Pakistan begins demolition of bin Laden's compound

[Lasher]

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) – Pakistan on Saturday began demolishing the three-story compound where Osama bin Laden lived for years and was killed by U.S. commandos last May, eliminating a concrete reminder of the painful and embarrassing chapter in the country's history.

Pakistan was outraged by the covert American raid because it was not told about it beforehand. The country's powerful military faced rare domestic criticism because it was not able to stop U.S. troops from infiltrating the country by helicopter from Afghanistan under the cover of darkness. The compound was located next to Pakistan's equivalent of West Point, the elite U.S. military academy.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-02-25/bin-laden-compound/53244284/1

[OnyxCollie]

1. Souvenirs! Souvenirs!

There's money to be made!

[jakeXT]

2. We still got a copy of it in Bagram I assume

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8490006/Osama-bin-Laden-dead-US-built-replica-of-bin-Laden-compound-after-building-complete-intelligence-picture.html

[Lasher]

3. I'm sure Pakistan would like to erase that one from their memory too if they can.

Pakistanis are embarrassed because US troops were able to sneak into their country to kill bin Laden. It is appalling to note a lack of accompanying regret for having allowed bin Laden to hide in their country for 6 years in this same location, right next to their equivalent of West Point. Their attitude is enlightening.

If we would have shared our secret with them, they surely would have warned bin Laden. Obama made the right call. The Pakistanis were hiding him all along. The idiot Bush never managed to figure that out.

[OnyxCollie]

4. Bush never knew where bin Laden was,

or chose to keep the boogeyman alive so that he could continue funding his friends in the War on Terror?

I'm guessing the latter.

[Lasher]

5. Bush knew he was in Tora Bora.

But Cheney was pulling the strings and had already committed so many soldiers to his war in Iraq, we couldn't get the job done. I doubt if Bush or Cheney got close to bin Laden after that because they are stupid asses.

[OnyxCollie]

6. Stupid asses who took all our money. nt

[Lasher]

7. Yep. Remember how fond Junior was of saying that history would judge him?

Well, that's one thing he was right about. Scholars have judged him and they agree that he was the worst president in living memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States#Scholar_survey_results

[OnyxCollie]

8. Laughing all the way to the bank.

PNAC got their 3.5-3.8% of GDP for defense spending and more.

[Lasher]

9. They're still getting it.

War spending has doubled since Junior was appointed. It has yet to un-double.



Iran is next. The neocons are chomping at the bit.