tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post526550728317471556..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Commanding-in-ChiefROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-59281893837439963832011-05-09T07:18:55.787-04:002011-05-09T07:18:55.787-04:00Mike L.: "Keep in mind that much of the init...<b>Mike L.</b>: "<i>Keep in mind that much of the initial intelligence apparently came via Gitmo and "enhanced interrogation techniques ...</i>"<br /><br />Another Bush apologist trying to justify the debacle of the post 9/11 years. Keep in mind that most interrogation experts disagree, that torture actually proved to be counter-productive, as this article attests: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/torture-may-have-slowed-h_n_858642.html" rel="nofollow">Torture may have slowed hunt for bin Laden</a>.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-5581059518822817382011-05-03T18:18:56.433-04:002011-05-03T18:18:56.433-04:00Failure could have been a diplomatic disaster.
Fa...<i>Failure could have been a diplomatic disaster.</i><br /><br />Failing to act on a lead this hot would have been a political disaster. This thing was always in the hands of the CIA and the military as is absoutely necessary. No president has the time or knowledge to micromanage intelligence investigations or tactical operations. I think our biggest congratulations must go to the CIA and SEALs for pulling this off.<br /><br />Keep in mind that much of the initial intelligence apparently came via Gitmo and "enhanced interrogation techniques," both of which Obama has opposed at times. <a href="http://minx.cc/?post=315658" rel="nofollow">It also took our President 16 hours to come to a rather obvious decision</a>. Still, he did make the right call and he made it in time. Osama bit the dust and we can all be pleased Obama put on a decent performance.<br /><br /><i>Photos of Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates et al tensely watching as the operation unfolds in real time tell more than thousands of words about what was at stake in a move to bypass an unreliable "ally" and go for broke to get bin Laden.</i><br /><br />I think the guys at AoSHQ <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/315654.php" rel="nofollow">explained this one</a> rather well and, honestly, wouldn't you want to watch this on closed-circuit television if you were in Obama's shoes?<br /><br />My only real problem with the decision-making was the attempt to hand the body over to Saudi Arabia or another Muslim country. Knowing how many will regard this guy as a martyr, why in the world would we even attempt that? I'm not sure who made that call or if it was just mindless operating procedure, but I'm glad nobody claimed the body.Mike L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-56737502740694443382011-05-03T16:02:27.799-04:002011-05-03T16:02:27.799-04:00To be perfectly honest, as an inhabitant of the se...To be perfectly honest, as an inhabitant of the sea and a solid citizen of the realm, you have no idea how much I resent those humans dumping trash in my backyard. Osama FIN Laden, indeed. Why not embalm and stuff him in a Tanqueray bottle; then call him Osama GIN Laden. As for Tonsil Dump (the one known as the hairpiece turned mouthpiece), why not call him Osama TWIN Laden.<br /><br />And Rick (whose last name sounds like Sanitarium) should be renamed Osama SPIN Laden.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.com