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To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (87707)	4/28/2012 3:03:48 AM
From: Farmboy	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

CO - Had it been dropping bunker busters from 50,000 feet, it wouldn't have been the Seals involved. You shouldn't pretend expertise in matters where you can't even get the branch of service right. Also, I doubt seriously you have any real idea of the amount of intel captured in that raid. Correct? Tell me, oh great kool aid drinker, just what proof of Bin Laden's death have we seen? The 'sick' thing is the manner in which you fabricate your seldom-true, never correct rhetoric, and your 'sick' attempts to paint Obama as some kind of American hero. With an imagination as active as your's, you should be able to imagine a response to this: What do you think about the 'great risk' Obama took with his multi billion dollar 'stimulus' .... that flopped ?

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (87707)	4/28/2012 10:02:04 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

First off, you need to understand something. The Seals had been planning this mission for months. There is only so long that any kind of secret like this can be kept so Obama was in a situation where if he didn't approve the raid, he was going to face a leak that would put him in a position of "You had your chance to take down Usama Bin Ladin and you "Blinked"".. Obama had no choice. And he made the correct decision, albeit a risky one.. Welcome to the position of "Commander in Chief".. But one has to contrast this to Obama's opposition to the surge in Iraq. I was there at that time and I recall all the politicking by the Democrats to not do a surge and even to just get out of Iraq. The enemy we were fighting was basically the same.. Islamic militants who paid bayat to Al Qaida. Bottom line, Presidents have to make tough decisions. It comes with the territory.. Just wish Obama could make the same kinds of tough decisions when it comes to pressing charges against the Financial Crooks in the TBTF banks, as well as the hoards of undocumented workers that have come across the US border. But no.. he just orders Federal investigations into supposedly "White on Black" hate crimes, while ignoring the Black on White crimes that have occurred recently. That displays cowardice on his part, IMO. Hawk