He's your President too you know and OMG run away!

Have you seen any administration official on tv in two years tell us about a threat? Like watch out for balloons, or model planes, or people near banks, or you know, the stuff Ashcroft was coming out with weekly just to 'keep us on our toes'?

I know I haven't. They have said after OBL was killed that it might be a possibility, but they aren't out to scare people and say that only Democrats can save the world from terrorists, which is what the previous administration was saying, only Republicans.

it's my thread. You run along.

Please dont ever use "omg" again unless you are a 16 year old girl. Thank you.

OMG, it was a sarcastic line, OMG.

Like He's your President too like you know and like OMG run away outrage!



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Le HockeyDad will be in Europe next week. Should be interesting.

Um, HD? If you reread my post, post 41, in it I did say, "They have said after OBL was killed that it might be a possibility, but they aren't out to scare people".

The 'might be a possibilty' was increased terror, but you can go back and read the entire context.

I'm tired of bouncing from tangential issue to tangential issue with FuzzNJ. But, the video link below is exactly what I would expect an intellectually honest liberal to say. It's Alan Dershowtiz saying the US is a bunch of hypocrites for shooting OBL in cold blood. I'm a "do what has to be done guy" which differs from the liberal line of no waterboarding, etc. so I have no problem with what happened. But, so far Dershowitz is the only consistent lefty on this whole thing.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/dershowitz-obl-gut-check-the-us-a-bunch-of-hypocrites-we-shot-a-man-in-cold-blood-and-thats-a-good-thing-but-then-are-we-a-better-country/ 

A Beck link! FUZZY is gonna have an anurism....
Well.
FOXNews.com - Report: Bin Laden Already Dead - U.S. & World

The problem is the whole basis of your argument is they are not out to scare people unlike during the previous administration. That is your standard politically slanted fact creation.

The current administration isn't out to scare people but neither was the previous one. The previous administration wasn't out to scare people. The reality is people were a lot more scared in 2002-03 than they are today. It was the previous administration telling business travelers to get back on planes and resume commerce. It was the business travelers that did just that and said "F&%k Al Quiada".

I heard OBL threw his puppy-dog at the Seals.... 😟

SEALs eat puppies for breakfast!

i didnt know fuzzy was a housband!? it all makes sense now!

😱

Seems to me that if he was unarmed, they coulda taken him alive. Not complaining, just sayin'.

Maybe, maybe not.....the logistics and timeing could have been problematic. They were uninvited guests in a foreign country garrison town. Presumably time was of the essance, and if there was a little bit of resistince it was probably easier just to tap him. That and they prolly just wanted him dead.

ive read a few articles, even the libs on msnbc agree it would have been complicated if we took him alive. who would defend him, the long agony of the trial, publicity hound attorneys, where would he be buried, crazies would be rallying around the world for him, would he be brouhgt on US soil, to get a fair defense, he would have to be allowed access to confidential documents, etc. The simple execution and subsequent dump at sea was the best solution IMO. i think obama called this one right.

^ I think so too but we'd better keep using the right words about it... ie we would have arrested him but he resisted. There are already voices discussing possible international law issues (der speigel etc).

Glad we did it like we did. Flawless in my opinion.

the WH should have kept their mouth shut about the whole thing IMO. obamas speech was fine but they keep releasing details then changing them. its no ones business but ours. no one is going to say a d@mn word to us about it. Like you said, he resisted and was shot in the process. end of story, no more details, no photos, nothing. Also i hear he was shot across the face which would follow the resisting storyline.

what are you going to do? try the USA in international court? good luck!

Agreed.

This was a top secret military operation. No details required. Game over, move on.

Worth discussing is what intelligence we acquired during the raid. We shouldn't be told that either.

Worth discussing is what is Pakistan's role with Bin Laden's location.