the world's terrorist hunting forces, including the Israeli Mossad. Keep in mind he had a 25 million dollar bounty on his dirty butt. To me, this illustrates just how

much influence and power he wielded in the bastion of Muslim Jihad. The power vacuum created by his demise will be quickly sustained by the best of his pupils. Sadly, his

maytyrdom will only fuel a continued hatred towards the west. We may have won the battle, but the war will continue to wage.

Most of the entire structure and policies that continue to this day, and have been successful, were implemented by the Bush Admin.

Obamao, now that he is in the hot seat, sees things a lot differently than when he was an ignorant left wing smart ass.

Now, he's the man, and had to decide. Solid decision we can all be proud of.

tell them Thank You!

Also. Fantastic article, heck.

Read the New York Times account. It's amazing.

Behind the Hunt for Bin Laden

@pumpkin-eater said:

Thanks, John.

I wonder how the US got choppers so close to a Pak military base without them finding out?

Nap of the earth. Basically, they fly in really low to avoid radar, and really fast to get there before the enemy can radio in the approach. And wasn't it next to a military academy, not a military base?

Former president makes rare, post-presidency statement after learning of the U.S. strike.

“a momentous achievement.”

Source

@chicopee-john said:

Nice post, Pumpkin.

Thanks, John.

I wonder how the US got choppers so close to a Pak military base without them finding out?

@pumpkin-eater said:

Why must politics be center stage for everything

Does anyone really think that any president would not have struck, but waited until his presence was a certainty?

Credit Obama for ordering the kill, but the real heroes are the Navy Seals and Intelligence.Go USA!

Nice post, Pumpkin.

@calfoxwc said:

But, I hear that obama osama was ditched into the ocean, because he's a Muslim? No, he's a terrorist, and his body should have been brought back

to be examined for evidence, that we might have gotten infromation from.

But seriously, you don't mess with our U.S.A. ... we have Navy Seals, our entire military. But you REALLY don't mess with our Special Forces - Navy Seals.... They rock !

Well, I knew about the Muslim quickie burial thingie after Dodi Fayeed got killed along with Princess Di.

Of course the extremist Muslim Clerics still bitched that it's only proper to bury a Muslim at sea is if they died at sea, and there's no way to get the body to land in time for burial.

The only useful thing they could have done (shades of William Wallace) with Osama's body in the USA would have been to put his head on pole at Ground Zero.

truth is, I remember a lot of libs complaining ahead of time, angry that they "knew" Bush would have Obamao killed just

in time to make sure he won the election.

Oopsie. He won it again anyways.

Besides, it's Obamao's domestic/economic policies that are driving down his approval rating.

Obamao did make the right decision. Any pres would, I think. Well, there WAS jimmy carter... and LBJ....

@mr.-t said:

We had intel for over 6 months that Bin Laden was there. And King Obama waited and waited and waited until it would be political right for him to take credit for the murder death kill.[/color]

By far the gayest thing I have read here in a while.

@mr.-t said:

In theory; Obama will award himself the Congressional Medal of Honor for continuing Bush's war against terrorism.

Only he used 20 people and not 1.2 million. lol. Welcome to T's spin zone.

Does anyone really think that any president would not have struck, but waited until his presence was a certainty?

Credit Obama for ordering the kill, but the real heroes are the Navy Seals and Intelligence.

Go USA!

What's he trying to spike his approval ratings for, The Kentucky Derby?

@vaportrail said:

T, you're so ignorant if you think that's why he waited.

1 - He was in Pakistan. In case you didn't notice, Pakistan did not want US troops inside their borders. If this was really him, and we're going to send troops over that border, we had better be 100% certain.

2 - The Pakistani government probably knew he was there. We had to do all of this without letting the Pakistan know that we knew.

3 - If he had ordered the kill six months ago, do you really think his approval rating wouldn't skyrocket?

VT we have sent US troops into Pakistan before chasing after Al Qaeda. duh!

T, you're so ignorant if you think that's why he waited.

1 - He was in Pakistan. In case you didn't notice, Pakistan did not want US troops inside their borders. If this was really him, and we're going to send troops over that border, we had better be 100% certain.

2 - The Pakistani government probably knew he was there. We had to do all of this without letting Pakistan know that we knew.

3 - If he had ordered the kill six months ago, do you really think his approval rating wouldn't skyrocket?

@calfoxwc said:

Interesting. Assasaination is the new thing with libs ! YAY !

If this had been Bush, it would have been (and was) said to be "HE COULD HAVE HAD bin laden all along, BUT HE WAITED

UNTIL IT WOULD HELP HIM IN THE POLLS !".

But now, no, now it's opposite land, as usual.

Even the a few nasty, hateful wenches on The View show, one even said we should cancel the 2012 election....

I'll say this:

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BUSH, for declaring the War on Terror, and GITMO.

THANK YOU, President Obamao, for continuing what PRESIDENT BUSH STARTED, and for NOT CLOSING GITMO (you lying sack of elephant doo)...

and for ordering the operation to go ahead.

But, I hear that obama osama was ditched into the ocean, because he's a Muslim? No, he's a terrorist, and his body should have been brought back

to be examined for evidence, that we might have gotten infromation from.

But seriously, you don't mess with our U.S.A. ... we have Navy Seals, our entire military. But you REALLY don't mess with our Special Forces - Navy Seals.... They rock !

How does this go? look here to see what Libs wanted right after 911

AMERICAN LAW AND POLICY ON ASSASSINATIONS OF FOREIGN LEADERS: THE PRACTICALITY OF MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO

Abstract: Suspending the ban on assassinationsas established in Executive Order 12333serves no practical purpose. The Executive Order is not an obstacle to effective prosecution of the War on Terrorism; in fact, its reach is very limited. Although common sense might suggest that assassination equates with the targeted killing of a specific individual, the term is in fact a legal term of art with a very narrow definition derived from the Law of War. As a result, Executive Order 12333 only prohibits a very narrow spectrum of attacks in wartime or against clear threats to national security. As the United States has not typically engaged such means to attack leadership targets for several decades, publicly rescinding the offer now would grant no more freedom to act and only would serve to undermine the United States public diplomacy abroad.

Source Read HERE

@vaportrail said:

And Steve, I still don't think waterboarding should be standard protocol for high priority prisoners.

Anyways, my biggest question is this... What the xxxx, Pakistan? What's gonna happen with them? There's no way they didn't know about this.

We should use a blow torch and tweezers.

We had intel for over 6 months that Bin Laden was there. And King Obama waited and waited and waited until it would be political right for him to take credit for the murder death kill.