Osama Bin Laden dead

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Originally Posted by Tahoe

Also, the cheering last night was weird, just weird. The jubilation was too much, imo. I read some of what the victims of the attack had to say and it was hardly jubiliation. And that was more along the lines that I felt.

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Agree here.

Glan's new hero. President Bush.

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Originally Posted by Fool

Bush isn't mad. He issued a statement. It was quality.

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I was just referring to the pic.

Don't get mad.

Wonder if the troops thought the public show of support was weird?

Need to get Bubbles's thoughts.

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Originally Posted by Glanville

Wonder if the troops thought the public show of support was weird?

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From the you lefties that wanted to stop all the things that killed UBL? No. You are now a neocon. And thank you for that.

Poor Tahoe.

If you would have asked almost any liberal, prior to yesterday, if they would approve of us going in and killing the bastard without starting a war, I think you'd have near consensus.

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the_ironsheik
osama bin laden, i happy you die. if i saw you i kill you myself you motherfucker gay piece of garbage

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I hate Twitter.

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Originally Posted by Tahoe

Black sites...another vindication of Bush's policies.

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True, assuming any of it can be believed. Thus far, the military folks say it was Gitmo and such that led to Bin Laden. The CIA follks say it was rendition (probably to Bagram) and such that led to Bin Laden. Seems like everyone wants to take credit and justify their past actions. Thus far, the publicly reported timelines suggest that the intelligence that led to Bin Laden's demise largely wasn't military, but of course we're not privy to all the info.

It is true that Obama hasn't done what he said he'd do with Gitmo. His position seems to be a near-180 from his campaigning and initial months as President. I think he simply gave up on that in favor of other agenda items like the stimulus, health care, etc.. It will be interesting to see how Bin Laden's demise factors into this and other aspects of "war/enemy combatant" politics.