Bin Laden is DEAD, thread from Hell

[The Rabbi]

This was a culmination of 10 years of U.S. policy, begun by Pres Bush. Speaker Boehner (lovely words) was right to thank both men.
It is a reflection on Obama's weakness that he must call attention to himself. Next thing he'll be claiming he was carrying a gun through the operation, or personally "called the shot."
He is a little little man. In some ways Osama was a much greater man than Obama.

 

[California Girl]

whatever helps you start your small little day

Any minute now, she's gonna post my neg too. And no doubt, she'll call me a liberal.

 

[Samson]

Well at least the bad guys will know we cared enough to be sure Osama was buried according to Islamic tradition

YEAH FOR THE GULLIBLE AMERICANS!



Damn, all I did was watch a movie, and now my entire perspective has been changed

Im confused

 

[waltky]

The American 'Paper Tiger' bites al-Qaida onna butt...

Analysis: Al-Qaida needs 'miracle' to recover
2 May `11 - Terror chief's death is 'significant victory for the United States,' expert says

The killing of Osama bin Laden will deal a big psychological blow to al-Qaida but may have little practical impact on an increasingly decentralized group that has operated tactically without him for years. Nearly a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, al-Qaida has fragmented into a globally scattered network of autonomous groups in which bin Laden served as an inspirational figure from the core group's traditional Pakistan-Afghanistan base.

Counter-terrorism specialists describe a constantly mutating movement that is harder to hunt than in its turn-of-the-century heyday because it is increasingly diffuse — a multi-ethnic, regionally dispersed and online-influenced hybrid of activists. While this network remains a threat, the core al-Qaida leadership has been weakened by years of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan. It has not staged a successful attack in the West since London bombings that killed 52 people in 2005.

Al-Qaida has also been hurt ideologically by uprisings in the Arab world by ordinary people seeking democracy and human rights — notions anathema to bin Laden, who once said democracy was akin to idolatry as it placed man's desires above God's. The arm of al-Qaida that now poses the biggest threat to the United States is its affiliate in Yemen, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), according to U.S. officials. Other al-Qaida-linked groups have grown in ambition and lethality.

"As a matter of leadership of terrorist operations, bin Laden has really not been the main story for some time," said Paul Pillar, a former senior U.S. intelligence official. "The instigation of most operations has been at the periphery not the center — and by periphery I'm including groups like AQAP but also smaller entities as well." It was AQAP that claimed responsibility for a thwarted Christmas Day attack aboard a U.S. airliner in 2009 and an attempt last year to blow up two U.S.-bound cargo planes with toner cartridges packed with explosives.

More Analysis: Al-Qaida needs 'miracle' to recover - World news - Death of Bin Laden - msnbc.com

 

[MarcATL]

Now that Obama has seen to it that Obama was not only found, but killed how are you going to continue that NONSENSICAL spin that the Left is soft on terror, that the Left is soft on war?

RWers have been reluctant to complain, but many still have complained about Obama's Drone War. He's been doing a LOT of damage in the ME. And its being sucessful.

Bush told America and the world that he'd go to the gates of Hell to get Osama, but he would NOT step ONE foot across the Pakistani border. LoL!!!

He really wasn't serious...it was all RW bluster. Obama, on the other hand, quietly as kept, made actually getting Osama his No. 1 priority. And look where we're at today...the SOB is dead.

Guess what...Khadaffi is next, and he knows it. He lost his son and grandchildren last night and if he doesn't snap out of it and give up, it will be his A$$. Just like Saddam.

Obama is going to get two of America's greatest adversaries in his 4 years and within a year's time and you RWers can do NOTHING about it.

LOL!!!!

Obama 2012!!!

Anyway...seriously though...how do you people plan on kuntinuing to spin your swill now?

I'm curious to know.

 

[Old Rocks]

The 'Conservatives' here are really mentally ill today. They are sick that the President has had, in the space of less than a week, two real victories. A national disaster of Katrina proportions, well handled at all levels of government, and the meteing out of justice to Bin Laden.

No, the President did not achieve any of this just on his own. It took cooperation at all levels of government, military, and intelligiance. Yet he provided the political climate for these things to occur. And, given the comparison with the political climate and results in the prior administration, the 'Conservatives' are feeling very ill today.

For the rest of us, it is a good day. Here, we still have hearts, bodies, and communities to mend in the aftermath of the catastrophic storms of last week. Internationally, there are still people out there that would do this nation and it's people harm. But the process of healing is going on here, and those that would do us harm now know in a very visceral way that it will not be done without great cost to themselves.

 

[VaYank5150]

What a BUNCH OF WHINING CRYBABIES YOU RIGHT WING CRANKS ARE.

Wah Wah Wah! the POTUS didn't order that the body be mutilated and violated after we killed him.

You guys are sick.

Seriously.

In case there was EVER any question, based on their posts last night and continuing into today, for them, it is NOT what is best for our country, but what is best for their party and ideology.

 

[VaYank5150]

Well since we are being "clear" and all. This probably means the second term is a lock.

Do you really believe that? If so you are a bigger retard than I already think you are.

This is a temporary blip. In two months no one will mention Osama. But they will be paying $5 for a gallon of gasoline and 2 for milk.
At this point George HW Bush's re-election looked like a lock too.

I am not a betting man by nature, but based on the weak field of GOP candidates, combined with the death of Bin Laden, I would be willing to bet that Obama has easily secured his second term.

 

[slukasiewski]

Obama 2012?
Why would you vote for a warmongering Chickenhawk?

 

[VaYank5150]

Obama 2012?
Why would you vote for a warmongering Chickenhawk?

Against the likes of "The Donald", Caribou Barbie, Tim (yawn) Pawlenty, Mitt (universal healthcare) Romney? Do you REALLY have to ask?

 

[slukasiewski]

This kook OP actually thinks Obama is calling the shots on U.S. military operations? He actually thinks he's motivating U.S. troops?

Psssst. Got some news for ya OP - US troops loathe this asshole Obama.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This Board Is Crazy Racial.

You wouldn't understand.

It's a White Winger thing.

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[rightwinger]

To the victims of 9-11, their families, NYPD and FDNY ...

I am glad we can finally declare "Mission Accomplished" when it comes to Mr bin laden

 

[G.T.]

This is a great day for freedom, The USA, and all Americans.


Please stop using this fantastic news as a political weapon. It makes all sides appear stupid.

And, for good measure, for George H.W. also. His heart was in this, and he made that very clear. He cared and was not by ANY means sitting on his hands.

 

[chesswarsnow]

Sorry bout that,


1. Osama bin Ladin has been shot in the head in a wealthy area of a Muslim city, Islamabad, Pakistan, we shagged Osama's body out of the area and threw it into the sea.
2. We found this dirt bag and shot him dead!
3. Of course he was living right under foot of a Muslim dictator in Pakistan, and they knew where he was all the time.
4. His dead body will end up in some crabs belly, and will be shit out on the ocean floor, for the worms to eat.
5. Its been said, OBL stood behind a women when confronted, our men shot through her to kill him, so OBL took another life as his was taken out, there goes your hero Sunni man.
6. I know you must be devastated.
5. LINK:Osama bin Laden: it took years to find him but just minutes to kill him | World news | guardian.co.uk



"The trail that led the CIA to Osama bin Laden began with his most trusted courier. It had taken the CIA years to discover first his name and then the home where he was hiding the al-Qaida leader. But it took only 40 minutes on Sunday for US special forces to kill both the courier and Bin Laden.

Contrary to repeated speculation over the past decade that Bin Laden was living in one of the remote tribal areas of Pakistan or even across the border in Afghanistan, the al-Qaida leader was found in an affluent suburb of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

Senior US administration officials, briefing journalists in a late-night teleconference, said that after 9/11 the CIA chased various leads about Bin Laden's inner circle, in particular his couriers. One of these couriers came in for special attention, mentioned by detainees at Guantánamo Bay by his nom de guerre. He was said to be a protege of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, and one of the few couriers Bin Laden trusted.

Officials said they were initially unable to identify him but finally did so four years ago. They did not disclose his name to reporters on Sunday.

Two years ago, the CIA found the rough location where the courier and his brother lived in Pakistan, and on August last year they narrowed it down to a compound in Abbottabad, an affluent area about 35 miles north of Islamabad that had been founded as a British garrison town in the 1840s and named after its first deputy commissioner, Major James Abbott.

They realised immediately this was no normal residence. The walls of the 3,000 sq ft compound were 12-18ft high, topped with barbed wire. There were two security gates, and access to the compound was severely restricted. The main part of the residence was three storeys high but had few windows, and a third-floor terrace was shielded by a privacy wall. Built around five years ago, it was valued at about $1m but had no phone or internet connection."




Regards,
SirJamesofTexas

 

[Dr.Drock]

Just want to get a pulse on the immediate aftermath of what you guys think.

 

[Hot Wire]

Bush called the operation a “momentous achievement” that “marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.”

“I congratulated him and the men and women of our military and intelligence communities who devoted their lives to this mission. They have our everlasting gratitude,” the former president said in a statement. “The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.”

Now there is Class unlike the resident who occupy s the White House currently stark when compared to the "At my direction" quote from the idiot.

Yes,The CIA and the Navy Seals did the job.All hussein obama had to do was say YES to the plan.But the fascist pig obama wants most of the credit.Remember he is in election
campagin mode now.obama cares more about being reelected than this nation.His lust for power is great.

 

[waltky]

The Donald gonna have a hard time toppin' this one...

First Read: Bin Laden's death may be a political game changer
A political game-changer?

If you follow American politics, you know it can change in a blink of an eye. In the last few weeks, as gasoline prices have continued to climb in the United States, President Obama has seen his poll numbers decline, suggesting a potential vulnerability in 2012.

But the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed -- on Obama's watch -- is most definitely a political game-changer and appears destined to impact the contours of the 2012 presidential race, as well as the emerging Republican field. Of course, the size of the impact is yet unknown and will be played out in the months ahead, especially with U.S. unemployment near 9%. The 2012 general election, after all, is more than 550 days away.

As NBC's Chuck Todd also mentioned, it could have an impact on the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan-Pakistan. Does it make the U.S. re-evaluate the mission there? Does it affect the troop draw-down that's scheduled to begin this summer?

Source

 

[Old Rocks]

Not really. The mission was accomplished. And the banner referred to the ship's mission, not the U.S. mission.
But none of the facts will ever stop the Left from spinning it.

You sir, are correct! The ship's mission was indeed accomplished. The sign had nothing to do with George W. Bush.

Other than the fact it was brought out to be put up by the Bush team. And how many of our sons and daughters did we lose in Iraq after that sign was put up?

 

[VaYank5150]

Just want to get a pulse on the immediate aftermath of what you guys think.

Finally....."MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"!!!!