The Insult to the American Soldier

[Teresa Heilevang]

The Insult to the American Soldier

“Can’t anybody here play this game?”

The president, revealing himself to be Barack Obungle, has done what nobody else could have done, not even the spectacularly hapless original New York Mets, who drove Casey Stengel to his famous cry of terminal frustration.
(Barack Obungle... Great name for that putz in the WH.  I may have to use that... Warph)

The White House converted a picture-perfect military operation into a public-relations disaster that will be cited as what not to do and how not to do it in flackery textbooks for a hundred years. Days after the raid on Osama bin Laden’s “mansion” they still can’t get the “fact pattern,” in the language of the White House, even close to straight.

Even that ubiquitous photograph of the president, the secretary of state and assorted minions bravely watching the operation in “real time” looks now to have been a “photo-op” taken after the fact. This is the scene that the goofy John Brennan, the president’s anti-terrorism chief, described as one of unbearable tension endured heroically by the magnificent minions. Hillary seemed to be clutching her throat, choking back terror as she watched the raid unfold, but now Leon Panetta, the chief of the CIA, reveals that 24 minutes of the 40-minute video were “blacked out” by some kind of electronic malfunction. Maybe she was only wishing she had ordered pepperoni with extra cheese when the president sent out for pizza.

What a roller coaster ride: Osama bin Laden engaged the SEALs in a firefight. Well, no, actually, it turns out he didn’t. But he did seize a woman, probably one of his wives, to use as a human shield. Uh, well, actually he didn’t do that, either. But he was armed, we know that for sure. Ummm, no, not really. OK, but we’re positive that woman was killed. Uh, not exactly. But we definitely, positively, absolutely know that Osama is dead. We have the photographs to prove it and the public can see them. Er, no, not quite. The president has them but you can’t see them. Everybody will just have to take his word for it.

Rest of story at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/6/pruden-insult-american-soldier/

[fightingquaker13]

A classic example of why less is sometimes more.The ideal news conference?
 "Yesterday US operatives attacked a compound in Pakistan containing Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden was killed and several associates were captured. His body was buried at sea according to Islamic custom. There were no US casulties, although one helicopter was lost".
"Mr. President, Mr. President......"
"We do not comment on ongoing itelligence operations. Thank you, and goodnight".
How freaking hard is that ? How many unneccesary problems would it have solved? But politicians can't seem to get that. Its not just BO either. Remember Ashcroft crowing about "The Dirty Bomber" or "The Miami Seven"?  In politics, sometimes knowing when to STFU is the hardest thing to learn.
FQ13

[Solus]

Proper way would have been to have the exact same operation completed by a team and equipment with no traceable ties to the US.

Mr. President, do you have a comment on the reported death of Bin Laden?

Looks like someone beat us to him.  At least justice has been served.

[fightingquaker13]

No, the world needed to know we did it. I just don't get this whining about collateral damage. I mean its not like capet bombed the town he was in. So wht if a few folks died? The SEALS were still more careful than the Philidelphia PD or the ATF.
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[Herknav]

I agree with Solus on this one.

FQ--ATF would've sold him the guns to shoot back with.

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[Solus]

The world would know.  It just never would be official.

Would have been the preferred way to take out Sadam also.   No Long Good Byes would have been involved.

[tombogan03884]

The world would know.  It just never would be official.

Would have been the preferred way to take out Sadam also.   No Long Good Byes would have been involved.

It's called "economy of force". Why use 3 divisions when you can achieve your objective with one well placed bullet ?
As for not taking credit publicly, like the Mafia, Send the biggest wreath to the funeral. 

[runstowin]

Can't get his life story straight, can't get hie birth certificate right, can't get the OBL killing straight. Hum, is there a pattern here?

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