Not silly at all!
Smirking Dubya didn't care much about OBL here....
I swear!!!
It looks like a lot of our righties on this board are suffering from Alzheimer's .....
Bin Laden Dead about effin time
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Smirking Dubya didn't care much about OBL here....
I swear!!!
It looks like a lot of our righties on this board are suffering from Alzheimer's .....
Bin Laden had been exploited as being too high of a priority and overly significant.
Killing Bin Laden is great but it is basically symbolic and emotional rather than strategically relevant.
I think that's probably true... will be interesting to see how this plays out as the details come out and the ROW responds.....
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You're right but as the footage is showing Americans needed this. Just from a morale viewpoint.
99.999999% percent of the credit goes to the team that pulled this off. Of the multitude of teams over the multitude of years this has been ongoing, they got the lucky call. These teams have straddled the political lines between Bush/Obama, Rep/Dem, etc.
Obama, Gates, Panetta, Petreus, Vickers, etc have gotten the glory, but the guys who pulled off this very risky job will remain anonymous to the world except amongst their anonymous brothers. Incredible job, will make an incredible movie.
Obama, Gates, Panetta, Petreus, Vickers, etc have gotten the glory, but the guys who pulled off this very risky job will remain anonymous to the world except amongst their anonymous brothers. Incredible job, will make an incredible movie.
Tune in to El Rushbloe's radio rant tomorrow for the formal GOPer response....
Those who lost their loved ones will get some closure from Bin Laden's demise. I agree that his death is probably not important strategically.
Well said, although I would not expect Peckerhead to agree.
He seems to think this happened because of Obama.
Indeed, Osama demise is important but the network centric secular world is facing splinter religious extremists groups that are inspired by Al-Qaida to wage Jihad, not necessarily taking order from the old guys remaining in the organization.
Not going to be surprised in addition to the usual suspects, namely radical Pakistani and Palestinians, the world is going to encounter more radical Islamists who are not necessarily Arabs, say Somalis, even the White Muslims like Bosnian.
One point i'd like to make.This guy was not found in a hole in the ground like Saddam Hussein was.From everything i have read so far he was living a fairly comfortable life in a compound/mansion.That kind of lifestyle in itself would lead me to believe he was far from a marginalized , symbolic figure within Al Qaeda.
He obviously still had significant resources and leadership pull to A).stay free for so long B).live in a fairly populated area.i myself thought he was long dead.The fact he was not makes me believe he was a valid operative before he was eliminated.
He obviously still had significant resources and leadership pull to A).stay free for so long B).live in a fairly populated area.i myself thought he was long dead.The fact he was not makes me believe he was a valid operative before he was eliminated.
Again as mentioned numerous times, this smell every bit like the Pakistan ISI finally sold him out with a right price.
I've worked with some Bosnian Muslims in the past. Didn't strike me as devout when I watched them eat pork and get drunk.
NYT obit for Bin Laden................holy crap, its freakin' long!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/02osama-bin-laden-obituary.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/world/02osama-bin-laden-obituary.html
