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Glad the raid to kill Bin Laden was a secret... (Original Post) one_voice Mar 2015 OP
Good point! marym625 Mar 2015 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #27
ain't that the truth! marym625 Mar 2015 #28
Bush advised the troops at Tora Bora to stand down and not attack Osama. lark Mar 2015 #40
wouldn't put anything past the bushies. marym625 Mar 2015 #44
LOL n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #2
You know darn well they would have tried to prevent Obama from getting him. Hoyt Mar 2015 #3
no joke. they would have uhnope Mar 2015 #5
Sadly true ... AikenYankee Mar 2015 #17
For that one, they would have had to have been pretty sneaky about it. I wonder if any brewens Mar 2015 #25
There were some people on the right complaining about christx30 Mar 2015 #45
I would be neither shocked or surpised uponit7771 Mar 2015 #46
Take them down at the knees. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #4
May I humbly suggest... calimary Mar 2015 #38
+++ Voice for Peace Mar 2015 #47
. sarisataka Mar 2015 #6
I'll rec that. Liberal In Texas Mar 2015 #7
Kept secret on the Secretary of State server no doubt... Sancho Mar 2015 #8
You realize that Bin Laden was killed, yes? alcibiades_mystery Mar 2015 #10
you wouldn't know it if you talked to a Rethug... PCIntern Mar 2015 #12
They talk about it in terms of conspiracy theories (like everything else) nxylas Mar 2015 #34
So you're saying that Ineeda Mar 2015 #15
No..it was President Clinton's server, so it was as secure as he needed. Sancho Mar 2015 #21
That's great...knr joeybee12 Mar 2015 #9
excellent point samsingh Mar 2015 #11
Another big secret of that raid: chopper range dougolat Mar 2015 #13
Right in the kisser mindwalker_i Mar 2015 #14
"Not too happy about it." sorechasm Mar 2015 #18
I hadn't heard that mindwalker_i Mar 2015 #22
A small barbaric portion of me, wishes his head was on a stake in Pennsylvania irisblue Mar 2015 #16
Perfect Mark Twain quote Kber Mar 2015 #37
brilliant! napkinz Mar 2015 #19
That is Classic rpannier Mar 2015 #20
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Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #29
The Seals are all dead? morningfog Mar 2015 #32
Sure....according to Alex Jones....nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #36
Of course they are. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #39
What the heck are you talking about? Are you accusing the President of the United States of msanthrope Mar 2015 #35
Yup, they said they dropped the body into the ocean from a helicopter. delrem Mar 2015 #24
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k&r... spanone Mar 2015 #30
I laughed when I read this one but it is so true I felt a little ashamed. Thinkingabout Mar 2015 #31
K & R SunSeeker Mar 2015 #33
+ 1,000,000,000 lark Mar 2015 #41
Good point. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #42
Also I am know why President Obama is not telling the 47 what is being talked about in the meetings. jwirr Mar 2015 #43

Response to marym625 (Reply #1)

lark

(23,134 posts)
40. Bush advised the troops at Tora Bora to stand down and not attack Osama.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 01:46 PM
Mar 2015

If he would publicly do that, he'd certainly do all he could to secretly sabotage any death squads from Obama. After all the bin-Ladens were big partners with Poppy in the Carlisle Group until that started drawing too much attention and the bin-Ladens bailed to help out their good buddy.

 

uhnope

(6,419 posts)
5. no joke. they would have
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:36 PM
Mar 2015

anything good done by Obama is something that must be blocked by the GOP

brewens

(13,608 posts)
25. For that one, they would have had to have been pretty sneaky about it. I wonder if any
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:16 PM
Mar 2015

right-wingers got a heads up and made an attempt to sabotage the plan? Evidently word didn't get to him in time but that doesn't mean they didn't try.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
45. There were some people on the right complaining about
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 02:50 PM
Mar 2015

the violation of bin Laden's human rights when he was killed.
Imagine that... people that were advocating nuking Mecca on September 12, 2001 were calling Obama's attack on the bin Laden compound a human rights violation.

PCIntern

(25,568 posts)
12. you wouldn't know it if you talked to a Rethug...
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:13 PM
Mar 2015

they NEVER mention it...
If Bush/Cheney had done it, it'd be time for Mt. Rushmore.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
34. They talk about it in terms of conspiracy theories (like everything else)
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:16 AM
Mar 2015

The guy who was killed wasn't Bin Laden and the Navy SEALS who supposedly killed him all died in a helicopter crash* and yargle blargle BLAAARGH!

*=Actually, the SEALS who died in that helicopter crash shortly afterwards weren't involved in the raid, but they always "forget" to mention that bit.

Ineeda

(3,626 posts)
15. So you're saying that
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:47 PM
Mar 2015

the SoS's server was secure, right? Otherwise, you're just blowing smoke.

Sancho

(9,070 posts)
21. No..it was President Clinton's server, so it was as secure as he needed.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:33 PM
Mar 2015

But how do you know it wasn't left unsecure on purpose? Just as silly as most if the other theories...and at least the GOP and CIA spies (like the ones looking on Senate staffers) were not able to hack it or leak it, and we know they were looking for anything! Halliburton couldn't get in apparently.

So maybe Hillary knew what she was doing. If the proof is in the outcome, there was no leak, including Snowden or Wikileaks while she was in office despite cables, messages, and emails from damn near every major country, why? Must be her easy to hack server!

dougolat

(716 posts)
13. Another big secret of that raid: chopper range
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:26 PM
Mar 2015

<100 miles from Afghanistan to Abotabad, easy...
>1100 to a ship at sea, not so much.

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
14. Right in the kisser
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 07:42 PM
Mar 2015

And worse because it's true. Republicans would have warned bin Laden because he was their best fundraiser and excuse for pouring money into the military, some of which came back as campaign contributions.

sorechasm

(631 posts)
18. "Not too happy about it."
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:25 PM
Mar 2015

Wasn't that GWB's reply when he heard OBL was killed?

As in, 'there goes our cash cow'.

irisblue

(33,011 posts)
16. A small barbaric portion of me, wishes his head was on a stake in Pennsylvania
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 08:14 PM
Mar 2015

not proud of it, haven't ever told anyone else this. but still....I rejoiced that Sunday night after Mr Obama spoke @11pm.

Kber

(5,043 posts)
37. Perfect Mark Twain quote
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:21 PM
Mar 2015

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read may obituaries with great pleasure."

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NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
39. Of course they are.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 01:33 PM
Mar 2015

They knew Too Much.

The people publishing books in their names are ZOG body doubles.











 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
35. What the heck are you talking about? Are you accusing the President of the United States of
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:17 AM
Mar 2015

lying to us about Bin Laden's death?

delrem

(9,688 posts)
24. Yup, they said they dropped the body into the ocean from a helicopter.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 09:16 PM
Mar 2015

No photos. No record.

Speaking just for me, personally, I believe every word of it and I've always believed every word the US gov't ever said about bin laden and al-qaeda. It makes life simple.

Response to one_voice (Original post)

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
31. I laughed when I read this one but it is so true I felt a little ashamed.
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:33 PM
Mar 2015

Cool handed Luke went about his daily routine like there wasn't anything important going on at the moment. I was in Gulf Shores for 9/11 and in Orange Beach for the kill.

lark

(23,134 posts)
41. + 1,000,000,000
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 01:48 PM
Mar 2015

Glad Obama realized how untrustworthy and dangerous the Repugs and especially the BFEE was and still is.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
43. Also I am know why President Obama is not telling the 47 what is being talked about in the meetings.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 01:54 PM
Mar 2015

The first thing they would do is leak it to Bibi and all the R rags.

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