All About Obama: Who’s politicizing bin Laden kill?
Leftists are swarming Twitter to chastise any conservatives who dare give any credit to President Bush for his resolve and role in leading the post-9/11 counterrorism/national security response to the worst attack on American soil.
Meanwhile, Democrat hacks are burning the midnight oil making this All About Obama.
It begins: “New DNC chief: Obama deserves credit for bin Laden killing.”
A Huffington Post reporter gloats: “Chants of ‘four more years!’ in front of WH.”
College kids in front of the White House are chanting “Yes We Can!” according to a beaming CNN reporter.
Spotted at the White House gathering: “Latinos for Obama” sign.
And Democrat Rep. Gary Ackerman doesn’t waste a second taking a swipe at President Bush:
So much for that we-are-one unity President Obama invoked earlier tonight, eh?
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Meanwhile (via Allahpundit): Bin Laden wasn’t the only arch-terrorist picked up in Abbottabad this year. #theplotthickens.
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Ahem. Via Bill Dedman, much of the intelligence gathered that led to discovering bin Laden was developed by the detainees detained under the Bush administration at facilities like the one Obama wanted to shut down. For the record:
It started with a courier’s name.
Senior White House officials said early Monday that the trail that led to Osama bin Laden began before 9/11, before the terror attacks that brought bin Laden to prominence. The trail warmed up last fall, when it discovered an elaborate compound in Pakistan.
“From the time that we first recognized bin Laden as a threat, the U.S. gathered information on people in bin Laden’s circle, including his personal couriers,” a senior official in the Obama administration said in a background briefing from the White House.
After the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, “detainees gave us information on couriers. One courier in particular had our constant attention. Detainees gave us his nom de guerre, his pseudonym, and also identified this man as one of the few couriers trusted by bin Laden.”
In 2007, the U.S. learned the man’s name.
In 2009, “we identified areas in Pakistan where the courier and his brother operated. They were very careful, reinforcing belief we were on the right track.”
In August 2010, “we found their home in Abbottabad,” in an isolated area.
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One of Doug Powers posters noted the seemingly ‘spontaneous’ celebrations looked Facebook coordinated.
It seems to follow reason as in just the sparse amount of footage I saw ( they were all basically the same age? )
As I said in an earlier post, so Harry Truman won the Second World War.
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Not to mention Libya. They woulda gone nuts screaming “war for oil” and “killing civilians”. Not hearing much of that these days. And it’s not like Obama went out himself and hunted down Bin Laden. Personally, I have always believed Obama, oooops, I mean Osama, has been dead for years. I celebrated his death quite awhile ago. Am I wrong here?
Excuse me? I was not quarreling with you. I was merely making a statement. What is it with you lefties that everything is about YOU? What’s the matter, didn’t your mommy give you your Fruit Loops for breakfast?
Walked the new boss(puppy) by the local temple of terrorism this morning.
They are not handing out candy.
I hope the new boss left them a present.
I don’t think dumping bin Laden in the water was a bad idea. Last thing we need is some defacto shrine on land.
My daughter said to me this a.m…that she was so happy that Obama was dead. Then she quickly corrected herself and said she hoped the line wasn’t tapped. What a strange world we live in right now, where the most wanted terrorist in the world has almost the same name as Osama bin laden.
I don’t know. Y’all seem to be more fixated on us than we are. Ask your average liberal democrat about Saul Alinsky is, and watch the look of confusion you’ll get.
TooMuchTime said:
Perhaps a more perfect analogy would be to claim that Harry Truman ‘invented’ the atomic bomb ( when in fact all he ‘did’ was authorize it’s use? )
As stated before, bring him here, prove we got him, then cremation and spread ashes over a pig farm or something. Problem solved.
The avg. schlub defiling the WI State Capitol probably ‘didn’t’ know who he was! That’s the point. They no longer ‘need’ to. It’s all cut & paste for them. Or rather it was.
Heh..
Exactly. Red Stupid Skeptic is so smart! /sarc
Graduates of our great pubic skool system with union teachers?
RSS…You regressives don’t need to know WHO Alinsky is in order to follow his tactics. All you need is to have been brainwashed by the public school system from the age of 5 and right on through college. Now, go talk to people who care…over at Huffington or something.
We are so proud of our military and the groundwork begun by Bush that lead to this awesome day. God bless America (land of shrinking freedoms) and help us reverse the damage done by BHO.
Hey tbear44, I wonder how many other posters caught it?
Damn it! Where is Code Pink?
Bid Laden is dead. American Justice served. Violence by Islamist terrorists will continue and probably escalate. Unfortunately, there are thousands ready and willing to step into the void and continue the barbaric attack upon liberty, democracy and Christianity. My prayers go out to the peoples of the West and especially our Nation.
Good Morning Everybody.
God Bless America.
God Bless Barak Hussein Obama.
The dude is way too awesome.
Where I’m at? Not too many. It’s 7am here.
One down, about a million to go…
Something juvenile again. What are you? A Valley girl? Wow, like awesome dude, way cool, like rad man. No, our Military are AWESOME you idiot.
I hate to sound like a broken record, and anyone who has any common sense already knows that OBL vowed that: “I can be eliminated, but not my mission.”– Stay vigilant. And God Bless You All!
Nothing. I just wanted to use his new name. More darn fun!
Happyscrapper…LMAO…my first laugh of the day, thanks!
Exctly.
You beat me to it.
Thank you, and kudos to you.
What’s very, very scary, BB, is that that poster can vote.
God Help and Save us.
Pre-OBL ‘ventilation’ I was doing a little thinking over the weeked..? No doubt, we all have those “land of shrinking freedoms” moments, but this might encourage you?
For the last 30 years, we’ve witnessed nothing but -advancement- in the Prog Agenda. Think of Nov. 2010 like those maps we all saw as kids of The ‘Height’ of the Roman Empire. Basically encompassing the known world at the time.
Then notice how it did nothing but recede for centuries. Obviously we don’t ‘have’ centuries… but! As MM noted in her depiction of Madison as “Apocalypse Now” it is all downhill for them for that day forward.
Our new charge is to hasten that process. Already we’re seeing “new lines drawn in the sand” on an almost daily basis. There is much to look forward to!
Yeah we know, it’s the same look of confusion when they’re asked if Obowmao is a Keynesian!
Libs are saying, “Mission Accomplished.” I’m thinking no, probably not. But hey, I might be wrong.
Absolutely correct Granite. The fact that 40% of this country are all brain dead like ILMC Terrifies me.
Just remember, when you get your Obowmao action figure, to close your door before peeking to see if it is anatomically correct. Don’t you remember how upset your Mother was when she caught you last time?
Non-thinkers buy into the Obambi melodrama. People that have any life experience and comon sense realize that in OBambi land it’s all about him, witness the speech last night.I’m pleased that Bin is past tense, just can’t wait until we turn the page on OBambi & company.
Funny, Rogue
Oh… I don’t think there’s a lot of mileage to be had by this little escapade. Not the intel and sacrifice of the Armed Forces involved! The media side/freakshow since.
Slight bump in the polls, by week’s end, a non-event. Osama Bin WHO!?
V-8 juice splattered all over my monitor. Thanks, Rogue! You rock!
no surprise. your average liberal democrat is easily led and uneducated.
Well, experts tell us 10% of Muslims support jihad, there are 1.2 billion Muslims, I think you’re off by a factor of 100.
Fox news is saying that the White House confirms that the DNA results are Osama. I thought it took at least 3 days to get DNA results. Anybody know how long it takes to test DNA?
Right4Life …
Anthropological and Developmental Timeline of the American Left …
Marxist -> Progressive -> Liberal -> Alinskyite -> Democrat -> Lemming …
Glenn Beck just played a tape of a reporter last night saying, “We have now received a report from the White House that President Obama is, in fact, dead”. Yes, he really said that! Oh, lord…how many more times is someone going to make a similar mistake today? What a riot!
But as I said before, it is an easy mistake to make when a horrible terrorist that everyone wants removed has the same name as osama bin laden!
I like what you did there.
Maybe you want to give him a kiss? We’ll leave you two lovebirds alone for a moment.
LOL SO true!
Wow – it must be painful to you folks.
To watch your President succeed.
Especially a Democratic President with an African name.
Good – I hope it hurts all of you.
Don’t mess with Happy!!!
LOL Valley Girl…you crack me up! Such projection.
FIFY
You started off good…then fell back into the muck. Go clean yourself off then try again.
I’m sure you’re very happy obama kept the BUSH policies in place.
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A good piece of work. However, a lot of “fog of war” reports. And some pertinent questions.
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What was Pakistan’s involvement? How long did they know that Bin Laden was “hiding out” among them? Did someone collect the $50 million bounty for outing him?
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And it looks like about 800 miles from the kill site to the sea. A long way for a helicopter to fly there. Was the body taken by road? Was the helicopter refueled?
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Why no Pakistan rage mob outside the kill site? What retaliatory terror attacks will come soon?
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We will probably get the “straight skinny” over the next few days. Barring the parts omitted to keep the operational secrets protected.
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And–in the long run–this is one victory in a long war. The Islam empire’s attacks started 1400 years ago. The war continues as the Islamic Caliphate II or Ottoman Empire II is being rebuilt in Egypt, Iran, Libya, Yemen, and other hellholes now.
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The good news is that only 10 percent of the Muslims support the real Wahabbi Jihadi actions. The bad news is that 10 percent of 1200 million! Muslims is 120 million Jihadis. Killing one more of them seems like “small potatoes” to me. Civilized societies will be fighting this war for the next century.
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John Bibb
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Ipeesittingdown said:
How amerikan of you, little man! Nah nah nee nah nah. I hope it hurts… wah, wah, wah.
Considering that the house he was found in was a stone’s throw from the Paki military academy, my guess is that he’s been their guest for quite awhile with the knowledge of at least some of the Paki govt.
Well, I just want to thank all of you for waking me up last night with this great/awesome/wonderful/about freakin time news….Man, and I thought ya’ll had my back. Uh huh….I see how you are now. hmmmpf *turns around and walks away…slowly* Anyway, WOOOOT WOOOOOOT! When I first turned on the computer and saw the headlines, I too thought it said Obama….then I actually read it. Heh. Listening to Rush now.
That’s the part most people have not come to grips with. One down, 119, 999,999 to go……..
That is exactly what Rush said this a.m. He said that he commended Obama for keeping in place the Bush/Cheney policies, put in place after 9/11 to fight the War on Terror. Because Obama didn’t decimate those policies (as he promised his radical left so he could get their votes) it was possible to get bin laden. Great point! It WAS Bush’s policies that were responsible for this kill. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I will be forever grateful to ILMC for giving us this great moniker to play with! You guys are on a roll!
Wow. That’s spectacularly pathetic.
It almost makes me feel sorry for you.
Ah, the love & tolerance! Those of us who are real Americans don’t wish “hurt” on anyone, excepting those who have harmed us. Why don’t you just pack your little self up (Shouldn’t be difficult, you can’t have too much in mom’s basement anyway…) and move out of this once wonderful county to the socialist hell hole (I mean utopia) of your choice. I’ll buy your (one way) ticket. Don’t come back…
THIS is why I refer to trolls like ilovemyself and otabanger as my enemies! That is what they consider us! Their hatred and vitriol is there for all to see. Should we call them friends?? Never.
I’m sure the liberal trolls will now profess their support for enhanced interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, which gave us the intel we needed for this.
I’m also sure they will apologize for smearing bush and our troops by calling these interrogation techniques torture.
Do you think Obama now loves the US military intel community for making him look good?
Yep…when pigs fly out of osama’s butt.
I wondered where RSS was on the original osama bin dead thread. Did you have a funeral in your backyard this morning?
ILMC–I know you will refuse, but please answer this one question: what is an African name? No, really; I’d like to know.
On May 2nd, 2011 at 8:36 am, sbw999 said:
No offense to a bag of wrenches.
On May 2nd, 2011 at 9:01 am, et said:
He could try holding a trial in absentia if it makes him feel any better. After that he could then claim a Pyrrhic victory before he goes the way of his fathers.
With Osama out of the way, the Obamacrats can focus their energies on the real terrorists in the tea party….
On May 2nd, 2011 at 9:50 am, right_on said:
Since they won’t be able to accept their medals in a public ceremony, Barry will be pinning their medals on his chest in 5…4…3…2…1.
Sorry, but I refuse to celebrate any holiday that immortalizes his name. I’ve thus been pushing the replacement of May Day with World Karma Day.
Though your point of instead celebrating over the course of two days is well-taken. Perhaps it should be World Karma WEEK.
On May 2nd, 2011 at 10:57 am, badbait said:
On my wife’s side of the family, those would be fighting words. Just saying, although I agree with you.
Liberal/regressive Democrats don’t need to know who Saul Alinsky was or his rules for radicals. They just need to be useful idiots.
On May 2nd, 2011 at 11:05 am, Ilovemycountry said:
Looks like ILMC is intoxicated with the Obama Happy Juice (aka Koolaid) again.
#149
Totally loved it, Scrappy!
FIFY, sport!
ILMC – Obviously, President Bush’s policies worked. You do know that Obama called Bush prior to making his speech? I’m waiting to hear you say:
God bless President Bush.
Also, does West sound “African” to you?? Because I would definately vote for Allen West for president. Not sure how you’ll reconcile that with your racism claims – doh!
Again, congratulations to our fine Military. Many thanks to our men and women who sacrifice daily. SEAL Team Six – Amazing job. God bless.
just thought I’d check in & see if I got an answer…
nope.
Maybe you can tell me this: what’s a North American name? (I still want an answer to the original question.)
The confusion stems from wondering if you are talking about the finger they use for picking their noses or the ones they use to plug their ears when presented with logic and the truth.