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Eight years later, a mission finally accomplished
The date could not have been any more ironic.
It was May 1, 2003, that President George W. Bush -- in full flight-suit bravado -- appeared on a battleship off the San Diego coast to declare a "Mission Accomplished" in what the White House called its war on terror, marking what was declared as the end of major combat operations in Iraq.
Never mind that more than 4,000 U.S. servicemen and women and untold thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians would die in the years of non-stop violence to come, or that Iraq had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks that had caused America to mobilize against terrorism in the first place, or that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, was very much still at large.
Now, on May 1, 2011 -- eight long years later -- President Obama, who was an obscure state senator from Illinois when al-Qaeda attacked the United States in 2001, stunned the nation and the world with the long-awaited news that bin Laden is dead, killed in a dramatic CIA operation in a Pakistan compound.
Perhaps fittingly, it was the Cradle of Liberty that quickly became the epicenter of a global celebration, as more than 45,000 fans at sold out Citizens Bank Park began spontaneously chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A" as smartphones lit up with urgent emails and a joyous murmur built. Minutes later, a fast-growing throng that gathered around the White House fence broke into "The Star Spangled Banner."
This time, it really was a mission accomplished.
A mission accomplished.
But not THE mission accomplished.
After all, bin Laden's death does not answer the question of what to do with more than 100,000 American and allied troops still fighting an ill-defined guerillia war in Afghanistan -- some nine-and-a-half years after the first troops were sent there in the hopes that overthrowing the Taliban would also quickly yield bin Laden and other leaders of his terrorist network.
Nor does bin Laden's death offer any insight over what to do about the mess of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay -- which became a global stain on America's reputation in the years following the Afghanistan invasion, and which Obama has been unable to close despite promising to do so on the second day of his presidency.
Indeed, America remains vigilant from a potential new generation of terrorists who had nothing to do with 9/11 and has not been guided or even inspired by bin Laden for some time, but who joined the fray to protest the U.S. actions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gitmo.
Bin Laden's death changes none of that -- but it does give America and its battered psyche something that has been so elusive over a downbeat decade.
Justice.
For nine years and eight months, the families of the nearly 3,000 citizens who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, or aboard Flight 93 that crashed in western Pennsylvania have seen their suffering compounded by the maddening fact that not only had bin Laden eluded the world, but that none of the other perpetrators have been tried or convicted for their cowardly crime.
The death of Osama bin Laden, a mass murderer on an unthinkable scale, is not only just but long overdue -- a real mission accomplished for decent people everywhere to celebrate today. We can worry about the rest of it tomorrow.
Comments (152)
I love gitmo spin- Obama has been "unable" to close gitmo, as if there are some nefarious right-wing forces at play preventing the most powerful man in the world from doing it. Bottom line, we need that place. Obama knows it.— tjm333126- Many of the comments here related to race and politics are absolutely disgusting. Let's celebrate the fact we got him. Our awesome special forces did the job after our intelligence folks did theirs. Much credit to President Obama for sticking with the task and having the stones to issue the kill order.— IggleFan68
- From my ultra-conservative US Army LTC brother in law based at Ft Benning, GA - e-mail to family and friends - verbatim: "Thank You CIC Obama, and all DOD personnel involved. May be 8 years too late, but we got 'im.! God Bless U-S-A! The DOD bulletin board is full of accolades for POTUS and Seals - for a promise kept by our CIC. No posing, just strong, respectful leadership, from the beginning. Fly our flag again!". These are the guys who know what this is about.— WinsomeOne
- Face it HATERS!!! OBAMA got BIN LADEN while BUSH only got VIDEOS OF BIN LADEN!!! HAAAAA!!! GOBAMA!!!!!— phillygtown
- 4 more years,dont like that rednecks and haters,do u?— jerryjones
- gee, jerry after reading your comments on Mumia I didn't think you would want to vote for a President or anyone else who executed a minority.
— bird11 - you must be too young to remember 1991 then — rysagr
- More drunken stupidity from the stupidest gasbag who wastes more space than Limbaugh ... If you have to go all the back to 1991 to make a challenge to the the true World Leader who history will forever note was able to do what Bush couldn't, you're Duh - Losing. Suck It, baby. — Google It
- More drunken stupidity from the stupidest gasbag who wastes more space than Limbaugh ... If you have to go all the back to 1991 to make a challenge to the the true World Leader who history will forever note was able to do what Bush couldn't, you're Duh - Losing. Suck It, baby. — Google It
- Please. Bin Laden hasn't been operationally relevant for 5 years. Al Qaeda, like any radical organization with a barely-structured hierarchy will not be affected. A quaint feel good "victory", but ultimately meaningless to radical extremism.— CiceroSpuriousDeodatus
- Magistra, you and the rest of the pro-Obama supporters know damn well that after 9/11, a whole new anti-terrorism construct had to be designed and put into place. The once successful operatives in the field, almost completely dissolved under two Clinton admins, had to be reconstructed. New people had to be trained in logistics, demograph languages, while new trusts had to be devised as the modus operandi went from analyst to on location operatives. Time was not on our side.— lefty
- lefty - look on the bright side May 1, 2011 is the first day of the Obama presidency - finally something happened in this country that Bush WASN'T responsible for. — bird11
- that is a good one — rysagr
- I wish I could share the enthusiasm of everyone else concerning the death of this criminal, but unfortunately, it doesn't change anything. Bin Laden was not the head of a state. He was not an adversary in war, he was a criminal who provided funding. Heck, evidence has shown that he didn't even really plan those attacks. Others in his organization did. Obviously, he should be brought to justice, but his death, ultimately, provides little more than publicity. What I want is for the wars to end, the economy to be strong again, and for America to gain back the respect it once had all over the world. That would be the true victory and the death of this mafioso, which is basically what he was, brings us no closer to that. Sorry, but that's just the sad truth of it.— Hemingway
- Anybody have an rationale for disposing the body at sea so quickly? It seems to me that an administration which has been hounded unjustly for a birth certificate for 3 years would want every doubting Thomas examine the body. There have already been reports from ME that people there don't believe he is dead.— bird11
- remember wb2nd,our president is half white,half black.i'm tired of hearing about Obama getting credit for what he's done because he's black.i'm grateful for him having the guts to ok the mission.i give him credit for getting osama as the president,not because he's black or white.geez,we're supposed to be united, not divided.GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!— lfran55
- And I'll note that you came in here to put your foot up MY a@@ and not those who've cast doubt about these developments, due either to extreme partisanship or, dare I say it, racism. Preach your foolishness somewhere else. — wb2nd
- Well I guess just being happy isn't an option at Attytood. Happiness is only measured here by your guy or my guy getting credit for making us happy.
I want to say thanks to both Presidents Obama and Bush for bringing this b@stard to justice (and this proves once and for all that for some the only justice is the death penalty). More importantly thanks to all the hard working men and women of the intelligence community and the brave men and women of our armed forces who regardless of administration just do their jobs. It will be years if not decades before all of this is declassified to the point where we know how everything went down I just thank God it is done.
The world still isn't a safe place but it is marginally safer today IMHO.— bird11 - I'm glad we got Bin Laden. But I thought Bin Laden was in Iraq? So why did we go to war against Iraq?— Marchus
- Bin Laden's last words:
"Hey, I didn't order those pizzas"— dminnich - lol — rysagr
- From the Associated Press: Current and former U.S. officials say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, provided the nom de guerre of one of bin Laden's most trusted aides. The CIA got similar information from Mohammed's successor, Abu Faraj al-Libi. Both were subjected to harsh interrogation tactics inside CIA prisons in Poland and Romania."— jmc
- Rob Capuzi - your partisanship makes you deludional if you think Obama govenrs like an adult. I will, however, give Obama credit for resisting the reckles impulses of his campaign rhetoric, and doing the right things like not closing down Gitmo.— Thoughtful&concernedvoter
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Funny thing is, what you say is in contradiction to what most experienced interrogators say about the most effective interrogation techniques. That is why the Bush administration had to bring in inexperienced novices to do the waterboarding - because the experienced interrogators refused.
One is left to wonder why what you learned from your experiences is so contradictory to what most experienced interrogators have to say. Some outlying experienced interrogators might support something like waterboarding in at "ticking time bomb" type scenario - but that doesn't even apply here.
Now once again - do you have ANY evidence that links waterboarding to the intelligence used to track down OBL? And if you do, do you have ANY evidence that other interrogation techniques wouldn't have produced the same information, perhaps even more quickly, and without any amount of misleading poor intelligence which makes it difficult to determine the value of the information you're gathering?
Maybe you can actually answer the questions this time?— Talking point sleuth - Comment removed.
- Is it silly to ask for some sort of photographic evidence that Osama is dead? I'm not saying he's still alive, but nobody's seen him in years, so there really isn't proof that he wasn't dead long ago. There were hundreds of photos and videos of Saddam's capture and execution; why nothing similar for Osama?— Charlie Reed
- I think his point was OBAMA the great has let the middle east crumble and done nothing. At the same time he stopped all of our limited drilling. A great leader indeed!!!— rgreen72
- as for bill.atkins, why don't corporations lower prices? that is why you pay $4.13 for gas! they've raised the price. how about the corps lower the prices for you and the rest of us. they won't because they want to make more. also, don't you like small government? why should government get involved with lowering gas prices? that would be big government now wouldn't it!— skolman
- The government makes more money on taxes per gallon than the corporations do, so why don't they lower the tax amount? And it is the large government that is holding back drilling for oil in the USA and devaluing our dollar which is why our gas prices are rising, hence the want for a smaller government. — phlfan
- how the philly.com can permit taxman's comments -
put a beard on obama and you can't tell them apart doesn't get eliminated but mine did!
shame on you taxman shame on the philly.com— skolman - Obama holds the ticket for 4 more years. He did in less than 3 years what Bush could not accomplish in 8. Sorry, but no matter how hard it is to admit for some people, brains beat brute strength.— Magistra
- No..he didn't..he was actually golfing when the real men were doing the work..slap seal team 6 on the back...not barack obama.
- Let's see the corpse...this burial at sea stuff doesn't smell right to me.
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- it's the economy stupid — rysagr
- All this wonderful, but what we really want to know is what was Bin Laden's carbon footprint?— Mr. Smith
- Will Bunch said:
"Nor does bin Laden's death offer any insight over what to do about the mess of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay"
Will, you idiot - it was information gleaned from Guantanamo in 2007 (i.e. the courier's identity) that directly lead to Bin Laden's death yesterday. Had this facility been closed as Obama and the Democrats wished, there would be no celebration today.— dminnich - Waterbedding, maybe.— Mr. Smith
- Oh and Peter Bienart and will bunch arent experts on waterboarding.— rgreen72
- For the waterboarding doesnt work crowd. Looking at you TPS. Islam requires its people to resist interogation to the best of their ability. What waterboarding did was allow them to resist enough to give up the information with a clear conscience. If you just try regular techniques it wont work. How do I know this. Because I have been there. Unlike most liberals I have defended my country and dealt with the culture that wants to kill us. Waterboarding does work and this mission proves it. OBAMA the great will have to answer for his stance on waterboarding after this.— rgreen72
- Just curious.
For the "waterboarding works" crowd - do you have any idea if waterboarding had anything to do with the intelligence that led to finding OBL? If it were, do you have any idea whether other interrogation techniques might have gotten the same information (as most intelligence experts assert)?— Talking point sleuth - ]]]=== Bush himself even said there was going to be a lot more work to be done ===[[[
Was that the "weeks, not months" comment, the "we'll be greeted like heroes" comment, or the "last throes" comment?— Talking point sleuth - Waterboarding works. If OBAMA had refused to use anything that came from waterboarding Bin Laden would still be alive. I hope he has to answer for this next election.— rgreen72
- That mission- The overthrow of Saddam WAS accomplished. Bush himself even said there was going to be a lot more work to be done although guys like Will pass on that. Unlike Will I think everyone is going to praise Obama for this and not take political shots especially when Obama himself praised and thanked Bush in his speech!! Did ya hear that Willy Boy??? Despite the folks like Will we ALL had a victory and it was really the troops on the ground as it always is that deserve all the credit!!!— sarah89
- Way to mention that the courier that was used in this operation was found in 2007 under the Bush administration. Way too selectively use the facts Bunch.— dontlikedems
- What about Osama's right to a civilian trial? Was he even asked if he would prefer Gitmo? Was he read his miranda rights? Why was he treated differently than Khalid Shiek Muhammad?
It seems to me that Osama's rights were clearly violated when US forces stormed his house in another sovereign country and killed him. This is an outrage. I demand to know who took over Bunch's blog. That has to be the only reason Bunch isn't bringing these travesties in justice to light.
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- So how do you propose to pay for the last 8 years of war. More smoke-and-mirrors "tax cuts?"— Geoff S
- 4000 US dead to kill how many of their leadership? It's like the invasion of Tarawa. I can't rejoice when the cost of victory is so high.— Geoff S
- Obama got Osama!! Case closed— mtairy1
- I guess waterboarding works. That is how they got the information.— rgreen72
- I guess waterboarding works. That is how they got the information.— rgreen72
- TPS>> Here's another suggestion: put the impaled head at Ground Zero; the entrails in Shwenksville and the organ awaiting his perceived harem of virgins at the Pentagon!— lefty
- Looks like the Empty Suit is learning. Early on his orders nearly got American sailors killed off of Somalia. Now he finally understands that sometimes 'shoot first' is justifiable. Apologizing with a plane full of improperly formatted DVDs isn't leadership.— 2ndNlong
- Three years after the Obamma administration implemented a plan to track down Bin Laden, he's dead. When Obamma came in, his team said that when they looked at the "Bush strategy", they determined that there was no plan. 8 years of Bush and the Republicans doing nothing cost many american lives. It's great to see that this government still can be effective with some real leadership.— MikeP
- What leadership?...the man dithers at every foreign policy decision he has to make and has there not been many lives still lost under Obama in Afghanistan? — camtheman
- I think we all need to take a step back from the partisan B.S. for a while and be thankful Americans today. Thank you President Obama, thank you President Bush for finally catching this guy. It is a great day for Americans! Al Zwahiri's next!— Ronald Reagan
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— rysagr: Posted 1:37 AM, 05/02/2011
i'm sure every left wing outlet is letting bho off the hook on gas prices. the sun also comes up in the east there's another news flash
— rysagr: Posted 1:56 AM, 05/02/2011
find me one
— rysagr: Posted 1:57 AM, 05/02/2011
just one
— Google It: http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/09/bushed.html
— rysagr: Posted 2:06 AM, 05/02/2011
the same newsweek that sold for a buck that newsweek, who is the democratic politician? just one fool
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Best bob-and-weave in the history of Attytood.
— Talking point sleuth - so tps which dem pol in 2008 absolved bush of blame for high gas prices. — rysagr
- ]]]=== mick...it was put up by the carrier commander...bush didn't declare it. and you and will know it. ===[[[
Too funny.
Bush was so incompetent that he didn't even know that he was standing in front of the "mission accomplished" banner when he gave a speech, or didn't realize that he had the authority to have it removed because mission was still far from "accomplished."
It really is amazing how far Attytood Republican toadies will go to absolve Republicans politicians of responsibility for their actions.— Talking point sleuth - lefty - i'm sure putting Bin Laden's head on a pole at Ground Zero would give you some medieval satisfaction, but it would also ignite jihadist passions more than ever. Bin Laden's death at the hands of the US, while a good thing, now paints him as a martyr in the eyes of some Muslims. No mission is accomplished with this death, just the end of a chapter. What is the "mission" exactly, anyway?— jbhess
- ]]]=== On a day when all Americans should be coming together to celebrate the capture and death of Bin Laden, only a pea brained "journalist" (will Bunch) would use this moment to deepen the divide between one another and continue his attack... ===[[[
I'd say that post qualifies as "ironic."— Talking point sleuth - ]]]=== instead of putting his decapitated head on a pole ===[[[
How do you decapitate a head?— Talking point sleuth - with a knife — rysagr
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- Umm, are you really this daft, or have you not seen some of the comments on this site and on others, where, let's be honest here, dyed-in-the-wool racists refuse to give credit to our president for this significant achievement? Hmmm, I wonder why that is? — wb2nd
- Mission Accomplished.— BillHicksLives!
- "Actually, its revenge." . . . . RG, maybe everything else about the "War on Terror" could be considered 'revenge' (an irrational and often disporportional response to a perceived wrong), but the killing of bin Laden is pure sweet justice.— montani semper liberi
- What will our p.c. govt do with the slime's body? Just wait and see.If it hasn't yet done so, it'll dump it at sea, instead of putting his decapitated head on a pole and planting it at Ground zero!— lefty
- "I don't really think about him very much. I'm not that concerned" (Bush) "we've never made the case or argued the case that Osama bin Laden was directly involved in 9/11." (Cheney) "It's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person." (Romney) "Yes We Can" (Obama)
— montani semper liberi - I'm not a big fan of President Obama - but I must say "Thank you" for having the spine to pull the trigger. I'm proud of you, the military and the civilians who assisted this mission. God Bless America.— michael_b
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- Do you have a cite for this? If so, please share it with the rest of us. And even if what you say is true, Bush apparently didn't order it taken down, did he? Anyhoo...OBAMA 2012! — wb2nd
- No mistaking the vst difference in style. George Bush dressing up as Tom Cruise to brag about his fictional accomplishment, and Obama, presidentially, stating a fact. How refreshing to have an adult in the office of president, doing what neither Bush nor his prime minister, Cheney could (or would) do. Governing over politics, that's the difference.— Robert Capuzzi
- I have disagreed with most of President Obama's approach to foreign policy (insulting our allies and supporting our adversaries), but in this case I have to give him credit. President Obama made the wise choice of keeping the detention center at Guantanamo open, and using the intelligence gathered from the detainees there, to eventually track down Osama. Kudos for resisting the immense pressure from his political base to free the detainees and shutter the intelligence gathering operation.— Mr. Smith
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- I predict we will now have a new crowd of wingnuts, this one calling themselves "Deathers" and asking, "where is the death certificate?" in disbelief.— js5180
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- 8 years ago, Daryl Worley was already singing "Have You Forgotten". Thank you President Obama for finally seeing justice done. Bring our children home now.— montani semper liberi
- I agree with Will that it's a good day for America and I think we can all take a couple of days to come together and be proud to be Americans. I don't agree that it's "Mission Accomplished". We had better not celebrate until we cross the goal line.— tr88
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- Let's give the Resident another Peace Prize!— gxel
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- @lifecoach-What did that banner read on that aircraft carrier?— mick-of-the-moment
- I think Obama should land on an aircraft carrier in a flight suit with a mission accomplished sign. Oh that's right this president is not an insecure ego maniac whose trying to one up his father. It is amazing how the supposed tough guys Dick and W were unable to make this happen but Barack is. Hey Dick, NOW the insurgency is "in its final throes."— mick-of-the-moment
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- The raid to kill Osama Bin Laden may have cut short President Obama’s Sunday golf.
The president left the White House to play golf at 9:42 am, arriving at the Andrews Air Force Base course about 25 minutes later, according to the press pool report. He then ended his game after nine holes at 1:39 pm and made it back to the White House at 2:04 pm, about two hours before the attack on Bin Laden appears to have occurred.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/05/01/obama-golfs-weekend-row/
— Fisher - Look at that....Bunch went and tried to make it political. Always divisive bunch.— Captain Terrific
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- Waiting for Comrade Noodlehead's next post: Bin Laden was killed because he had the original of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate.— mick-of-the-moment
- It should be noted that Obama was on the golf course for the 66th time in his presidency, and finished out 9 holes, when he got word that the military had found him.— Comrade Noodlehead
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- Glad we have a president who is actually "thinking" about Bin Laden, unlike the ADD dry drunk before him who gets two wars started before finishing the job with the first.— mick-of-the-moment
- My condolences to Sean Penn.— Disco Dave
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- End of Bin Laden...Done the "old fashion way". Actionable intelligence, followed by "boots kicking in doors". I believe the World to be a better place today...Let us all hope the rest of the World agrees with me...— TomTheCork
I'll put politics aside, even though Will could not, and praise our forces, President Obama, and the entire national security team for a job well done. I'm glad he was killed by US forces. This was a big one. Congratualtions.— jmc- My condolences to his camel.— Disco Dave
- Angry Al, it took almost 20 yrs to catch the UNABOMBER and he was in our country . Read a book and get some real perspective and history Bro. You too Will Bunch— tremo12
- My politcal feelings aside, I have to give big props to the President Obama administration for continuing to follow through on George W's promise to capture Bin Laden.— Repubrebirth
- Ever hear the expression, "Justice delayed is justice denied?" Almost 10 years since September 11, 2001? This is EMBARRASSING! Real justice has been denied in this case. I would think people would want to observe this moment as QUIETLY as possible. We're supposed to have the world's best fighting force and covert operations and we couldn't locate ONE MAN in almost a decade?? No one should be high-fiving or pounding their chests over this one!— ANGRY AL 2
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- First of all, there weren't 45,000 fans left in the ballpark in the 9th inning. Secondly, to write that everyone was chanting is inaccurate.— Freedom Fries
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- I don't think it's accurate to write that "more than 45,000 fans at sold out Citizens Bank Park began spontaneously chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A".— Freedom Fries
- I was there and it is a fairly accurate statement - as the news spread more and more joined the chant. — bird11
- i heard it listening to the game t mac and gary were talking about it — rysagr
- google you might want to google ghwb's approval rating march 1991 before you proclaim anything in 2012. 4 dollar gas and he is toast.— rysagr
- Most smart Americans know the President doesn't and can't control gas prices. What a gas bag you are. — Google It
- No, but they can see his destructive moratorium on offshore drilling and his endorsement for Brazilian drilling has not helped domestic production. Oh, and his non-leadership and dithering on mideast turmoil hasn't helped either. You can't be that dumb that you can't (or won't ) accept his portion of blame for it. — camtheman
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- A Fact that is mentioned in nearly every news report on TV, Radio and news paper (except Fox and right wing talk garbage radio). You're comment is so stupid, it's Trumpian. — Google It
- i'm sure every left wing outlet is letting bho off the hook on gas prices. the sun also comes up in the east there's another news flash — rysagr
- tell u what google find me any quotes from democrats summer 08 saying gas prices were not bushs fault. should be easy for someone with a name like google it — rysagr
- The US Voters last election wanted Repiglicans back in control of congress. The voters have spoken. That's how the USA works. So stop crying about $4 a gallon gas. Keep voting that way and you ain't seen nothing yet! — Kolitz
- What a lazy moron. Do your own homework; you'll find that the news reports then also stated that the President can't do anything about gas prices. Should be easy with a moronic moniker (it's a real word - Google that!) like rysagr. — Google It
- find me one — rysagr
- http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/09/bushed.html
Just shut up and go to bed child.— Google It - the same newsweek that sold for a buck that newsweek, who is the democratic politician? just one fool — rysagr
- Maybe I am stupid as you for not realizing soon how much you emphasize what a moron you are with every hit of the "Enter" key ... how do you even manage to figure out how to breathe? — Google It
- just one democrat politician just one fool — rysagr
- fool — rysagr
- just one — rysagr
- really and there are statements from you in 2008 verifying that — rysagr
- ???!!! Stop drinking and go to bed. — Google It
- I really wish we could have captured bin Laden and given him a fair civilian trial here where he committed the crime..............what am I saying I am glad the motherf__ker is dead!!!! Great job by our troops!!!!!!! God Bless America— bird11
- “The more I hear the more Obama seems very close to this over the last few months: in weekly meetings, deeply involved in five national security meetings recently. This was not a lucky break. This was the end-point of several weeks of coordination. And Obama's cool throughout. As Donald Trump was birthering out, Obama was aiming right at this country's deadliest enemy. Everyone in both the Bush and the Obama administration who helped make this happen deserve our thanks, especially the unsung federal employees in the CIA and the special forces who are loyal to no party but to the constitution. But it remains obvious that the president who kills Osama bin Laden is a president who is going to be almost impossible to beat in 2012.” – Andrew Sullivan, getting it right.— Google It
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- The man, like him or not is The President OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR ARMED FORCES and acted as a PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES should. BRINGING A DEADLY ENEMY OF THE USA, OF IT'S INTERESTS AND THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY DOOOOOWN!!
I don't give a DAMN if people like him or not but I will ask for respect for the OFFICE OBAMA HOLDS.— Kolitz - lol — rysagr
- taxmancometh, President Obama in this instance is not "any politician", but the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Without his leadership, determination and yes, his order, Osama bin Laden would be breathing this morning. — CWAmember
Time to come home now and get out of these territories. Perfect oppurtunity to pack up and leave Afghansitan now. Don't want to hang around like we did in Iraq after Saddam- Comment removed.
- Nice partisan spin, Shill.— Thoughtful&concernedvoter
- I may not like the job Bush did, but this started under him and was seen through. It does show the resolve of America.— HandNik
- Definitely not ended by him because he was too busy chasing after WMD in Iraq. Don Quixote style. — Kolitz
- Actually, this started with information gleaned from Guantanamo - in 2007. With the name of the courier, the intelligence community worked through to yesterday. Had Guantanamo been shut as the Democrats wanted, this kill would have never happened. — dminnich
Thank You President Obama and our troops!!! 4 MORE YEARS - BANK IT!— Herbert2- Comment removed.
- Are you denying that this is a really big win for Obama? I mean, seriously? Talk about stupid. — wb2nd
- it is a win it just doesn't mean anything in 2012 unless the economy improves. — rysagr
- "Justice." Actually, its revenge. Thats ok, we're human, not robots, after all. And that f--ker deserved it.— RG
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