Navy SEALs Unload on Obama Over Politicizing bin Laden Raid: ‘A No Brainer’
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This post originally appeared on Business Insider by Brett LoGiurato.
It’s been a year to the day since President Obama announced the heroic mission of the Navy SEAL Team Six that killed Osama bin Laden. But Navy SEALs aren’t taking too kindly to Obama reminding everyone about it in the past few days.
Surprise, surprise: Today is all about politics.
Current serving and ex-Navy SEALs spoke with The Daily Mail for a story published last night, and boy did they have a lot to say. A sampling: Some said the mission was a no-brainer for any president. Some accused Obama of taking credit for their work. Some said it was an attempt to use them as “ammunition” for his re-election campaign.
Here’s Ryan Zinke, a former 23-year SEAL that is now a Republican state Senator from Montana:
“The decision was a no brainer. I applaud him for making it but I would not overly pat myself on the back for making the right call. I think every president would have done the same. He is justified in saying it was his decision but the preparation, the sacrifice — it was a broader team effort.”
For someone not currently engulfed in politics on the other side, let’s go to Clint Bruce, who “gave up the chance of an NFL career to serve as a SEAL officer,” according to the Mail:
“We were extremely surprised and discouraged by the publicity because it compromises the ability of those guys to operate. It’s a waste of time to speculate about who would and wouldn’t have made that decision. It was a symphony of opportunity and intelligence that allowed this administration to give the green light. We want to acknowledge that they made that decision.
“Politicians should let the public know where they stand on national security but not in the play-by-play, detailed way that has been done recently. The intricacies of national security should not become part of stump speeches.”
The debate continues to rage over Obama’s campaign ad, in which Bill Clinton voices over the narrative that Obama made the tough decision that led to the death of the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
Here is the mistake Obama made, though, which makes it so controversial and ripe for attack: The speculation over whether Mitt Romney would have made the same call.
It’s a delicate balance: On one hand, Romney is on record saying that it was not “worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person.” On the other, how much credit does a politician — even a President — get for the operation?
Romney, for his part, said yesterday that “any thinking American” would have ordered the killing. Today, he issued a statement:
“Today marks the one year anniversary of the mission that brought Osama bin Laden to justice. That mission was the culmination of nearly a decade of hard work and sacrifice by our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. I commend all those who planned and conducted the bin Laden raid, and I applaud President Obama for giving the go ahead for the mission.
Expect this political back-and-forth to continue as part of the foreign policy debate up through the final days leading up to the election.
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Comments (228)
AJAYW
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:07amobama doesn’t have the courage of those that did the job. Just a loud mouth braggard trying to take credit for what others did. No leadership shown by him. Anyone would have made the call to get him. Only a few answered the call and got it done— it dam sure wasn’t him that got it Done!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:23amThat‘s Obama’s opposite version of the Blame Game: the ” I Take Credit For Anything That Goes Well – that is when the buck stops with me Game ” Little boys playing games…
Report Post »NCREPUB
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:58amThey had to go call the president off the golf course and get him into that Situation Room an hour and a half before the attack so he was there for the photo-op. And if you’ll notice, if you’ve seen the picture of Obama looking with the deer-in-the-headlight eyes at the monitor supposedly of the op taking place, you see a golf shirt under that jacket that they put on him.
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:03pmThis is embarrassing. For the president of the United States to behave this way pandering for votes using the mission of unbelievably brave and dedicated soldiers.. and then there’s the unbelievably childish,” Mitt Romney wouldn’t have done it.” Just when you think the bar can’t get any lower along comes Obama to prove you wrong..
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:15pmI doubt Obama has ever even mowed a lawn, or changed the oil in his car….. Has any high school sweetheart beside Larry Sinclair ever come forward ? Who is this guy ?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:20pmBut according to MONACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO who was quoting the propaganda film the Obama campaign commissioned….Obama even trained the pilots who flew the mission. How can these SEALs dare to diminish Obama’s role in the killing of Bin Laden? Have they no couth? Ingrates…
Report Post »fastfacts1
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:35pmOr is there more happening behind the scenes that we don’t see. Ever since seeing Rumors of War 3 I have been seeing things happen behind the scene than ever before.
If you missed Rumors of War 3 here it is: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2012/apr/rumors_of_war3.html
Report Post »echo47
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:50pmDoes anyone believe that if Obama were President when 9/11 happened, that OBL would be dead today. For that matter, would SH or any of the others be dead today. Think about that.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:06pmCome on folks, Obama and wife are like Clinton and Hillery – all lawyers and there is no such thing as guilty. Only thing I can say is that there wasn’t a suicide, No White Water, No travelgate, no Monica yet. Looks like the Obamas can hide things and keep secrets better.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:08pmyou will notice that Bush himself never took credit for any of the top AQI captured during his eight years, or when they captured Sadaam Hussein. The military got the credit.
It just shows you the character of Obama. It is funny how the left wing idiots over on the huffpo will gloat and brag about Obama killing OBL, but they have a hatred for our military.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:14pmO’bummer is an embarrassing opportunist usingt truth to fit his own agenda. Honorable, ethical people would never use the Bin Laden killing politically… Just Sayin!
About a year ago….
—————————————————————–
(( Cheney, Rumsfeld, other Bush officials claim credit for nabbing Bin Laden, talk up waterboarding
BY HELEN KENNEDY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, May 08, 2011
A parade of former Bush administration officials went on the Sunday political shows to talk up waterboarding and claim a measure of credit for bagging Osama Bin Laden.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said waterboarding – which the Obama administration nixed as torture – “probably” played a role in tracking down Bin Laden and should be brought back.
“It was a good program. It was legal program. It was not torture,” Cheney told Fox News Sunday. “I would strongly recommend we continue it.”…
…on Saturday, former Bush chief of staff Andrew Card criticized Obama’s visit to Ground Zero as grandstanding.
“I think he has pounded his chest a little too much,” Card told the German newspaper Der Spiegel. “He can take pride in it, but he does not need to show it so much.”
Card oversaw one of history’s worst-conceived presidential victory laps: when his boss donned a flight suit to jet to an aircraft carrier draped with a banner announcing “Mission Accomplished” in 2003, just five weeks into the Iraq war that still rages.))
LOL
Report Post »TEA
MONICNE
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:24pmWhat a freak! Always taking vacations and flying at Taxpayer expense to live it up with his peeps!
Report Post »———————————————————-
President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, landing on the one-year anniversary of the attack that killed Osama bin Laden and during a pivotal moment in U.S-Afghan relations, as the two countries look to define their military and economic ties beyond 2014.
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Guess he just loves Anniversaries!
LOL
TEA
MONICNE
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:45pmThe reason President George W. Bush never took credit for military accomplishments was, he was letting the Generals do whatever they pleased. He was passive and gave up his leadership responsibilities as the Civilian Commander In Chief under the United States Constitution.
It just never occurred to him that he had done anything difficult. Because he never had to.
He just needed to “Stay the Course,” keep the loyal citizenry in fear while adding Kellogg Brown & Root surge planners to the Debt Building speed dial. The Administration was persuaded to double Pentagon spending levels (mainly with off-budget tricks they are now blaming others for) in just five years!
TEA
Report Post »Jimw
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:52pmThe only hesitation or problem he had making the decision was that he was killing his hero and a fellow Muslim. I have Never and will Never consider him to be nothing more than an Occupier disgracing the White House!
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:55pmWent to a friends house the other day, they had two dogs… one was large and the other was a tiny lap dog….the large one was docile and loving, the tiny dog thought it was death incarnate…….why is this always so??…….It is the little pos dog that has all the attitude that it does not deserve to have…….Kind of like obammy.
Report Post »FJKIII
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 5:44pmNot only does he not have the courage, but as I understand the sequence of events, he debated this right up to the go/no-go decision point then Panetta jumped in. The man is a shame on every level. It’s so obviously a political play. It’s also obvious that he has take credit for events like this as he has nothing else to run on. Can’t wait till Nov. to cast my vote.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:14pmSo in short..MONACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO is comparing a 17 minute propganda film and a campaign ad both commissioned by the Obama capaign to a few former Bush administration members appearing on political commentary shows (where comments are expected…but not in MONACNE’s world apparently) and reminding everyone that it was AFTER Khalid Sheik Mohammed was waterboarded that he started singing like a canary and gave us the first evidence we had of the courier that led us to the compound in Abbottabad. The same courier was confirmed by KSM’s successor al-Libbi in 2006. This courier and his associates used aliases and nicknames which made them difficult to track. Eventually this was accomplished and Obama was dragged in off the golf course by Leon Panetta to say “yes” to the operation he handed off to Admiral McRaven (read: the fall guy should the operation go south).
Here’s what the Obama campaign ad politicizing the OBL killing says:
“Suppose [the SEAL team had] been captured or killed. The downside would have been horrible for [Obama]. But he reasoned: I cannot in good conscience do nothing.”- Yes..you read or heard that correctly. Obama‘s instinct was to be concerned about the political fallout that he potentially could suffer rather than the fact that he’s been presented with Bin Laden and what do with that.
In my next post I‘ll offer what Secretary Gates said about Obama and Bidens’ handling of the operation after it was made public that OBL was dead.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:29pmAfter the death of OBL at Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered that although the agreement between admin members on the bin Laden operation was to keep all aspects of the operation classified, those close to Obama, including Joe Plugs Biden, didn’t adhere to that agreement.
After the leaks went public, Gates said the following:
“Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden. That all fell apart on Monday, the next day.
We are very concerned about the security of our families – of your families and our troops, and also these elite units that are engaged in things like that. And without getting into any details… I would tell you that when I met with the team… they expressed a concern about that, and particularly with respect to their families. ”
A month later, Gates resigned. Tthree short months later in Eastern Afghanistan, a helicopter was shot down , killing 31 special ops troops, most of them from the SEALs unit that killed OBL.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:25pmMONICNE
It was a wet behind the ears senator with no military experience, and no foreign policy experience that told GEN Dave Petreaus that Iraq could not be won. Guess what? We won that one.
During the election, same wet behind the big ears senator claimed Iraq to be the wrong war at the wrong time, and Afghanistan to be the right war. Once elected, he sent the surge to Afghanistan to do nation building. Guess how that one is going? Unlike Bush, Obama does not have the left wing media on every night showcasing Cindy Shehand and code pink, or the body counts. Nation building aint going well in Afghanistan, and the same contractors are still making a buck. So how is your Obama any better? He hand picked Gen Stan Mchrystal to handle things, and when he did his press even with Rolling Stone, who did Obama call for? Yep, the same guy that won Iraq. Go figure.
The CIA under Bush and Chenney started the hunt for OBL, it was never called off. It took years to find him, and your Obama did nothing new or different to empower our special ops and CIA. He just happend to be at the helm when they did find him, and they about had to twist his arm off to get the OK to do the mission. Kind of like the shooting of somali pirates that the Navy did on their own, then Obama took credit for.
Report Post »oldguy99
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 8:49pmOOBBAAMMMAA had NO choice, his was a rubber stamp. The real credit goes to the 1000*s of nameless people Bush put in place. Hypothetical:: what would have happened if he said NO and word got out? Impeachment would have been the least of his worries.
Report Post »2WarAbnVet
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:40pmWe‘ve heard for a year now about Obama’s “gutsy” decision. The same decision that 80% of Americans picked at random from the phone book would have made. The Dems would have us believe he flew the helicopter into the compound and offed bin Laden single-handedly. Unfortunately we’ve all seen the famous photo of the White House Situation Room during the raid. Obama is the individual cowering against the wall.
Report Post »JackieLiz1228
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:17pmFor anyone old enough to remember, Obama is Eddie Haskell on Leave It To Beaver – only much less likeable. He has no honor, no shame, no conscience. The perfect description of a Sociopath.
Report Post »Arc
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:05amDam…. glad you guys finally defended your honor and courage. It never was in doubt here, just being used as a PHOTO OP and political chest thumping.
Your sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears are revered here. Air-Bone!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:57amWhen you are honorable and courages ..you don’t defend it.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 1:16pmI BELIEVE… Obama had a Policy in place to find OBL.. a Minion put an attack Plan in Place… a Minion found OBL… a Minion set the Hit as a Go… and a Minion called Obama on the Golf Course and told him to go to the WH for OBL was going to be Hit!
PROVE ME WRONG!
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:04amBy this time in a decade, the records will probably show Oblamer climbing the stairs, knocking on UBL door and asking for permission to enter, escorting the women out of harms way then killing Bin Laden.
Report Post »UDOUDI
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:03amAll you have to do is LOOK at the the faces on POTUS and Clinton in the “situation room” during the operation. President Obama’s look should remind you of just how far out of touch he is with the REAL WORLD of war fighting and it appears everything else.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:51pmAlso look at him sitting in the LITTLE chair in the corner,
Report Post »dressed like he’s still in high school. This guy is sooo
unpresidential its embaressing.
happ77
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:55pmLook at him sitting in the LITTLE chair in the corner,
Report Post »dressed like he’s still in high school. The look on his face
is like a deer in the headlights. He certainly doesn’t look like
someone in charge. He is so unpresidential its enbaressing.
happ77
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:56pmLook at him sitting in the LITTLE chair in the corner,
Report Post »dressed like he’s still in high school. The look on his face
is like a deer in the headlights. He certainly doesn’t look like
someone in charge. He is so unpresidential its embaressing.
wordweaver
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:56amI’m as disappointed with former President Clinton for participating in the ad as I am with Obama for making it. Clinton as much as anyone knows this decision was a no-brainer. To paint the picture of a President making a heart-rending and courageous decision on that particular event is really low. I was almost starting to like the guy lately – but Slick Willy lives.
Report Post »shiftingcargo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 7:10pmI continue to believe that Obama Lets Willy troll for babes in the halls of the White House in exchange for his endorsements. Quid pro quo, right Willy?
Report Post »GatorSkin
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:51amOblamer is a POS that has NOTHING at all to run on other than I killed Bin Laden, which he didn’t do either!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:09amYeah, there is the fact that he save teh US auto industry, that Romney is on the record saying he would have let it die.
You beckerheads are brainless in your kneejerk reactions. Bush gave up on Bin Laden only months after 9/11, Romney is on the record saying it wasn’t worth the money and Obama gave the order.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:21amENCIN: “ beckerheads”… your arrogance is only exceeded by your juvenile use of the English language.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:56amBin Laden was no threat what made him a threat is that the U.S. let his followers into the country with open arms. Just like are current problem why are the Muslim Brotherhood still allowed here to speak and plot against us. example Freakacon
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:10pmSure ENCINUM, Obama had to be dragged off the golf course and practically forced at gunpoint to even pose for the picture in the situation room. Hillary was going to get credit for it if he didn’t attend.. the cheapest shot yet is Obama taking credit for the brave acts of fearless warriors.. This president really is an embarrassment.. And I understand fully why you support him so rabidly.. One has no shame. The other has no brain. You figure out which is which..
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:25pmNo ENCIDIOT…Romney would have let GM go through the structured bankruptcy it still needs to go through. GM “paid back” it’s bailout with TARP money. It’s still not anywhere near the fiscal shape it should be in. Obama used tax payer money to save the UAW. Had the company gone through the structured bankruptcy GM would have had to tear up the union contracts and re-negotiate them…something the UAW didn’t want to see happen. By the way..the GM bailout is sill hugely unpopular. Nice try champ.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:37pmWhat’s being filtered out now is that Panetta had to drag Obama back off the golf course after “sleeping on it” for sixteen hours. Admiral McRaven did the work Obama should have been doing and the logistics and operational details were handled by subordinate officers.
Here‘s what this latest ad of Obama’s says…
“Suppose [the SEAL team had] been captured or killed. The downside would have been horrible for [Obama]. But then Obama supposedly reasons: I cannot in good conscience do nothing.” In other words…Obama was worried about the political fallout of a failed mission over the actual goals of the mission. He needn’t have worried…in the summer of 2011, 25 SEALs and aircrew were killed in a helicopter crash and the media didn’t point any fingers at him at all. Obama and Biden had spent a couple of weeks advertising SEAL Team 6 before hand.
Report Post »Here’s what Secretary Gates said about that:
“Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden. That all fell apart on Monday, the next day.
We are very concerned about the security of our families – of your families and our troops, and also these elite units that are engaged in things like that. And without getting into any details… I would tell you that when I met with the team… they expressed a concern about that, and particularly with respect to their families. “
raderby
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:57pmthis is for Encino Mike:
please leave now – put your keyboard away, or punch in MSNBC’s site. Leave us the EFF alone, ‘k?
Report Post »A…n….d….. I would have allowed GM to go bankrupt, re-org, and re-negotiate the contracts with unions that are killing them. Bin Laden? Nuke the ***** – and who fricking cares; that ********** is not worth the bullet, unless it split him in 2. At least think on this: Romney isn’t lying every time he opens his mouth – and, he is NOT a communist….. like you, Mike.
encinom
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:57pm@AvengerK
Idiot, there was NO ONE WILLING TO FINANCE A STRUCTURED BANKRUPTCY AT THE TIME. Even Romney’s vulture capitalist firm past, credit markets were dry. For GM at that time Bankruptcy would have meant a complete liquidation. Loss of pensions, loss of jobs and the loss of an American Industry. In Michigan, a swing state the GM bailout is seen for what it is and job saving move by the President.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 3:11pm@ encinom
As for saving jobs in Michigan sorry we are still losing jobs the only thing Obama did was extend the inevitable outcome unions eat their own and it will never change.
Report Post »freedoc
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:21pm@encinom
IF thats true, that no one would bail them out—or could afford too—–there is your answer: Because they knew it was a losing proposition. Instead lets hang the bill on the American public.
Or, is it possible, no one would, because the UNION wouldn’t stand for it( my vote)???? I mean, given their thuggery and violent tendencies?? ( yes, a STRIKE, is a violent act to achieve a specific end, a form of intimidation).
Report Post »Freedom1984
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:46amOh and remember he “WASNT GOING TO SPIKE THE FOOTBALL”…. no, he is doing more of a endzone dance….
Report Post »What a disgrace of a human being (BO)
barber2
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:58amthink you mean “ endless” dance….by our Campaigner-in-Chief…
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:41amAnd what was W.’s landing on the deck of a Aircraft Carrier under the banne rof mission accomplished? W. moved the touchdown dance to the fifty yard line and made it a part of the half time act.
Report Post »helioquois
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:00pmENCICOM…very obtuse posting. President Bush did not order the “Mission Accomplished” banner…that was done by the sailors on the aircraft carrier. I must ask…did Mr. Bush use the banner or footage from his flight to the carrier in his next campaign? That would be a telling comparison.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:26pmENCIDIOT..the crew of the ship put the banner up. It was not under Bush’s direction. Keep scrambling champ.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:51pmW. used that banner and that image unti lthings went south in Iraq and it became a joke. Are you telling me that no one on W.’s team was aware of that banner or the image it would send.
Report Post »bharris0
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:45amIt is a shame that these guys won’t take care of our internal enemies like they do the external ones.
They could stay busy in country for a very long time.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:41amBet I know the next American icon to be targeted for a “ scandal” by the Democrat Character Assassination Squad.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:41amNot only was it a no-brainer, he had no choice. There is no way he could have said no because it would have leaked out. A chicken could have made this choice.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:47amA chicken did . . . .
Report Post »chips1
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:51amAND a chicken DID.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:40amWTG Seals for defending YOUR victory. As far as Obummer taking the credit, what a farce. He reminds me of a boy with the new toy and has to make sure everyone knows about it. I give all the credit to the Seals for putting their lives on the line. Keep up the good work Seals.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:38amWow the president acted presidential in making the call to kill Bin Ladin.. Congratulations!!! What do you want a cookie? Hell even Jimmy Carter would have made that call.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:47amobummer did NOT make the call.
as usual, he was just the messenger.
he is so much easier on blind eyes than sorocitos.
and, he’s so hipe and jivey, you know…
repeat: o did NOT make the call. he just got the credit, as per the script.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:48amNo, not a cookie, but perhaps a puppy instead….?
Report Post »helioquois
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:06pmMr. Carter made a more difficult call to rescue American hostages in Iran. Upon a thorough review of the raid, he asked about the possibility of American hostage casualties, and was told, “Yes”, the possibility was there that the raid would endanger their lives and some might die. He gave the order to proceed. In one of the worst Presidencies in our history, Mr. Carter actually made his finest decision after careful consideration, and was NOT on the golf course when the mission was launched.
Report Post »STLcon
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:58pmI wanted to second HELIOQUOIS comment on Jimmy Carter. Up until this one, worst president ever. BUT he did make a very tough call, it blew up in his face, but he didn’t try to pass the blame on to those around him (You know BO would have). So even in a tragedy, Carter did the right thing with the right attitude. The current White House occupant has no idea what it means to act presidential. Clueless.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:37amMy guess is he felt that “preventing” his buddy from getting killed would find its way into the MSM . . .
Report Post »AND …. He would have to answer the tough question about why he was protecting his Muslim Brother.
In the end he was forced to give the go ahead . . .not cause he wanted to . . .but because he needed
something he could use for Political Capital . . .Like he is now doing . . .BinLaden will probably get extra
virgins because he died to advance the Obama led revolution of hate and destruction . . .
. . . .am I being to harsh ??? Nah !!
abbygirl1994
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:37amThe one guy said it right… it took a culmination of a decade of work!! So the real hero is George W. Bush who put it into place to get Usama bin Laden.. All Obama said, was get him… and it took him forever to do that!! I commend these Navy Seals, who told it like it was! Our American Patriots.. something Obama clearly is not. Never served a day in his life! Lord help us!
Report Post »LetsBeSmartAboutThis
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:36amNeil Armstrong, the first man to ever walk on the moon, has been forever humble and quiet about accomplishing such an amazing feat. Why? Because Armstrong felt it was a total team effort and balked at any chance for he himself to take credit for such a group achievement.
NoBama could learn a lesson from an American hero like Neil Armstrong.
Report Post »littlefish
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:45amYou have to forgive O for everything . . . .he has been really busy working with Speilberg on the Movie
Report Post »of his life and trying to find the Artist to add his face to Mt Rushmore . . .and the most hard decision
of WHICH pose is the most Godlike . . .
Profile Looking up to Left, . .
Profile Looking up to Right . . .
or
Full Face Looking down his nose at the rest of us . . .
barber2
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:19amLittle: am sure he is working on his next book on his favorite subject, himself ! Isn’t that the only topic he has written about ? Am sure this next one will have a long, torturous chapter on his taking out of Osama . Wonder if he’ll think to mention those Seals ?? Hmmmmmm
Report Post »georgepatton
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 4:27pmNah,
Report Post »Barry couldn’t catch a fart in a rain barrel!
Baja
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:32amI wonder how much Obama really played in the decision making proces. With his finger in the political wind, it‘s pretty shameless how he’s taking credit for taking out someone he likely held a private candle lite vigil for (like the three Samoli pirates the SEALs gave back to Allah).
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:40amHil had to put Barry in a headlock to make him make the decision. She could barely get her arms around those sattelite dishes he call ears.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:31amEverything the pos does is despicable, deplorable, disgusting and downright dirty!
Report Post »bankerpapaw
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:25amI’m sure you have seen the picture of the president and the others watching the Seal raid. Obama’s
Report Post »face looks like, “Gee, I hope I didn’t offend my Muslim brothers.” Obama didn’t do one thing. The
ONLY credit on killing Bin Laden goes to the Seals and the Seals alone. Remember, Barack.
You said you didn’t want to spike the football. But, what the hey. You’ve lied to us over and over
again.
thegoldman
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:22amAs long as he is in office it’s all about him !
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:27amRomney is on record saying that it was not “worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person….. Romney, for his part, said yesterday that “any thinking American” would have ordered the killing. ….. As for Romney he is who he is depending on the day and the audience. As for the Seals they should stick to their duty, respect the Commander and Chief and stay out of the political arena where they clearly are unarmed.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:38am@JRook
I agree with Romney that it wasn’t worth wasting too much of our time and resources on trying to find Bin Laden. I also agree with him that once he was found and all the cards in place, there was nothing to do but let them take him out. I don’t see any conflict between the two statements.
Report Post »PaBowHunter
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:46am@ JROOK.
Report Post »Retired SEALS have the same right to free speech which allows you to blab off incoherently.
As for you demanding they respect the CIC, well that is simply not going to happen. These men understand the sacrifice that SEALS make in order to be prepared to ful fill the demands of a mission such as the mission to kill Bin Laden. And it is EXTREMELY insulting to all of the military personnel who have been tracking Bin Laden for years. And Obama again exhibited his extremely narcissistic personality when he attempted make it appear as if he had to make such a difficult decision to give the green light. It’s always about Obama. He’s a moron.
13th Imam
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:48amAs usual JRookie gives Half the story. Disregard this DEMOCRATS posts.
Report Post »VinnieSquawker
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:09amJRook has a valid point. Military guys have their own codes. My best friend who did 20 in the Marines set me straight on this. He said Marines have a code among themselves which includes not making political statements. I would assume (and I say this knowing full well that I could wind up looking stupid if this is not the case) that the SEALs may well have a similar code. But they do own that operation, not the kid. the kid does not understand that you become a large person by owning your actions, not in talking them up. Poor kid, he’s desperate, and the more he talks, the sillier he looks.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:27pm@PaBowHunter Guess what champ. Whether it was Reagan, Clinton, Bush or Obama. the CIC had to give the go ahead. Deal with it.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:31pm@13th Imam Actually I am an Independent. You know the group that actually decides the election. We are the group that actually goes through a rational thought process in deciding who to vote for. We don’t start with an ideological position and decision and then back into the questions and facts to support it. Are you still going to sit there and represent that McCain and Palin weren’t a very weak alternative.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:39pmSo you decide elections, Eh?? 16% unemployment, record foreclosures, 4.00/G+ gas, No drilling ,
Report Post »Yeah , I’d say you independents are right on the ball, Congrats. And that fabulous book ,
Famous Independents I Have Known.
freedoc
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:14pm@JRook.
Exactly. So, you have no principle, no philosophy: No values, and hence no integrity.
Funny how you own words sink your ship.
Report Post »PaBowHunter
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 9:14am@ Jrook,
Report Post »Your response is simply babble. As for you’re registration as an independent, you and your brethren are solely responsible for the results of the last election….you know, when a communist was elected President of the USA.
Good job by you……dummy.
Mark0331
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:22amOk Barry, then what about the economy, jobless numbers, housing market downturn, etc? Notice Barry says not a word about these issues? He is shuck and jiving all over the place, he is becoming more and more transparent and desperate…This is a non-issue, yeah Bin Laden is Dead, awesome…now moving along in history, what about our Nation Barry? He loves to rest on his laurels and praise himself…he is a narcissistic sociopath.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:20amActually the even better quote from Romney was “even Jimmy Carter would have ordered it”…Priceless…
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:28amyeah, that would have been a sweet response.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 11:07amI really don’t think Carter would have done it.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:19amDoes anyone actually think a Democrat cares how low, disgusting and despicable they become. Of course not. What Obama does shouldn’t be a shock to anyone.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:30amExactly…now watch the low life left come out and denigrate the SEALs character and professionalism….no low to how low the moronic left will go. So predictable and brainwashed.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:18amThis is one time Obummer should say “it‘s Bush’s Fault”
Report Post »lbyrd26
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:25amYet another, in a long list of Obama falilures. The Navy Seals are awesome, they even got him to shut up. Obama will have to find something else to worship himself for, now.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:18amKicking the Iraqi army out of Kuwait didn’t help G.H.W. Bush, killing one man won’t help Barry.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:22amunless that man was Osama ,deposited at sea and gone
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:31amsteelhead-
Report Post »without pictures there is no proof. Depositing the body at sea and their bumbling, changing stories of what occurred are more than a little suspicious. I bet Osama is real one of Obama’s Czars, hanging out in the white house.
Gonzo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:32amMost people are smart enough to know it’s a world wide battle against Islamic extremism Steely and Bin Laden was just a small part of that. Glad he’s dead, but it doesn’t change a thing.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:16amcherry picking the story the Blaze and Glenn always pick the low hanging fruit
Report Post »thegoldman
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:21amyou need to get a life…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:27amObama is the one doing the cherry picking Steely, acting as if giving the green light was the hard part of the mission.
Report Post »grimmy
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:28am@steelhead aka encinom.
Report Post »Yea encinom,and nothing hangs lower than you ,you pos idiot.
As for the seals, they took out the wrong terrorist……..
Baja
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:35amIsn’t a STEELHEAD a spawned-out sea going trout?
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:36amHairy, no interviewing 2 people that don’t like Obama is cherry picking. Remember GWB and the Mission Accomplished banner? that was just grandstanding.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:40amI agree that the “Mission Accomplished” thing was stupid and it backfired. You would think the “smartest POTUS we’ve ever had” would leran from Bush’s mistake, but he’s doing the same thing. Stupid is as stupid does.
Report Post »Baja
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:42amOsama, Wright, Ayers, Farrakhan, and Obama all share a hatred for the United States and contempt for ou military
Report Post »Baja
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:45am@STEELHEAD
Report Post »Nice to see your mommy has high speed Internet connected to her basement.
Steelhead
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:49amnoggin – no banners, no flight suit (ouch)- just your Mitt‘s words and Obama’s actions
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 10:57amYou mean the Military and Intelligence forces actions? Obama watched it on TV.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 1:01pmObama, could have sent missles like Clinton or maybe used foriegn forces like W. did in Tora Bora and not risk American lives and a politcal incident with Pakistan. Romney in 2008 stated clearly that he would not send American troops into Pakistan to get Bin Laden. Romney is clearly stated he would not have made the call, now that it succeeded he is flipping and flopping to rewrite history.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 6:42pm@ Steelhead
Report Post »Did you ever think the Mission Acomplished Banner was for the ships mission as the Naval bombardment had ended and Bush was just there out of coincidence.