Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[SD]

Pic of Obama/Clinton/Biden etc. watching the operation live. This was taken when the Helicopter went down. Don't know if I've ever seen a more tense group of people. Makes you appreciate the President for putting his balls on the line, because if this had been a failure the consequences would have been devestating:

[Diomedes]

who is everyone?  I know Biden, Obama, and Gates.  Is that Mike Mullen with all the boy scout pins?  And Bill Daley...in the suit with the blue tie, right?  Who else is shown?

[ice grillin you]

to dalys left john brennan to dalys right john lithgow

[Diomedes]

and Katie Couric seated, right?

[Geowhizzer]

who is everyone?  I know Biden, Obama, and Gates.  Is that Mike Mullen with all the boy scout pins?  And Bill Daley...in the suit with the blue tie, right?  Who else is shown?

The White House released the photo on Flickr.  From that page:

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. "Brad" Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Binken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

[Diomedes]

Nice, thanks.

[Diomedes]

Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command.

WTF does all that mean?

[SD]

Dear Westboro Baptist Church, We have a funeral you can protest. It's in Pakistan, we'll help you pack! ...Sincerely, America

[Sgt PSN]

Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command.

WTF does all that mean?

He's 2nd in charge of the JSOC. Joint meaning that it's made up of multiple branches of the US military. Special Ops should be self explanatory.

[hbionic]

to dalys left john brennan to dalys right john lithgow

[Munson]

So during the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday(?) night, Seth Myers said something to the effect of "People think Bin Laden is hiding in the Kush mountains somewhere in Pakistan, but did you know he actually hosts a show on C-SPAN weeknights from 4-5 PM?"...and this is the screen shot of Obama's reaction to the joke...




awesome


Colbert pointed it out tonight too, hilarious

[Don Ho]

  Is's almost a "ha ha, little do you know whats coming down you idiots" laugh.

[PhillyPhreak54]

So let's talk about Pakistan's role in this;

Does anyone believe that they had no knowledge he was hiding there? That they were covering for him? If so, what are the consequences?

[Munson]

  Is's almost a "ha ha, little do you know whats coming down you idiots" laugh.

Colbert's joke: "It's so funny, because I'm about to kill him"

So let's talk about Pakistan's role in this;

Does anyone believe that they had no knowledge he was hiding there? That they were covering for him? If so, what are the consequences?

It's going to be intersting to see what comes out in the next few weeks. I was hoping it'd come out that they helped, and therefore improve our relations with them, but that doesn't seem to be the case.


And that pic SD posted, Rachel Maddow's show was blowing up the faces so we could get a closer look. Clinton looks absolutely terrified, and Obama looks like what I imagine Phreak looks like after David Herndon serves up a go ahead HR.

[Don Ho]

They absolutely had to know.  Hard to believe their ISI was not aware of his location.