Friday, May 13, 2011

Monday, May 2, 2011

Bin Laden is Dead

In August of 2010 actionable intelligence reached President Obama regarding the possible whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. After a full 8 months of investigation on Friday April 29, 2011 President Obama gave the orders to capture or KILL Bin Laden. The very next day, May 1, 2011 President Obama participated in the White House Correspondents Dinner. Note his demeanor ... all the while knowing that perhaps the most significant event of his presidency was "going down". Watch Obama's behavior yourself:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20058754-503544.html The following day, May 2, 2011 the mission begun on 4/29 culminated in the death of Bin Laden. Yet, instead of giving credit where credit is due most of the "leaders" of the Republi-con party responded in similar fashion as
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) who said Obama had “followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice." ......repeating....."followed the vigilance of President Bush in bringing Bin Laden to justice". Well here, in his own words, fully 8 (eight!) years ago is Bush demonstrating his vigilence:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PGmnz5Ow-o
...........Bush said, "I don't spend that much time on him (Bin Laden)". Further, in 2006, the CIA task force in charge of finding Bin Laden was DISBANDED: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/washington/04intel.html
5/3/11: Now that the Republi-cons are crowing and strutting around insisting that Bin Laden's killing was Bush's success and also the success of the "Harsh" Interrogation Techniques were responsible for turning up the lead to Bin Laden's courier, Donald Rumsfeld speaks the truth: