TAKE THAT, BIN LADEN: STRIKE MARKS WAR’S NEW PHASE

New York Post ^ | 11/05/02 | NILES LATHEM and KATE SHEEHY

[kattracks]

November 5, 2002 -- The Bush administration just stepped up its war against terror to a new level - delivering a huge and deadly in-your-face diss to Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. move should come as no surprise to those who paid attention to news leaks this past summer about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

[Pontiac]

Many Yemenis may not like that the U.S. battle has hit home so violently

If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Many Yemenis may not like that the U.S. battle has hit home so violently

Well alrighty then, the disgruntled Yemenis can turn in the bad neighbors, or they might get "Hellfired" like this fine example of American stealth technology.

[leadhead]

Many Yemenis may not like that the U.S. battle has hit home so violently

And some Iraqi and Syrians might not like it either.

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

[sharkdiver]

OOOHHHH yay you go gettem. That's what I call reaching out and touching someone. Up close and personal. Perfect, perfect. Man just what I needed to get my morning started off with great news.

[ConservativeConvert]

Now they just need to apply the same "policy" to Yassir Arafat...then Crown Prince Abdullah...then Hosni Mubarak...then that Assad fellow in Syria and oops, don't forget Saddam... Time to start the ball rolling and get this show on the road already!

[mewzilla]

If you lie down with these dogs, you won't wake up and neither will your fleas.

[hchutch]

It was a shame about the car, though...

[Logic n' Reason]

If you lie down with these dogs; you and the fleas will not only not wake up, but GRP and the Flee GRP will be picking up parts of you (and the fleas) all over the place.

Couldn't happen to a nicer group o' fellers!

[Kenton]

I caught a glimpse at the point of impact on FoxNews this morning. Just a big black spot on the ground with some tire treads and melted metal in a small pool.

I know they moved the car, but what's left (or not left) is pretty dramatic. The Yemenis on the scene were just pointing at it, wide-eyed and jabbering unintelligibly. It struck me as very powerful stuff if employed as propaganda.

Nothing but fused sand and melted metal... wow... Gotta love those Hellfire-equipped Predators!

[wayoverontheright]

Second, it opens up a whole new era of killing rather than capturing suspects, as Bush had vowed to do immediately after Sept. 11, 2001.

Bush now correctly understands that 9-11 was caused not so much by Islam's HATRED of the west but by LACK OF RESPECT. There is a tremendous upside to this action, IMHO.

[Coop]

Thank God we have an Administration willing to play hard ball in order to save innocent lives!

[wayoverontheright]

Absolutely, hardball we must play. Thank God we have Bush on the mound instead of Clinton!

[hchutch]

"We settled some national business."

[OrioleFan]

Message to United Nations: "We don't need your support in the War against Terrorism!"

[MP5]

The United States also is still seething over the deadly ambush of the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden two years ago, in which 17 sailors died, and being able to nail the local masterminds behind that attack would only add another feather to President Bush’s cap.

Thank you Mr. President for some payback!!

[SerpentDove]

>>If you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.<<

Or, as I sometimes like to say, if you lie down with dogs, you go....BOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!

[Vetnet]

Through the gates of Hell we'll send them all to pay,
and then we'll turn and say,............"Who's Next?"

(The Chamber-Made Brigade)

[1Old Pro]

Second, it opens up a whole new era of killing rather than capturing suspects

Good

[jpl]

The Bush administration just stepped up its war against terror to a new level - delivering a huge and deadly in-your-face diss to Osama bin Laden.

How do you "diss" someone who's been dead for almost a year?