Thread: The path to bin Laden’s death didn’t start with Obama

Originally Posted by wooyarn

I doubt Bush really cared about poll numbers at that time, He was on his way out.

Then he would be first president in recent memory that didn't care about his legacy.

Originally Posted by soot

Makes sense.

When you know that nobody is looking for you it's fine to come and go as you please.

When you know you're being hunted down like a dog you go to ground in the safest place you can find.

Fortunately, President Obama had the balls to set the precedent that America's enemies aren't safe anywhere in the world.

Obama had the balls, compared to Bush, Obama has no balls. Bush captured and got intel that only Bush could get. Obama never takes a prisoner, he just kills them, so not to be bothered with interrogation or putting them in Clubgetmo.

If president Bush had still been in office when we'd found the douchebag,

OBL would be dead and I would say any president would have done the same.

You know that the strategy that ultimately became known as "The Surge" in Iraq was in planning for two years?

Should I, should I not, should I, should I not..............

Juz sayin'

First I don't know about planning it for two yrs. Planning is one thing that generals and specialists do, time to make a division to implement a plan is another. Obama said the surge would not work so did Biden, so you have two idiots witness the surge working. Now it takes Obama how long to make a decision to use a proven plan or not.

Originally Posted by darth omar

I'm saying just the opposite. Killing bin Laden had more to do with justice for 9/11 than defense.

Then what did you mean by "Not making bin Laden a priority was the Bush strategy."

Originally Posted by jviehe

Then what did you mean by "Not making bin Laden a priority was the Bush strategy."

When you talk about 'the Bush strategy' you are talking about the 'Bush doctrine', right?

I don't recall getting bin Laden as being part of it.

Originally Posted by Forplay

Of course the jerk is, he found OBL on the intelligence provided by Bush's policies. Obama takes credit for anyting good, and gives not credit to anyone. And the jerk, blames everyone else for his failures.

Now this:

SEALs slam Obama for using them as 'ammunition' in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign


Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.

The SEALs spoke out to MailOnline after the Obama campaign released an ad entitled ‘One Chance’.
In it President Bill Clinton is featured saying that Mr Obama took ‘the harder and the more honourable path’ in ordering that bin Laden be killed. The words ‘Which path would Mitt Romney have taken?’ are then displayed.

Read more: SEALs slam Obama for using them as 'ammunition' in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign | Mail Online

Seal team 6 is not real happy about all this news media coverage. They have families and do not want them targeted by extremists. I also found it very interesting that Bill Clinton nor G.W. Bush showed up at the ceremony at the memorial with Obama after the Bin Laden hit. They were invited but decided not to show-boat this issue--with their presence.

Originally Posted by Forplay

Obama had the balls, compared to Bush, Obama has no balls. Bush captured and got intel that only Bush could get. Obama never takes a prisoner, he just kills them, so not to be bothered with interrogation or putting them in Clubgetmo.



OBL would be dead and I would say any president would have done the same.



First I don't know about planning it for two yrs. Planning is one thing that generals and specialists do, time to make a division to implement a plan is another. Obama said the surge would not work so did Biden, so you have two idiots witness the surge working. Now it takes Obama how long to make a decision to use a proven plan or not.

Yeah--it's kind of hard for Obama to come back on the surge not working in Iraq, even though he did campaign on that. But a very interesting article came out immediately after the Bin Laden hit--suggesting that Obama hesitated on this hit--and that it was Leon Pannetta that became so frustrated with his indecision that he ordered the attack--with Hillary Clinton--putting a lot of pressure on Panetta to do it.

Proof Positive: White House Insider: Obama Hesitated – Panetta Issued Order to Kill Osama Bin Laden

We'll know soon--as you know Hillary Clinton will be writing a book about this after she resigns in 2012. What's that old saying--the "scorn" of a woman--and she is going to let loose. Being Secretary of State she's in the perfect position to do the tell all.

It took 8 months from the date of finding Laden's location until the mission.

Originally Posted by jviehe

Interesting opinion piece from a CIA vet. Will this get as much coverage as Obamas ad touting it like it was mostly him? That making an obvisou decision was 'gutsy?'

The path to Osama bin Laden’s death didn’t start with Obama - The Washington Post

ahoy Jviehe,

another laughable and goofy piece by the rightwing Washington Post.

i eagerly await thar followup op-ed titled, "The path to the end of the cold war didn't start with Reagan".

- MeadHallPirate

Originally Posted by MeadHallPirate

ahoy Jviehe,

another laughable and goofy piece by the rightwing Washington Post.

i eagerly await thar followup op-ed titled, "The path to the end of the cold war didn't start with Reagan".

- MeadHallPirate

The Washington Post is right wing?