"We no longer need to kill Bin Laden", claims Barack Obama
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:34 AM on 15th January 2009
Barack Obama has claimed it is no longer necessary to kill Osama Bin Laden to win the war against al-Qaeda.
In an unprecedented departure from the current wanted 'dead or alive policy,' the U.S. President-Elect said that simply keeping bin Laden holed up in a cave was enough to keep America safe.
'My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him,' he said.
'But if we have so tightened his noose that he's in a cave somewhere and can't even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America.
'I think that we have to so weaken (his) infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he cannot function.
'I'm confident that we can keep them on the run and ensure that they cannot train terrorists to attack our homeland.
Mr Obama's comments mark a significant move away from the policy pursued by President Bush since the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11 and which he himself endorsed during the election campaign.
This is what Obama said before he became President.
Sounds kind of like what Bush said in 06', doesn't it?
Was he telling the truth then or is he now?
Listen folks. You can't have it both ways. Ether Obama was lying when he said this or he was telling the truth, which means at the time getting UBL wasn't all that important to him.
Bush won't be afforded the same consideration but Obama gets a pass.
We're being told by the White House that getting UBL was their number one priority. As is immigration, sealing the BP oil leak, and every other issue that comes up. All of them are described as this Administration's number on priority.
So get your story straight people. Maybe if the truth started seeping in you'd stop pounding your chests like a bunch of Chicken hawks.
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