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Obama: "At<i> My</i> Direction" U.S. Carried Out Operation Against Bin Laden
Real Clear Politics ^ | 5/1/11 | staff

Posted on 05/01/2011 9:26:52 PM PDT by Nachum

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. a small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: at; direction; my; obama; osamabinladenkilled
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To: Nachum

.....Obama orders Osama to be taken out......


41 posted on 05/01/2011 9:48:06 PM PDT by R_Kangel (`.`)
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To: Keith in Iowa
Isn’t that how Muslims say it?

Them and Barry and the CBS news anchor that was on earlier. I sense a pattern...

42 posted on 05/01/2011 9:48:15 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmit in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: SERKIT

He reminded me of President Logan on 24 when CTU freed the hostages with Jack Bauer’s help. Pretty much used the same language. “I deserve some credit. I nodded my head when they asked me for permission to put their lives on the line and complete! It was all me!”


43 posted on 05/01/2011 9:48:27 PM PDT by christx30
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To: 240B
” by saying it this way he has put himself up as the sole guy for the inevitable, predictable, you could almost say daily, ‘Muslim Rage’.”

So far I’ve seen not one report on the reaction in islamic nations, particularly nothing from Pakistan.

44 posted on 05/01/2011 9:48:36 PM PDT by fella
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To: comebacknewt
"Obammy gave a campaign speech tonight. Pathetic to say the least. It may play well with the Sheeple though."

I think this has tremendous potential to turn into Obammy's "Mission Accomplished" moment. Too many on the left have long believed that once bin laden was dead, the war would be over. They will be expecting as much, but I don't think the muzzies got that memo.

45 posted on 05/01/2011 9:48:41 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: sten

“my guess... 0bama has been getting crushed by the BC issue and people were really souring on him.”

SPOT ON!

Barry couldn’t find his birth certificate or run an Indonesian hot dog stand much less issue orders to kill OBL.


46 posted on 05/01/2011 9:49:36 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their Moonbats)
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To: comebacknewt
Obammy gave a campaign speech tonight.

To paraphrase what my nephew sang two weeks ago at my in-laws house:

"Why is this Obama speech different from all other Obama speeches?"

47 posted on 05/01/2011 9:50:06 PM PDT by ssaftler (Barack Obama - Setting new highs in low for politicians worldwide)
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To: dead
The Lefties at Twitter are slobbering all over themselves tonight. I have to say that this is the first time in my adult life where it actually sounds like they love this country and the military. I'm sure their reaction would have been exactly the same had this been done on Bush's watch (/sarcasm).
48 posted on 05/01/2011 9:50:16 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (RINO's are more interested in defeating conservatives than they are in defeating Marxists.)
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To: Nachum

Where is the death certificate?
Now that the birther movement is dead (no pun intended) I am starting the deather movement!


49 posted on 05/01/2011 9:52:28 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: fella
"So far I’ve seen not one report on the reaction in islamic nations, particularly nothing from Pakistan."

It's 9:40 a.m. in Pakistan, and earlier in points west of there. The day is just breaking and many from in points west of there, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt etc. are probably just hearing the news.

50 posted on 05/01/2011 9:52:35 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Nachum

How does he not know when he gave the ok?

Pray for our Troops


51 posted on 05/01/2011 9:53:25 PM PDT by bray (The Country Club can hold THEIR noses this election)
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To: Nachum

Somehow I doubt that our military would trust Obama with the details. He probably found out after Osama was dead.


52 posted on 05/01/2011 9:54:13 PM PDT by proudpapa
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To: fella
I’ve seen not one report on the reaction in islamic nations,

yeah, me too. and I’ve been searching for it. i think it confusing to the Muslims. They want to be ‘Enraged!’ as they perpetually are, but at the same time they want to keep ‘their boy’ in power. Right now they are conferencing on ‘what to do?’ I think Obama screwed up with his idiotic bombast.

If this would have been Bush making the same speech, the world would be on fire by now.

53 posted on 05/01/2011 9:55:45 PM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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To: Nachum

“at my direction”

Obama makes it sound as if it would not be done if he were not president. You would think he would be more gracious, rather than obviously putting himself first.


54 posted on 05/01/2011 9:56:04 PM PDT by Sun (Pray that God sends us good leaders. Please say a prayer now.)
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To: Alberta's Child

“All the initial media reports (before Obama’s announcement) indicated that bin Laden had been killed a week ago.

I suspect — along with others — that what was presented as a “live” media address to the nation tonight was actually recorded some time ago.”
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How bizarre would that be! Yet every report I have seen about when Osama was killed indicates “last week.”

From transcript:

“Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body. “

DRUDGE Headlines (no links as of yet):

Pakistani agents on site during raid; unclear who fired fatal shot...

WH OFFICIAL: Bin Laden did ‘resist’...

3 others killed, including son...

Woman killed after she was used as shield...


55 posted on 05/01/2011 9:57:39 PM PDT by thouworm
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To: Joe 6-pack

Aren’t these sort of announcements of acts of war accompanied by a military officer with maps and video explaining the operation etc? Why just Obama and a teleprompter tonight? And no questions? Sort of surreal.


56 posted on 05/01/2011 10:00:33 PM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: sten

“so... he went for the one thing that was red meat to Americans. well, Americans from the center...right.”

It’s a long time between now and Nov. ‘12. Much (more) evil, I fear, will happen before then. BHO et al have been doing all they can to provoke an internal war here - now they may have just detonated a major one of international proportions with countless American casualties to come.


57 posted on 05/01/2011 10:01:16 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!!)
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To: SERKIT

Exactly. Anyone else notice on the live TV feed, the man outside the White House gates getting his Bush/Cheney sign ripped out of his hands and torn up? Credit WILL NOT be going to where credit is due. Have to wonder what BHO’s ‘lil pick-a-ninnies were saying. “Oh daddeh, wha is dat awfull noise?” Just a bunch of REAL Americans celebrating the DEATH of a MUSLIM!


58 posted on 05/01/2011 10:09:49 PM PDT by crystalclear9823
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To: Alberta's Child

I think the announcement was timed and the unfolding of this event was manipulated to achieve a maximum positive impact for Obama.

When the rumor first surfaced here via Geraldo - even before Rumsfeld’s aide ever twittered about it - I went to Google News and did a search for the latest news on Osama bin Laden.

The only recent story to appear, and it was at the very top, was a piece that was posted a full THREE days ago in HuffPo, by Gary S. Chafetz called, “The Urgent Need to Hunt Down Osama bin Laden.”

The whole article sets-up Obama as being more determined than ever to bring down OBL, as soon as possible. But, apparently, the President was positive, or nearly positive, while awaiting DNA confirmation the week of the 28th - the date of this article - that OBL was already dead.

Here’s the link. I don’t know how to make it work, so please, someone, take it and go with it. And thank you, President Bush and our special operations and fighting forces, who really persevered and brought that devil down.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/post_1988_b_854932.html


59 posted on 05/01/2011 10:10:05 PM PDT by floralamiss
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To: llandres

which 0bama and crew are hoping for. if/when it happens, they will spin it in their favor and push into 2012

bjclinton and crew had wished 9-11 happened on their watch (it only started under their watch). if it had, they would have won the 2000 and 2004 elections.


60 posted on 05/01/2011 10:10:20 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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