Allen West Calls Out Obama: ‘Stop With the Osama Bin Laden Line’
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Rep. Allen West on Friday said President Barack Obama needs to stop touting the death of Osama bin Laden, saying it was Navy SEALs — not the president — who killed him.
“Please stop with the Osama Bin Laden line, US Navy SEALS double-tapped that rascal,” the Florida Republican wrote in a post on his Facebook page.
Obama frequently references Bin Laden’s death during speeches, including in the opening moments of his State of the Union address and when he shot back with “Ask Osama bin Laden” when asked during a news conference about his perceived timid foreign policy.
In the same post, West also slammed Obama after he said in an interview with The Atlantic he doesn’t “bluff” when it comes to preventing a nuclear Iran.
“I agree with President Obama that he does not bluff, he prefers apologizing,” West said.
Earlier this week, West blasted Obama’s recent apology over the reported Koran burnings on a U.S. base in Afghanistan.
“Simply stated, talk is cheap when dealing with despots, dictators, autocrats, and theocrats,” West wrote Friday. “[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu understands his neighborhood and we should defer to a former Israeli Commando on matters such as this instead of a community organizer.”
He continued, “I appreciate President Obama’s desire to seem tough but so far it has only resulted in the expansion of radical Islamist dominance in the Middle East.”
(h/t Huffington Post)




















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CLG 4
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:52pmThe problems of america will not be fixed with one upmanship. The winds of war are all about us and no one is listening, not even the democrat party. Why did Japan attack america.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:50pmWest gets play here for the same reason Herman Cain used to get it. Some folks on the right positively lust after a black presidential candidate to prove they’re not racist.
Report Post »constitutionaldirective
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:32pmI spent most of the morning trying to figure out why you moonbats are trolling the Blaze so hard lately..
YOU’RE BUSTED.. you were SENT HERE by your ELITIST MASTERS.. and even told so much as to play the race card.. it’s in nearly every single liberal troll post made in the past two days..
Not only is it what got me wondering, it’s what exposes you..
FOLKS: What you see above is an ORCHESTRATED MOONBAT ATTACK on the BLAZE..
DRAKO: You and your ilk have been exposed.. go back to HuffPo and get a new game plan.. tHE RACE CARD GUN IS OUT OF BULLETS!! YOU’VE BEEN DISCOVERED, MEASURED AND FOUND TO BE TROLLS!
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 7:03pmYou should check your lithium level.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 10:47amHa ha not a chance. Having too much fun here!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 5, 2012 at 4:40amLLOYD DRAKO we really long for the days when commies in this country were put in prison. Or hung as traders & spies …..
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:48pmGod bless him, Col West is 100% American.
something that rabid animal obama can never claim to be.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:57pm100% American? He voted for NDAA… He really boiled my blood with his vote. I dont know who got to him, but he was wrong about NDAA…Just as wrong as that jughead that signed it.
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:21pmWhen the ACLU tells Americans to vote against something, it would be wise to vote for it instead.
Those of you who complain Col West voted for NDAA, realize the ACLU loves YOU.
We NEED West. NOW.
Report Post »1Randfan
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:06pmPresident Obama has diminished the reputation of the presidential office by his own actions. We do not need to resort to name calling and further diminish that good and honorable office. I agree with your disappointment in our current President. I hope we all have the opportunity to go vote in November and Voice our disappointment.
You are absolutely right about Allen West, he is a great American!
Report Post »Nevermind
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:48pmloveliberty83
Why didn”t Obama give the order to take him prisoner instead of killing this sick old man. We all the Seals couls have done this if they were told to . He had answers to a lot of things Obama is a coward
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Same reason Bush had a cooler sent over to the war zone and wanted Bin Ladens head. Bin Laden ordered the killing of 3,000 Americans and for that he doenst deserve to be captured. Look at the KSM mess and you really think Bin LAden would be put on trial? He signed his death certificate on 09/11/2001 and Obama carried out the order.
You know , Bin Laden didnt fly the planes into the towers himself yet he is always refered to as killing 3,000 people. He gave the order and get got the credit. Same as Obama, he didnt pull the trigger but he gave the order .
I cant think of 1 patriotic American who wanted this POS Bin LAden breathing air for one more second and judging by the reactions that night most patriotic Americans were happy wiht his death . Only the hacks on the right had issue with it. Had it been on Bush’s watch you can bet the GOP would stilll be dancing in the streets and pulled out their “ mission accomplished ”banner on more time.
loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:57pmkilling him so quickly was too good for him, you are absolutely right he was a horrible person , I would have rather had him die a slow painful death thanks for your reply
Report Post »MemphisViking
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:24pmI saw a report from someone close to the situation that said Obama didn’t even have the stones to make the call himself and passed the buck to Panetta.
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:57pmWashington DC has become Hollywood East. Politics is Hollywood for ugly people. The Osama strory is all a fabricated hoax created by the obama boy & his cronies to pump him up.
Government insiders know for fact that Osam Bin Laden has been dead for 10 years plus. Why no photo of the body, why did my contacts on the Carl Vinson tell me that NO ONE was allowed to uncover the body of whoever they had brought in on that chopper? Why did SEAL team 6 get shot down all crammed onto a CH-46 Chinook? To kill all that were in on the false hit of a terrorist that’s been dead for 10 years.
It’s all scripted BS coming from the government. They’re all playing games with peoples lives for their self gain. Obama couldn’t command a Girl Scout troop trying to catch a bunny rabbit.
Obama is engaging in more Chicago style mafioso crimes each & every day (in our faces) to try and fool the fools that fall for this crap. He is nothing more than a muslim/communist operative engaging in the destruction of America that needs continued exposure until someone has the balls to arrest him and his commrades. Its comming soon.
NDAA, FEMA Camps, Fedralizing of the police forces, DHS, TSA, UN intrusion, Agenda 21, Smart meters, passing bills to stop protests, SOPA law proposals, Google saying they can monitor your web activity, the firing of Judge Napolitano, Pat Buchannan, attempts to shut down FOX. Obama is a commie operative, read between the lines folks. We can’t do another 4 years of t
Report Post »sealwifenyc
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 3:58pmMEANS2RESIST-Oh sweety, you don’t know what you are talking about. There are pictures of his death taken by SEALs, they just were not released to the public, due to the chances of retaliation, as in what is happening now from the koran burning. Team 6, is much larger than you think, they were not all shot down, some of them were, yes but a few and the teams have closer to 100 then to 10. They pick and choose SEALs based on expertise/need/experience to carry out a mission. Its not the same people together on every mission, so no doubt the guys who killed Bin Laden are still alive, they would most likely be out of country. My husband is a SEAL, so yes I have knowledge on the sitation, albeit limited due to classification but I can tell you with sincerity that is the case. If you don’t believe me, ask him when he gets back from some awful country doing something most people can’t fathom.
Report Post »Mein_Land
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:47pm@DESERTROSE1960
A leader give praise and credit to those he leads for doing what is right and just despite what roll that leader has.
A leader takes all the blame when a wrong or injustice has been done by those he leads.
What I am saying is that Obama is not a leader. The America people need a leader not a self righteous pompus hypocrite.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:04pmYour key point here is LEADER – obama is NOT and he will never be- the worst of the worst makes carter look like a hero
Report Post »MEANS2RESIST
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 9:35pmSEALWIFE…understood, but I have a hard time believing anything coming from the ofraudo administration. I have nothing but love for the SEAL teams and other branches as I myself had a lengthy military career, but from the people I have talked with, I personally want to see further proof of the killing of Bin Laden last year. Maybe when this entire op in the stan is over, people like your husband can offer up some solid intel on the elimination of that basta*d.
It chaps my a z z to see this liar in chief apologizing to the world when our men & women are putting themselves in peril everyday as we are fighting a war. They say, “oh we don‘t don’t want to upset our enemy now do we?” Our Marines, Sailors/SEALs & Army troopers can handle themselves and for ozero & Hilary beating their chests claiming to have been a part of the hard work by your husbands team & the likes for political reasons, infuriates me to no end…….Semper Fi….M2R
Report Post »Truthmonster
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:47pmAllen West is a great man who more blacks should listen to.His words ring true. He has figured out why liberals want to keep them down. Liberals provide an existance which creates baby factories, since the 50′s black Fatherless children have grown to 70% of all births. Liberals have destroyed the black family which used to be the backbone of their culture. Here is a free life just vote for us. Lose all ambition lose hope just vote for us. I am a Native American and I know of what I speak.
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:47pmif obummer was behind the MURDER of Osama bin Laden then he boasts of murder.. even though osama bin laden was a murderer he STILL had a right to a TRIAL or do process of the Law. murder is murder no matter the reason or motive..
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:46pmIsn’t this another case of “It’s not hard to win a hand if you were dealt 4 aces.”
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:43pm“I agree with President Obama that he does not bluff, he prefers apologizing.”
Apologies were entirely in order. It does not matter whether Karzai or anyone else apologizes for the retaliatory deaths of Americans–which are ongoing in a war situation anyway.
If and when Obama does take military action against Iran’s nuclear program, I’m sure you all will accuse him of doing it to win votes. You are so predictable.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:51pmObama and this administration NEVER will..nor will a Paul administration…
now maybe we shouldn’t regardless of the president…but when Israel does…we should protect and back their play against all nations…including Russia and China…and as soon as Tehran tries to send a nuke skyward…we turn the entire country into a sheet of glass….
Report Post »rockmanlinux
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:51pmNo apology necessary. Whatever!
Report Post »loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:52pmthis man would not be making the decisions he only does what the millionaires like Sorros tell him what to do-do you know the South American oil loan went to George Sorros to drill there
Report Post »REPUB1
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:53pm“all will accuse him of doing it to win votes” is there any other answer????? he had done NOTHING for the PEOPLE of this Country for 3 1/2 yrs and now he doing good things ?????? BULL and HE is FULL of it. and you also.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:57pmNo, apologies were not in order. The books weren’t publicly burned as some kind of show of distaste for islam. They were burned along with the rest of the trash because they were being used to smuggle contraband in to prisoners. They weren’t even functioning books anymore. The pages were fixed together with adhesive and compartments were hollowed out. Just like you see in the old cheesy prison break movies.
Nobody even knew it happened UNTIL the apologies started. The violence was a reaction to the apologies, the apologies were not a reaction to the violence.
Report Post »1Sonofliberty
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:30pmThe only acceptable apology would be “Sorry we have to kill all of you freedom hating, innocent murdering, Sharia law imposing, jihadist bastards just to protect ourselves and our children”.
Report Post »Michael61
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:47pmDestroying defaced Korans by burning was absolutely correct. That’s what Muslim clerics do in the same situation. Look it up.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:39pm..a little dic….
Report Post »loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:38pmWhy didn”t Obama give the order to take him prisoner instead of killing this sick old man. We all the Seals couls have done this if they were told to . He had answers to a lot of things Obama is a coward
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:51pmGood question. Could it be because Osama Bin Laden knew things about Obama that Obama did not want to be know?
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:30pmWas it really Bin Laden? We will never know. We have to take his word for it. I, for one, was not convinced. Am still not. Can we believe him? What does his track record say? No, he is a liar. I can believe nothing a liar says, once he has proven himself as such. Can you? Only if you are a fool.
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:38pmI must agree. He’s all talk and no walk. Look at his voting record not his rhetoric. The guys a progressive liberal based on his record but, there are plenty of fools here that would polish his knob if offered.
Report Post »SoundStride
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:37pmIts nice to see a black politician that doesn’t preach how great the “Democrat Vote Farm” is.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:53pmnice to hear a 100% AMERICAN Black veteran calling out that rabid animal obama for what he is.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:36pmThe iron curtain came down during George H.W. Bush’s presidency. He doesn’t try to take credit for the work his predecessor did. Too bad Obama doesn’t have as much class.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:55pmhairy head- Bush wasn’t responsible so why should he take credit. Obama on the other hand did kill Osama Bin Laden
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:03pmWho did the heavy lifting to get there Ledhead? W. You know it and it hurts. :-)
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:09pm@PINHEAD did you serve in the military I doupt it. just run your liberal mouth is all you can do and carry the obama lies
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:10pmSolidarity in Poland, Gorbachev – you know
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:17pmajax- I’m sorry, lol
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:36pmTHE_JERK has been frothing at its’ keyboard this morning. Stay tuned for more lunacy. It is as creative a use of facts by this loon as are the fables and tales of the Grimm Brothers.
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:36pmWhen that is the ONLY highpoint of your administration you tend to talk about it until people are sick of hearing you. Ever listen to a war veteran talk (no offense to war veterans)?
Report Post »Espada
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:04pmMen who have really been in combat don’t run their mouths about it, except anecdotally to another combat veteran friend, and that, seldom. You are really offensive, and apparently have been listening to wannabe Rambos who never got their boots muddy.
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:35pmObama happened to be sitting in the Oval Office when our military finally caught up with Bin Laden. It was dumb luck on Obama’s part. Not intelligence. Not courage. Not anything else. West stated the obvious. Others need to expand upon it.
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:44pmI disagree on one point. It was intelligence that took him down. Just not Obie’s intelligence. Intelligence put in place by GW and Cheney.
Let’s get to the point. Obama is a clown. Never done a thing in any profession he has held. And it is obvious. Knowing that, does anyone really believe he had anything to do with the death of Osama bin Laden?
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:50pmYou are right, of course. That is what I meant to say. Not any intelligence credited to Obama.
Report Post »Izzy2626
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:06pmObamas role in Bin Ladens death
Mr president we can get him
…………………okey dokey
Report Post »No courage there. To do anything but say ok would have been politcal suicide once it got out
Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:22pm@Huey
Report Post »Damn it, you apologize- amd I mean NOW! I got friends that are clowns!
1Sonofliberty
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:45pm@Izzy….Crack me up!
Report Post »MemphisViking
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:29pmIzzy, that‘s what I’ve been saying since it happened. Even Obama couldn’t get elected dogcatcher if word got out that he let bin Laden get away.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:34pmhe wrote this on farce book? that will teach him, lol
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:13pmPINHEAD what have you done in your life for this country- other than spread your liberal garbage
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:30pmpaid taxes, just like you
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:37pmYep Just what I figured out of a liberal you would think thats serving — millions would disagree with you.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 2:41pm@AJAYW – He voted for Obama – Do you want anything more?
Report Post »loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:33pmI am also wondering why Obama gave the order to kill him-you as a military man know the Seals could have taken him as a prisoner, I find this cowardly by him-osama was dying from kidney failure. We could have gotten answers The Seals follow orders they are American heros . That you for your service
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:40pmCan you imagine the ACLU wet dream it would be to try and free Bin-Laden. Also, every terrorist in the world would have attacked us or allies to try and free him. He was of no worth as far as intelligence. The only good decision Obama has made.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:52pmthe US Military spent 16 HOURS waiting in the window of opportunity, as obama DELIBRATELY stalled giving the order to go after UBL, obama was hoping his muslim buttbuddy UBL would escape ….. before his communist WH staff pointed out it would be a PR Plus for him if the CIA & USN SEALs got UBL.
obama did nothing but STALL FOR 16 HOURS, and hoped UBL would get away.
Report Post »sealwifenyc
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 4:10pmNo reason to deal with the logistical nightmare of keeping him alive, the intelligence he could have provided would have been redundant as everything important was collected from the compound.
Report Post »Nevermind
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:32pmAnyone who served, including Alleen West, should have an understanding of that Chain of Command. President Obama is the commander in chief and the milatry acts on his orders. So while Obama didnt pull the trigger himself he did order the killing of Bin Laden and those orders were carried out by the SEAL’s . The commander in chief is responsable for any good or bad that happens on his watch, and since this occured on his watch he gets the credit, If it happened on President Bush’s watch he would get the credit.
Before you all start with the tired line of ” He only acted on information gained by Bush’s methods” it has been disporven and if the information was obtained during the previous administration they failed to act on it but they truth is that this was Obama’s and he gets the credit as he should.
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:35pm@Nevermind
WELL SAID!!
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:38pmSo why did the O want to wait and commanders in the field overrode the decision?
Report Post »loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:44pmso he odered the murder of a wanted man instead of taking him prisoner-this is a coward,the Seals could have taken him as you know they are great, this old man had to have dialysis to survive he was no match for our best, so much info gone with him for all we know he may have already been almost dead, something is not right & I smell a political stink
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:44pmThose of us who have served also realize that even lazy-@ss, idiotic blowhards get credit for hard work someone else did.
Report Post »loveliberty83
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:47pmexactly coward should have taken the sick old man prisoner God Bless our military
Report Post »AxelPhantom
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:05pmAccording to the liberals, the economy didn’t belong to Obama for the first year and a half because of “the Bush effect”. The increase in both the size and salaries of government workers in ’09 wasn’t Obama’s fault, it was again “the Bush Effect”.
But somehow he takes credit for the eradication of Bin Laden even though it was achieved with information (obtained from KSM) and organization put in place under Bush and all he had to do was sit back and say “go for it”?
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:30pmIf West could only double-tap Obama in the mouth with his fist….
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:33pmthat “community organizer” line was superb. Col. West is a titan among conservatives.
Report Post »Psytoxic
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:28pmI really like this guy.
Report Post »Intense66
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:36pmMe too!
Report Post »mernijo
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:27pmAllen West sure has that right!
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:27pmSomeone needs to remind Mr. West of Florida that he was responsible for actions that embarrassed the nation and caused then President Bush to have to apologize for the misconduct of his military in treating prisoners. Mr. Bush didn’t torture those prisoners, but he had to answer for it. I wonder, does Mr. West regret having become a recruiting tool for the enemy? His rash and unethical actions were great for gathering more terrorists.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:33pm“Rash and Unethical actions??” YOU ARE an IDIOT!!! He saved American lives with his actions!!! Go tell how you feel to the captured then liberated American soldiers that had their lives SAVED by LtCol West’s actions!!!! It’s nice to throw pathetic “bombs” when you’re an armchair quarterback!!
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:34pmCol. West you dumb liberal fool.
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:39pmmuslims don’t need west or anyone else to give them a reason to be terrorist…………. there religion demands it………
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:40pmLOL…very good TOKYOROSE…Col. West is repsonsible for recruitment into terror groups. That’s like a rapist saying…“I did it because she was dressed provocatively”. Ok TOKYOROSE I’ll call your bluff tulip….name me just one…just one policy solely attributable to Barack Obama which was implmented and led to the killing of OBL. Just one sweetie..I don’t want to overburden that liberal talking point-soaked organ you have lodged in your skull.
Report Post »USACommoner
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:40pmI‘m sure the good Colonel didn’t himself torture any prisoners, either. Your point is…?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:54pmDebbie Wasserman-Schultz… IS THAT YOU??
I read a few previous comments of your’s regarding LTC Allen West…
Hmmmmm. so you are a believer that our Military is “on the dole” or just West?
Report Post »queston
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:25pmJump in the race, Allen!
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:34pmHe is actually right where he needs to be. He is doing wonders with Debbie Hyphenated’s blood pressure just fine :)
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:37pmSure, and pigs fly and salmon live in trees and eat pencils…
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