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  • May 5, 2011 at 7:18 PM #18782
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    – The man who got Bin Laden

    – The first Black President of the United States.

    – The President who got the Nobel Peace Prize while in office.

    I think that Obama has earned a promiment place in the history books.

    How else will history remember Obama?

    Interesting news story:
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/jan-june11/groundzero_05-05.html

    But I think one thing that, again, the Carter example really underscores is just how much of a risk Obama took in authorizing this mission. So, it certainly could have gone either way. There are any number of things that could have gone wrong that he wouldn’t have been directly responsible for, sandstorms, for instance.

    But, on the other hand, given that he knew the number of things that could have gone wrong, it was a huge risk for him to take in his presidency. And it’s going to be a risk that pays off. But how much it pays off, in the end, in terms of electoral success, we will have to wait and see.

    May 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM #692773
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    – Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.

    May 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM #692849
    Hobie
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    – Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.

    May 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM #693454
    Hobie
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    – Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.

    May 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM #693601
    Hobie
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    – Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.

    May 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM #693952
    Hobie
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    – Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM #692856
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    [quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
    How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM #692934
    NotCranky
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    [quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
    How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM #693539
    NotCranky
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    [quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
    How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM #693686
    NotCranky
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    [quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
    How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:18 AM #694037
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    [quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.

    Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
    How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:42 AM #692866
    Hobie
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    Precisely. First, Pakistan sure knows he was there. And they would know we got him. Is Bin dead or alive? What could they say when the US had ‘no comment’? Nothing confirmed, just lots of rumors.

    Admit they were protecting him when they are supposed to be friends with US? Al Quieda would not know what information we just captured and we could use this to our advantage.

    In time, months or years later, we would have a very detailed report.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:42 AM #692944
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    Precisely. First, Pakistan sure knows he was there. And they would know we got him. Is Bin dead or alive? What could they say when the US had ‘no comment’? Nothing confirmed, just lots of rumors.

    Admit they were protecting him when they are supposed to be friends with US? Al Quieda would not know what information we just captured and we could use this to our advantage.

    In time, months or years later, we would have a very detailed report.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:42 AM #693549
    Hobie
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    Precisely. First, Pakistan sure knows he was there. And they would know we got him. Is Bin dead or alive? What could they say when the US had ‘no comment’? Nothing confirmed, just lots of rumors.

    Admit they were protecting him when they are supposed to be friends with US? Al Quieda would not know what information we just captured and we could use this to our advantage.

    In time, months or years later, we would have a very detailed report.

    May 6, 2011 at 7:42 AM #693696
    Hobie
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    Precisely. First, Pakistan sure knows he was there. And they would know we got him. Is Bin dead or alive? What could they say when the US had ‘no comment’? Nothing confirmed, just lots of rumors.

    Admit they were protecting him when they are supposed to be friends with US? Al Quieda would not know what information we just captured and we could use this to our advantage.

    In time, months or years later, we would have a very detailed report.

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