Breaking News! CNN announces Osama Bin Laden is Dead !

Reba said:
Nice, huh? A million-dollar home, and they had to smell their own trash burning.
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Perhaps not. How big was the place? It's described as a mansion.
 
jillio said:
The decision by President Barack Obama to launch the assault that killed Osama bin Laden was one of the "gutsiest" calls by any president in recent memory, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Monday.

John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, said that despite intelligence indicating that bin Laden was in the compound in Pakistan, there was no certainty the al Qaeda leader was actually there.

Obama "made what I believe was one of the ... gutsiest calls of any president in recent memory," Brennan said.

'Gutsy' call led to bin Laden killing, Obama adviser says - CNN.com
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Part of his "staff".... :lol:
 
Jiro said:
heard from FB -

1. Osama bin Laden died on same day as Hitler 66 years ago
2. The soldier who killed Osama bin Laden is from Brooklyn

weird huh?
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That solider - I could imagine have a very cranky expression on his face when he stormed in and killed him. But he knew, it was all worth it.
 
Frisky Feline said:
for old times' sake. :lol:

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posts from hell said:
I think Carmen Sandeigo is better.
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I see your comic, and raise you a
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Beach girl said:
You thought that intelligence was (mostly or entirely) analyzed by Obama's staff. That is not correct. Obama's staff are his political appointees. The non-political, career professionals at State, CIA and NSA do nearly all of the analyzing.

Obama's staff, and Obama himself of course, decide what to do about it. They make the political decisions.

Why we keep having to go back to elementary facts is because you do not understand what you're talking about in terms of how the government works.
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And they present their finding to whom?

And who makes the decisions based on the findings that have been presented?
 
deafskeptic said:
Perhaps not. How big was the place? It's described as a mansion.
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according to link I posted
Bin Laden’s massive, highly secure compound was at the end of a narrow dirt road and about eight times larger than other homes in the area. It had no telephone or Internet connections.
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jillio said:
And they present their finding to whom?

And who makes the decisions based on the findings that have been presented?
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Some people make it sound like Obama has no part in decision making. He nixed the idea of simply bombing the compound because of the risk of collateral damage.
 
Beowulf said:
Some people make it sound like Obama has no part in decision making. He nixed the idea of simply bombing the compound because of the risk of collateral damage.
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I know. The attempts to twist are hilarious! :lol:
 
jillio said:
Just can't stand that he is being praised, can you?
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I would expect his minions to praise him.

I gave him credit for a few things. I can't think of anyone that wouldn't have done the same thing. If he bombs the compound there is doubt and it could be embarrassing. If he doesn't do anything, and it gets out (wikileaks,pissed NSA/CIA), he is a one term President. Going in boots on the ground was his only good option.

He deserves credit for continuing the hunt.
 
TXgolfer said:
I would expect his minions to praise him.

I gave him credit for a few things. I can't think of anyone that wouldn't have done the same thing. If he bombs the compound there is doubt and it could be embarrassing. If he doesn't do anything, and it gets out (wikileaks,pissed NSA/CIA), he is a one term President. Going in boots on the ground was his only good option.

He deserves credit for continuing the hunt.
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We know it's killing you, Txgolfer, since you predicted his whole presidency would be a miserable failure. But, it's okay to say, "Hey, I was wrong.":laugh2:
 
TXgolfer said:
I would expect his minions to praise him.

I gave him credit for a few things. I can't think of anyone that wouldn't have done the same thing. If he bombs the compound there is doubt and it could be embarrassing. If he doesn't do anything, and it gets out (wikileaks,pissed NSA/CIA), he is a one term President. Going in boots on the ground was his only good option.

He deserves credit for continuing the hunt.
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The Bush minions are still gnashing their teeth over their god's utter failure. :lol:
 
Jillio, do you even read what I write or do you just love to disagree because you love to disagree?

Originally Posted by Beach girl
You thought that intelligence was (mostly or entirely) analyzed by Obama's staff. That is not correct. Obama's staff are his political appointees. The non-political, career professionals at State, CIA and NSA do nearly all of the analyzing.

Obama's staff, and Obama himself of course, decide what to do about it. They make the political decisions.

Why we keep having to go back to elementary facts is because you do not understand what you're talking about in terms of how the government works.
And they present their finding to whom?

And who makes the decisions based on the findings that have been presented?
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As I said: the career experts do the analyzing (of the raw intelligence data). Obama and his staff do the deciding.

Different roles.
 
I can't help but wonder about the billions and billions of dollars that have gone to fight terrorism given the fact that it was not a large scale military effort that actually accomplished Bin Laden's death, but a commando raid of a few, specially trained individuals.:hmm:
 
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