Posted on 05/04/2011 10:34:25 AM PDT by library user
Pres. Obama has decided NOT to release any photos.
- Chuck Todd, NBC
I was shocked when Krauthammer said last night that this episode means no one can criticize his foreign policy for the 2012 election. How the hell did Krauthammer arrive at that conclusion? He certainly didn’t ask Britian or Israel. Krauthammer has, for the past 18 months, become more and more an Obama supporter. Anyone know what’s happened to him?
Barack al-Hussein bin Obama could screw up a one-car funeral.
Dictator in chief.
spit.....
I guess they couldn’t get approval from the UN and Arab League.
I think there are a lot of lies that were told about the op. A lot of them. Hard to imagine a 40 minute firefight with a couple of armed courier’s vs two dozen Navy Seals.
Go to hell, Rogers. If you can see it, the American people can see it. You're one of our representatives, not our master. Cough it up.
We have the blood of thousands of our young people, the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of our people, and trillions of dollars, invested in this war. We're not children, and we're not your lackeys.
An oldie, but a goodie ~
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*** UPDATE *** Here is what President Obama told Steve Kroft of "60 Minutes" about his decision. The interview will air on Sunday.
"The risks of release outweigh the benefits," he said. "Conspiracy theorists around the world will just claim the photos are doctored anyway, and there is a real risk that releasing the photos will only serve to inflame public opinion in the Middle East."
"Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet," he continued. "Osama bin Laden is not a trophy - he is dead and let's now focus on continuing the fight until Al Qaida has been eliminated."
I’m fine with an assassination too, if that is what occurred.
I’ve no idea what to believe at this point, only what not to believe, and that is anything Obama says.
BUMP
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In the Viet Nam era there was a famous photo of a young man being shot in the head. The media intentionally published it — precisely because it “inflamed” someone: Americans. That and innumerable other photos, in order to achieve a desired effect.
How about we don’t know Osama’s dead because we haven’t heard it from a credible source?
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OBL’s 12 year old daughter said she was there and saw our guys take out her father. Who was unarmed.
Armed or not - I don’t care. But I’ll take this kid’s word for it any day over the lies that emanate from Øbozo’s purple lips.
Not to mention Mogadishu.
Obama is scum. I’m sure Steve Kroft, or whatever his name is, will point out Obama’s ignorance. /sar
“Imagine how the American people would react if Al Qaeda killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet,” Rogers continued.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I can imagine how I would react because they’ve already done it!
Post the damn pictures. Advertise them every day. Demoralize the enemy. Let them know and understand that if we can get their golden boy, we can get any one of those *(@#%’s.
But I’m just a dumb girl, what do I know about war.
Wait until the Boo’s come out at his WTC Ground Zero visit tomorrow!
What a Maroon!
They do, you idiot.
Bears repeating.
“if Al Qaida killed one of our troops or military leaders, and put photos of the body on the internet’
Duh, they already did and hung them from a bridge in Baghdad.
FUDGE!
“Count on it. Big time. Even if photos had been released, the same people would be shouting in all caps: “It’s Fake! Layers! Pixels! Photoshop!”
Barry learned one lesson well since his immaculation. Ignore the birthers, spend a few million in legal fees to make it obvious he’s hiding something, drive them even crazier. Fuel the conspiracists to the exploding point. Enlist his apparatchik in the MSM to hang the birthers around the necks of every single potential 2012 GOP candidate. In every single interview allow them to speak of nothing else, especially not the economy or Obamacare. Just keep talking over them, with “Will you denounce the birthers?!? Do you believe Obama was born in Hawaii?!?” Then, if the polls begin to show there’s blowback, BAM! release the proof and make everyone who doubted it, or didn’t denounce it, look like complete kooks. You don’t want kooks like that in charge of the country, do you America?
This one’s going to be much much worse. The One is riding a wave of positive public sentiment over the death of OBL. If The One can fuel a lot of conpiracists, as he did with the BC issue, there will be more public sympathy for him about this than there was about the BC. A lot more. As the conspircay voices gain volume, I can just hear the MSM demanding of Palin...Bachmann...Cain...all of them, “Will you denounce the deathers?!? Do YOU believe the United States military killed OBL in Pakistan?!? Do you think the military is lying to the American people?” On and on, and no other topic of conversation will be allowed. It will be asked over and over during every GOP debate.
The One will drag this out as long as possible, until the conspiracy voices reach a fever pitch and sound nuttier and nuttier. Then, BAM!, here are the photos, you hyenas. Followed by a huge bump for The One in the polls. With the price of gas going up and up, employment going up, the economy in the dumpster, this is the best shot, maybe the only shot, The One has at being re-elected. You bet he’s going to use it. Shamelessly and to great effect.”
100% Correct. Straight out of Alinsky. Marginalize your opponents by making them subject to ridicule.
The best response is: “Good job, President Obama. Now what about gas prices? Unemployment? Exploding public debt?”
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