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But that was the point. It wasn't an easy decision.
There was a 60% chance Bin Laden wasn't there. The only way to be sure to get him was to send in troops, and that was frought with danger in that it could have brought us into armed conflict with Pakistan (nominally an ally, but has been playing both sides.)
During the Bush years, There was reluctance to go after Al Qaeda in Pakistan because of this very reason.
So, yeah, let's give him kudos for making the call.
I agree. Kudos to Barry for making the call. I'd give kudos to an POTUS who made that call.
As for him taking credit?? What POTUS wouldn't take credit?
Its the one bright spot in an otherwise abysmal 3 plus years in office.
I believe he got and took credit for this, over and over and over again. Perhaps if he hadn't flown to Afghanistan to celebrate the anniversary of killing someone it might have been a little different. His celebratory visit kinda spiked the football.
This is typical of dirty wingnut politics and smear tactics. I would think the SEALs would be careful about this - it could backfire against their elite reputation - which Obama has further enhanced with his praise of their fine work.
SEALs should also keep in mind that their reputation would have been diminished if they had screwed up the bin Laden mission - but Obama would have taken all the heat and would have likely cost him being re-elected.
By Adam Weinstein
"Yes, it's the swift boating of the president," says the founder of a dark-money group claiming to speak for ticked-off Navy SEALs.
Veterans for a Strong America describes itself "a grassroots action organization committed to ensuring that America remains a strong nation by advancing liberty, safeguarding freedom and opposing tyranny." Founded in 2010, the ostensibly nonpartisan group kept a low profile until earlier this week, when it posted a splashy online ad that uses statements from President Barack Obama to suggest that the commander-in-chief boasted about his role in killing Osama bin Laden, dishonoring America's military in the process.
"Heroes don't politicize their acts of valor," the ad declares amid shots of American soldiers and quotes criticizing Obama's "shameless" and "despicable" attempt to claim credit for bin Laden's death. Not all of those quotes are in context: The video flashes "Obama Spikes the bin Laden Football," a headline from a post in which Mother Jones' Kevin Drum wrote that the bin Laden raid proved Obama's "leadership."
"Yes, it's the swift boating of the president, in the sense of using what's perceived to be his greatest strength and making it his greatest weakness."
"I've been in touch with a number of Navy SEALs and special operators We're gonna be rolling some of those folks out soon."
Much More: Meet the Astroturfer Planning to Swift Boat Obama | Mother Jones
Why does President Obama take so much credit for killing Bin Laden? - YouTube
And the yellow is also darker.
I'm sure things are going to get much worse than this.
that he was in office only a month and I dont think the Bush 41 team left him instuctions on how to stop the plan hatched and planned on his watch
so we can same the Bush then? He was in office eight months..
Bin Ladin determined to strike US ring a bell?
LOL, the whining that our military might all not care for Obama and then have the NERVE to speak out against him...
oh the HORROR..and they are now bringing back, swift boating...
Notice though mother jones has no problems with putting others in the military down..
I find it shocking that any past or present SEALs would want to be involved in this. I hope they don't degrade themselves to the same level as the military birthers. I would hate to see their ellite reputation tarnish.
Some will. But it will backfire on them and the press will destroy them.
By Adam Weinstein
"Yes, it's the swift boating of the president," says the founder of a dark-money group claiming to speak for ticked-off Navy SEALs.
Veterans for a Strong America describes itself "a grassroots action organization committed to ensuring that America remains a strong nation by advancing liberty, safeguarding freedom and opposing tyranny." Founded in 2010, the ostensibly nonpartisan group kept a low profile until earlier this week, when it posted a splashy online ad that uses statements from President Barack Obama to suggest that the commander-in-chief boasted about his role in killing Osama bin Laden, dishonoring America's military in the process.
"Heroes don't politicize their acts of valor," the ad declares amid shots of American soldiers and quotes criticizing Obama's "shameless" and "despicable" attempt to claim credit for bin Laden's death. Not all of those quotes are in context: The video flashes "Obama Spikes the bin Laden Football," a headline from a post in which Mother Jones' Kevin Drum wrote that the bin Laden raid proved Obama's "leadership."
"Yes, it's the swift boating of the president, in the sense of using what's perceived to be his greatest strength and making it his greatest weakness."
"I've been in touch with a number of Navy SEALs and special operators We're gonna be rolling some of those folks out soon."
Much More: Meet the Astroturfer Planning to Swift Boat Obama | Mother Jones
Why does President Obama take so much credit for killing Bin Laden? - YouTube
kinda like your brain.....dark
so you are going to give Clinton a pass? what was his excuse?
that he was in office only a month and I dont think the Bush 41 team left him instuctions on how to stop the plan hatched and planned on his watch
so we can say the same for Bush then? He was in office eight months..
I find it shocking that any past or present SEALs would want to be involved in this. I hope they don't degrade themselves to the same level as the military birthers. I would hate to see their ellite reputation tarnish.
Some will. But it will backfire on them and the press will destroy them.
And if that happens, they'll have only themselves to blame.
But that was the point. It wasn't an easy decision.
There was a 60% chance Bin Laden wasn't there. The only way to be sure to get him was to send in troops, and that was frought with danger in that it could have brought us into armed conflict with Pakistan (nominally an ally, but has been playing both sides.)
During the Bush years, There was reluctance to go after Al Qaeda in Pakistan because of this very reason.
So, yeah, let's give him kudos for making the call.
I agree. Kudos to Barry for making the call. I'd give kudos to an POTUS who made that call.
As for him taking credit?? What POTUS wouldn't take credit?
Its the one bright spot in an otherwise abysmal 3 plus years in office.
I believe he got and took credit for this, over and over and over again. Perhaps if he hadn't flown to Afghanistan to celebrate the anniversary of killing someone it might have been a little different. His celebratory visit kinda spiked the football.
Some will. But it will backfire on them and the press will destroy them.
And if that happens, they'll have only themselves to blame.
stretch, meet credulity.......the 'press' will destroy/denigrate anyone who doesn't tow the obama line, or keep their mouth shut- swift boat tug boat rubber ducky you name it...please huh...
You don't have the class to throw dirt on Navy Seals nor to diminish their reputation. Keep trying, and yours is going to be in the rubbish heap of history.This is typical of dirty wingnut politics and smear tactics. I would think the SEALs would be careful about this - it could backfire against their elite reputation - which Obama has further enhanced with his praise of their fine work.
SEALs should also keep in mind that their reputation would have been diminished if they had screwed up the bin Laden mission - but Obama would have taken all the heat and would have likely cost him being re-elected.
That only mattered to craven, naive little pantywaists who wouldn't know one end of a cannon from another like America's finest do.I agree. Kudos to Barry for making the call. I'd give kudos to an POTUS who made that call.
As for him taking credit?? What POTUS wouldn't take credit?
Its the one bright spot in an otherwise abysmal 3 plus years in office.
I believe he got and took credit for this, over and over and over again. Perhaps if he hadn't flown to Afghanistan to celebrate the anniversary of killing someone it might have been a little different. His celebratory visit kinda spiked the football.
Spiking the football... doesn't quite measure up to the hubris of bush landing on a carrier in a flight suit and declaring major combat operations ended under a "Mission Accomplished" banner.
The swift boaters and their supporters were a bunch of liars.
And it was a disgusting and despicable display of how much conservatives really "love" the military. Because they trash the war records of people they don't like..even if they are heroes.
No one trashed John McCain's or Bob Dole's war record.
No. But Bob Dole was never caught hanging with Axis Sally or had his pictures displayed in the Tokyo War Museum as someone who helped their war effort.
John Kerry got in trouble because he intentionally tried to hide the parts of his past that didn't make him look like someone you'd trust defending America.
It wasn't the "Taking Purple Hearts for minor injuries" that got him in trouble, because a lot of guys did that in nearly every war. My dad knew guys who got Purple Hearts for cutting themselves on C-ration cans in WWII.
What made people rightfully angry was that after the war, he claimed they were committing all sorts of attrocities and hung around with people like Jane Fonda. And Kerry was trying to pretend like none of that stuff happened.
NEWSFLASH: There were all sorts of atrocities in Vietnam. Several million people were killed as a result of US actions. And the reason?
Go on..let us know. What justified Vietnam?
