Posted on 05/03/2011 5:30:17 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
WASHINGTON – Killing Osama bin Laden was a big victory for the U.S., but how exactly the raid went down is another story — and another, and another.
Over two days, the White House has offered contradictory versions of events, including misidentifying which of bin Laden's sons was killed and wrongly saying bin Laden's wife died in gunfire, as it tries to sort through what the president's press secretary called the "fog of combat" and produce an accurate account.
Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that officials were trying to get information out as quickly as possible about the complex event witnessed by just a handful of people, and the story line was being corrected.
"We provided a great deal of information with great haste in order to inform you. ... And obviously some of the information was, came in piece by piece and is being reviewed and updated and elaborated on," Carney said.
The contradictions and misstatements reflect the fact that even in the case of a highly successful and popular mission, the confusion inherent in a fast-paced, unpredictable military raid conducted under intense pressure in a foreign country does not lend itself immediately to a tidy story line, some experts said.
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Hey look...I’m thrilled he’s dead, too.
You mark my words . . . If the Obama administration determines in the next couple of days that “the story” of Osama bin Laden’s demise is either: (1) very unpopular among the Democratic base, and/or (2) potentially subject to criminal prosecution in some international body (ICC, UN, etc.), then the “truly real facts” of the story will be that Osama bin Laden was killed sometime around 2004 and the Navy SEAL team last weekend was just sent in to recover the body and give it a proper Muslim burial.
Libs lie reflexively. It’s their go-to response. I heard it said about Bill Clinton that he would lie even if the truth would serve him better.
Exactly...but Bill was believable even in his lies. These guys are just lame and inept.
I think if they TOLD the truth they’d mess it up somehow! LOL!
Somehow, I’m not sure the dead Muslim will give the living Muslim the desired bounce, not with the White House’s Keystone Cops routine on reporting their “success”.
Your name says it all, BTW. :)
Ordering this terrorists death was one of the most gutsy things ever done by the Obama administration. If they start waffling now, they will lose what boost they could have gained in public approval. Not very politically savvy.
How it should have been handled.
Bingo, you just cannot believe a word these idiots say. About anything. Just like the cockroaches in the slime trail media.
Now THAT’S funny! ROFL!!!!!
What else did you expect from best-selling author Barry "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Obama?
However, I have put together a probable condensed time-line.
Our SEAL team went into a country that we were not at war with and attacked a civilian structure and killed multiple somebodies.
I strongly suspect that Osama was unarmed and that his women were not used as shields but simply there with him.
Were Osama ARMED the video evidence would be shown to all to mitigate the following problems that were NOT considered until later.
This is a potentially clear violation of International Law and the UN & the ICC could make a finding of a war crime against.....Obama.
Now, when has Obama or the liberal trash infesting this country every cared about the rule of law when they are in power? - Never ever.
But, the UN has started to ask questions.
I sincerely doubt that the powers that be in the Western World are fond of Obama or his henchmen anymore.
And most importantly, the foreign Media will start to make noise. - Bet on it.
This is CYA, trying to put the best spin on “plausible deniability” until they finally figure out - basically - which lie to tell.
Now, this puts it bluntly & without nuance, but that's the way this appears to my eye.
Come on, they have real time video, intel, & pictures.
They know exactly what happened.
These jackholes have known about this since December. That FIVE WHOLE MONTHS. If you can't come up with a cover story in that time, you really are incomptetent and unfit to serve.
As to the UN, They can edited by poster
Ow! That hit the mark!
Diane Feinstein’s comment about “the air temperature in the compound was hotter than expected and the helicopter was too heavy to stay aloft under that condition”, sounds totally bizarre.
If somebody knows helicopters and feels this is plausible, I’d love for them to post about it.
I wonder if the Keystone Kops occupying the WH have talked to the leader of SEAL team 6 to get the true story of what happened. It appears that the Prez is making this up as he tries to appear to be our fearless leader.
This was an assassination.
And the problem with that is what?
“When in doubt, tell the truth.”
The WH can’t get it right because they didn’t have much to do with the killing of bin laden as they were kept out of the loop by the military/CIA.
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