It’s F’ed up that they are going to throw the Seals under the bus when they were ordered to shoot on site! Obama is a POS
First, D is approving our action and using it to defend Israel. He is calling out European countries.
Second, if possible we should have captured OBL, kept our mouths shut, and interrogated him in a secret facility. But everyone here said “hell no” to that. We should have taken his hard drives and him. But everyone was afraid to have him.
I’m a little torn on this one. I shed no tears for Bin Laden, but I think one plausible account of the assassination of President Kennedy is that it was a response by Castro to our repeated attempts to assassinate him. On the other hand, our showing restraint is not necessarily going to be matched by suicidal adversaries who would like nothing better than to take out one of our leaders. War is hell, but we also need some way that emissaries from opposing sides can meet to negotiate without expecting the other side to attack them. Of course, the operation to find and kill Bin Laden had nothing to do with negotiations. I guess I need to get over it and accept that it is open season on everyone’s leaders.
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Targeted killing can also save lives and intelligence data. We are so punctilious now about collateral damage, we should be endorsing targeted killing. AD has made some good points but it isn’t because the world hates Israel, it’s simply that the world has gotten too squeamish. Tertiary stage of malign hypercivilization.
I remember the event and the photos. I also remember JFK's faux indignation. These people nauseate me.
A great essay on liberal hypocrisy.