Jim.
Ya think????
Captain Obvious, is that you?
Strange. He was a treasure trove of info. They must have been scared of turning him into a celebrity prisoner.
If it were me, he’d been in prison but officially, he would be fish food.
Jim.
“The administration had made clear...that it wanted bin Laden dead, according to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the discussions.”
Why do they feel the need to keep talking about this?
Unless it was conducted under the Bush Administration of course.
Those orders came from LEON PENETTA...CIA Director...
No kidding! And it took three ‘journalists’ to figure this out.
We just save hundreds of millions in just one shot, and the shot was heard around the world.
This is the second article I've seen today providing evidence that Obama has deliberately shifted US strategy away from capturing terrorists, focusing on assasination instead.
Seems to me this is a strategic error whose consequences will be felt in the years to come. By assisinating rather than capturing, we are losing the opportunity to pump terrorists for information. Without that information, how will we be able to capture the new terrorists who take the place of the ones we kill?
As Yoo points out in today's WSJ, the killing of Obama would not have been possible had we not pumped KSM for information.
If it is really true that the Seals could have taken OBL alive, but did not because of orders from the administration, then we probably missed an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to saves hundreds, if not thousands of lives.
The very thought that we could have waterboarded the bastard, but didn't, just plain makes me angry.
Woops! I got Obama and Osama mixed up in my post above! Sorry about that.
Is this a war-crime under international/Haguelike standards? Wasnt Osama deprived of his human rights by being killed like this? Or is a war crime reserved for terrible stuff like waterboarding? If Obama was charged with a war-crime would he lose his peace-prize?
I thought Obama was going to reason with our enemies... that sure went out the door fast.
If every single claim made in this article by Yochi Dreazen, Aamer Madhani & Marc Ambinder (whoever THEY are) were 100% true, I would be left with only one question for them: So what?
Seal Team Six does not exist and never took part in the Osama killing. They were never there and nothing happened.
Well done guys.
His last words were, “Sheikh Hussein Obama! What about our arrangement?”
Drip...drip...drip
IMHO, it's the military that is leaking this info, NOT the WH. They've had enough of covering for this guy, and are pissed that he has prosecuted SEALS in the past for giving a terrorist a fat lip.
They've boxed Bambi in a corner now. He gave the order, they followed it, and now he will pay for it. Not as satisfying as the military standing up and saying he's unconstitutionally in office, so we aren't following him, but it will have the same effect.
Consider this leak along with the other ones of HRC and Petraeus making Bambi sign a non-disclosure agreement protecting the team, and the other ones about Panetta forcing Bambi's hand by giving a 'go' order to the team already.
I’m just glad he’s dead, rotting in hell with his 72 fat, hairy, male virgins.
The aircraft carrier and burial at sea were all part of the overall planning. Leaving him alive would have provided Alqaeda sufficient motivation to attempt to obtain hostages or threaten a nuke strike for a trade. Killing bin Laden and dumping the body where no one could retrieve it made the hostage trade scenario instantaneously moot.
Meanwhile, back in Pakistan...
Is anyone following the courier’s body disposal plan? Buried within 24 hours per Islamic law?
Are the Bin Laden wives getting condolences from the rest of AQ infrastructure? Where are their passports (with stamps)? Maybe they contain real photos with faked names, but the location stamps would probably not be faked..dates, times, route and method of entry into the country, etc might be ascertained from these documents.
Is Pakistani Intelligence assisting the US recover and return the downed chopper to US custody...or risk the $3 billion per year? The pieces were covered over as they were taken away, after all.
Is Pakistani Intelligence assisting the US with further forensic investigation of the compound? Taking blood evidence samples? DNA testing of the spilled blood? Looking for further hidden tapes, etc. that ST6 might have missed?
Taking finger prints of the couriers? Maybe their prints were on previously recovered items from other raids and missions?
Why can’t Obama release the picture of the couriers? Were they shot in the head as well? Will releasing their pics cause an uproar in the Muslim community? Probably not.
I've been saying this from the minute this story broke. There was never the remotest intention to take UBL alive. The SEALs will stick to their story, and the matter will be dropped. As it should be. Taking UBL alive would have been equally pointless and nightmarish.