Stephen Okula, CGCS said: Jon Gansen said: Stephen Okula, CGCS said: "Bushes policies made it possible to get the intel that led to bin ladens death, it just would have been nice for Obama to credit those policies. The Taliban was not in control of afghanistan when Bush left, but they since have made a resurrgence. Al Qaeda was in iraq before the war, remember they had training camps. "
Everything in this paragraph is blatantly false, but the most egregious of these preposterous assertions is the implication that Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein had a working relationship. Al Qaeda is a radical religious organization made up of mainly Shiite Muslims. Their goal is to institute an Islamic fundamentalist rule the world over by whatever means possible, and indiscriminate violence seems to be their first choice.
Hussein was nominally a Sunni Muslim, a group notoriously at odds with the Shiite sect. In reality he was a secular fascist, whose only goal was to cling to power in Iraq and whatever territory he might be able to grab. He viewed the fundamentalists with fear and loathing, because they were a threat to his own power. No way would he ever cooperate with them. If Al Qaeda had training camps in Iraq, they were there to overthrow Hussein, not to support him. Remember, Al Qaeda operatives involved in the 9/11 attacks had their flight training in the U.S., by your logic then Bush actually allied himself with them.
No Bush just let Bin Laden go this whole time covered it up... Of course his policies helped kill him! Maybe al-qaeda wasnt there who knows. Bush lied, maybe, but more than him had access to intelligence. What will history write about Obama and aiding the over throw of Mubarek, Gadafi and opening it up to the peaceful hands of the muslim brotherhood..?? We all know Obama lied about dumping Bin Laden at sea what next?
Obama lied about throwing bin Laden into the ocean? I had no idea. Tell me, what really happened and how do you know?
Also, in point of style for correct English, "Bush" and "intelligence" are never used in the same sentence.
Jon,
I think the problem here is your statement that we "all" know that Obama lied. "My" sources tell me that bin Laden lied about not being able to swim. Then some guy sends an email saying "remains on the way to White House", followed by another email saying, "Psych!"
Kids....driving aircraft carriers....what are ya gonna do? So now, we're left with conflicting reports. And since "I" have no idea if he floated, or sank, or was flown, or hitched a ride on that carrier, means that "all" of us do not know.
I guess the bottom line is, "who cares?" Did our President lie to "you" about exactly where the bullet entered bin Laden's head? He told me that it was about a half inch above his left eye. But he was probably just yanking my chain, because I'm not on the "need to know" list. That's okay. And it probably wasn't even him.....the call just showed up as "White House switchboard". I didn't even know they still had switchboards.
The day that the CIC of our military forces tells the world "exactly" what happened on any given op, is the day that I will decide to vote him/her out of office.