakistan and were able to reconstitute themselves. Several times in recent interviews, Obama has referred to "taken our eye off the ball" in terms of the invasion of Iraq, which began in March of 2003. We don't know precisely when Osama bin Laden entered Pakistan, but it is generally believed that he escaped Tora Bora and crossed the border sometime in late November or the beginning of December 2001."

[onlylewis]

If it were only the blacks that would be upset and riot it would last a short while but unfortunately you have alot of elitist jerks that would help fund it and the media would help fan the flames. If obama does not get the dem nomination or if he loses in Nov.(Dear God please let him lose) either way I see a mass disturbance in the US. People are supporting this wannabe because it would be historical. What a reason to vote for a person! Even some major black republicans are saying they will support him because it is hestorical.

If con is the opposite of pro, doesn't that mean congress is the opposite of progress?

[Beckwith]

The election is Nov. 21st

Actually, it's November 4th, 2008.

[SE Mom]

Perhaps. Meanwhile- it appears Obama is brain-dead or at the least- impaired.

[Hunton Peck]

Why, thanky!

But it stands to reason that, if I didn't have to hunton peck, I'd have posted more and you'd probably have noticed me earlier . . . but then I'd have a different screen name, so . . . . Dear Lord, I think I'm falling into an infinite loop.