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Osama Bin Ladin Killed
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/I'll get that out of the way...
Today is the first. Hittler went on 30 April 1945...
idancesafetydance
Charter Member
I've been thinking about this for awhile now. I've concluded that this probably won't change a thing. Everybodies logic at the moment is: "Osama Bin Laden, the ONLY terrorist on the planet is dead!" I fear this won't change a thing. Terrorism will continue, and who knows, maybe another nut-job will take his place. But who am I to spoil the fun?
Time to party.
Time to party.
heywooood
Mayor Emeritus of Taco City
President Obama got it done - made bin laden priority one, located the ***, signed off on the operation personally and the best special forces team in the World took care of it without a casualty. Salute to them all.
seems Mr. Obama did have more important things to work on than 'proving he is an American' by showing the tea baggers his birth certificate...Four More Years:salute:
I think this is the best news we've had in over a decade...would have been better had that miserable bin laden rat never been born - but targeting him and killing him is welcome news.
God Bless the victims of 9/11 and the United States Armed Forces
seems Mr. Obama did have more important things to work on than 'proving he is an American' by showing the tea baggers his birth certificate...Four More Years:salute:
I think this is the best news we've had in over a decade...would have been better had that miserable bin laden rat never been born - but targeting him and killing him is welcome news.
God Bless the victims of 9/11 and the United States Armed Forces
Bomber_12th
SOH-CM-2025
Bill, good points. I felt Tom Brokaw said it well tonight when he stated something to the point of, based on the history of the region, you simply don't know now what will happen in the middle-east, especially Pakistan, following Bin Laden's death, and for that reason it will be especially important over the coming days and weeks as to what develops from this.
Right now though, I think it is great to recognize this final solution to the mission of taking Osama Bin Laden out, which has been going on since the 90's, and I hope it goes down as a good historical moment not just for the U.S., but for the world over.
skyhawka4m
Charter Member
And those loss of more of my freedoms, money in my check to pay for programs, and higher gas prices.....YES!!!!!! A win win for all of us...thank god for Mr. Obama!!!!
traindriver98
Charter Member
Thank-You. It is the ones on the ground who deserve all the credit.:salute:
And while we're not being political, can we also keep the derogatory political party affiliation slurs to ourselves as well....Heywooood....
That particular term for members of the Tea Party I find to be vulgar, at best.....
wombat666
Administrator
And just to emphasise Tim's post ................ Second Warning.
NO POLITICS!
And perhaps I need to remind people that Osama Bin Laden has been virtually on the run for many years, the organisation he founded is like the mythical Hydra, it has many heads and Bin Laden was only one.
I applaud the men and women who planned and carried out this operation, I hope the families of people around the World who lost relatives and friends in the WTC atrocity find closure and I heartily applaud the content of the President's statement.
However, as Robert Fisk commented, expect a new and increased wave of terrorism by those who would seize upon the death of Bin Laden as that of a 'Martyr', one chapter of the war on terrorism has been closed but a new chapter is upon us.
The job is not finished, it has become even more difficult.
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And that is what I meant by not getting political. No slandering one side or the other, no president bashing, no derogatory remarks about either party.
NO POLITICS MEANS NO POLITICS!
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