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Obama: On second thought, it’s not that important to capture Bin Laden
hotair.com ^ | January 14, 2009 | Allahpundit

Posted on 01/14/2009 4:33:46 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Remember at the debate when he vowed, “We will kill Bin Laden, we will crush al-Qaeda”? He’s stressed the importance of taking out Osama on other occasions, but never quite as forcefully as that. Why, enter the quote in Google and you’ll find it immortalized in the very first hit with an especially fulsome tribute at the Daily Dish.

Anyway, change of plans:

COURIC: How important do you think it is, Mr. President-elect, to apprehend Osama bin Laden?

OBAMA: I think that we have to so weaken his infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he cannot function. My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him. But if we have so tightened the noose that he’s in a cave somewhere and can’t even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appeasement; bho2008; bhogwot; binladen; islam; jihad; manhunt; obama; obamaregime; obamatransitionfile; wuss
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1 posted on 01/14/2009 4:33:46 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Chet 99; DesertRhino; ExTexasRedhead; Frantzie; GOP_Lady; HamiltonJay; ...

ping


2 posted on 01/14/2009 4:35:01 PM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Odumbo is all snake oil.


4 posted on 01/14/2009 4:37:00 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: F15Eagle

“Present”

I couldn’t have said it better myself!

I’ll take Bush’s ‘hubris’ any day!!


5 posted on 01/14/2009 4:37:49 PM PST by madameguinot (Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
BOTOH - we didn't have to capture Hitler or Mussolini or Hirohito to end WWII ....
6 posted on 01/14/2009 4:38:45 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: Free ThinkerNY
whether he is technically alive or not

Technically alive??? What the hell is that? Such a genius. /s

7 posted on 01/14/2009 4:39:22 PM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: SkyDancer

Neither FDR nor Wilke ran their mouth.


8 posted on 01/14/2009 4:39:37 PM PST by Perdogg (Only the hypnotized never lie)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So much for chasing OBL to the ends of the earth....


9 posted on 01/14/2009 4:39:47 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Funny how several weeks worth of national security briefings can change the lay of the land.


10 posted on 01/14/2009 4:40:25 PM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: madameguinot

Did Katie Couric ask Obama what he reads..because we all know what he reads..Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky


11 posted on 01/14/2009 4:41:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Bahbah

Good catch.....lol!!


12 posted on 01/14/2009 4:41:11 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Perdogg

Wasn’t around then but had the opportunity to read newspapers and see newsreels of that era ... it’s interesting to read and see how the media supported America, not like now.


13 posted on 01/14/2009 4:41:14 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: Free ThinkerNY
We REALLY need a web page devoted to all the things Obama ran against that he's now adopting.

He assails Bush's war on terror, then keeps his defence sec. He attacks Bush's handling of the economy, then supports the bailout and wants MORE. He criticizes Bush's not getting UBL...

14 posted on 01/14/2009 4:42:06 PM PST by Darkwolf377
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To: Free ThinkerNY

More sage words from the “Parser in Chief”


15 posted on 01/14/2009 4:42:33 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
whether he is technically alive or not

Whether Obama is "technically" president or not, he ain't much of an expert on whether human beings are "technically alive or not." Above his pay grade, as he readily admits.

16 posted on 01/14/2009 4:43:51 PM PST by EternalVigilance (A dedicated, organized, united conservative movement is the only hope for America - www.AIPNEWS.com)
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To: Bahbah

Caan’t you just envision the gagging and choaking going on at DU and DailyKozWeNeedToiletPaper due to this abandonment of the line of the Supreme Soviet?


17 posted on 01/14/2009 4:44:50 PM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: anniegetyourgun; justiceseeker93; freekitty; shoutingandpointing; al baby; Joe Boucher; flat; ...

Liberals are hypocrites personified and liars. The media will try to keep perfume on the Liberal God’s pile of manure but eventually the stink will escape. The Messiah will have to sing another tune after we get attacked again. History won’t be kind to these RATS.


18 posted on 01/14/2009 4:46:20 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama is totally full of crap. When does the invasion of Pakistan start? Oh never mind.


19 posted on 01/14/2009 4:47:04 PM PST by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good Lord, these people are the ultimate liars.

Oh well, the stupid American citizens don’t really give a crap and the MSM whores know it.


20 posted on 01/14/2009 4:47:25 PM PST by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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