Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[SD]

Bush may have indeed laid the ground work but the 'real' info starting with the courier started on Obama's watch and it was his decision and his decision alone as to whether or not they should drop Seals into the compound and put a bullet in his head. I can't overemphasize how big of balls it takes to approve a military operation of this magnitude.

[DH]

i still think the pic from the situation room is one of the coolest pieces to emerge from this so far..that one and the one of the fdny sitting atop ladder 4 when the news streamed above them will both go down as iconic shots just like when the fdny raised the flag above ground zero a la iwo jima.

[phillymic2000]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden_geronimo
Obama is a fargin racist!!

LOL the fact that they are making an issue about his "code" name is so stoopid. Big fargin deal  what name they called him.

[phillymic2000]

Bush may have indeed laid the ground work but the 'real' info starting with the courier started on Obama's watch and it was his decision and his decision alone as to whether or not they should drop Seals into the compound and put a bullet in his head. I can't overemphasize how big of balls it takes to approve a military operation of this magnitude.

Amen, Bush didn't give a rats ass about this guy after he started both wars. He was an after thought to that tool.

[Diomedes]

Imagine the political fallout Obama would have suffered had this mission failed. 

[Sgt PSN]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden_geronimo
Obama is a fargin racist!!

LOL the fact that they are making an issue about his "code" name is so stoopid. Big fargin deal  what name they called him.

I read the other day what the code name was for bin Laden and knew there would be some sort of backlash for it.  And there should be.  Geronimo was famous for fighting back against the new American infidel land stealers/Injun killers and he led many "revenge attacks" against the US.  Using his name for bin Laden is pretty irresponsible imo because the 2 were nothing alike.  Geronimo was fighting for his people and their land that was being threatened by the US and Mexico.  He wasn't an aggressor, but a defender.  They could have used a million different code names for him and they chose one of the worst possible options.  Might as well just called him MLK or Malcom X.   

[rjs246]

Hm, I wonder why you're thinking about it from that angle.

[Diomedes]

as far as dumb military names for targets/operations go...nothing beats calling the '98 bombing of Iraq "Operation Desert Fox"

how the original Desert Fox was forgotten by the people in charge, I cannot fathom.  they are students of war, aren't they?

[rjs246]

how the original Desert Fox was forgotten by the people in charge, I cannot fathom.  they are war historians, aren't they?

HAhahahahahaHAhAha. No.

[Sgt PSN]

Hm, I wonder why you're thinking about it from that angle.

Because I date one of those dirty, ungrateful savages.  But you already knew that. 

[rjs246]

Yes. That is what I was alluding to.

[SD]

Imagine the political fallout Obama would have suffered had this mission failed. 

Or if one or more of the Seals had been killed, which was a very good possibility considering the circumstances. I can't even imagine the knot in his stomach once that helo went down.

[General_Failure]

See, I can't imagine that this is the first time they've gone after him. Second or third time, sure. Maybe not close enough to put a bullet in his head, but I don't see him hanging out with Waldo and Carmen San Diego all those years without someone getting tipped off.

[phillymic2000]

Just heard they will not be releasing the photos of Bin laden. Wth??

[ice grillin you]

Imagine the political fallout Obama would have suffered had this mission failed. 

Or if one or more of the Seals had been killed, which was a very good possibility considering the circumstances. I can't even imagine the knot in his stomach once that helo went down.

he cant have that much of a knot...lots of people have died from his escalation of the war in afghanistan...did he have a knot when he sent 30,000 more troops over there

that said the political bravery of ordering this attack was enormous....if it goes bad it basically costs him the presidency

Just heard they will not be releasing the photos of Bin laden. Wth??

why on earth would you....theres nothing to gain by it