titaniumsalute (206 posts) Thu May-05-11 08:46 PM
Original message
Let's cut the ****ing shit
I keep seeing these media headlines "Osama Bin Laden not Armed While Shot..."
Please find me people who give a shit? The media is trying to find more "stories" out of this.
Here's the story. The CIA found out where Osama lived. The US Armed Services and President were notified. The President gave approval for the US Armed Services (Navy Seal Team 6) the authority to invade the compound and kill target. They did that mission. OBL and some other assholes are dead. We gathered much computer and other info. End of story.
Much chicken-hawkery chest-thumping ensues.
No word yet as to whether Sasha and Malia should be compelled to join the military.
Then there's this:
provis99 (1000+ posts) Thu May-05-11 08:59 PM
Response to Original message
10. the right-wing seems to be trumpeting this
and somehow blaming Osama being shot while unarmed on Obama. Some should remind these dolts that it's the sailors on the ground who made the call whether to shoot Osama while unarmed or wait until he picked up a gun and killed a few sailors. So they should be blaming the SEALs, not Obama. Doltheads.
Name one RWer making this claim.
onenote (1000+ posts) Thu May-05-11 09:15 PM
Response to Reply #10
17. it seems to be a big deal to several DUers as well
I'm not one of them, but claiming the "unarmed" OBL meme is a RW meme ignores that its got a number of adherents on the other side of the spectrum
Name one RWer making this claim.
Marr (1000+ posts) Fri May-06-11 04:38 PM
Response to Reply #17
26. I think it's worth pointing out because it appears to be the fact.
Edited on Fri May-06-11 04:40 PM by Marr
If the facts differ from the government's official story, which was dutifully trumpeted from every tower as usual, I think it's worth correcting the record.
If Republicans want to defend Osama bin Laden because of it, it's their funeral. After insisting for years that 'real men' don't need trials and laws to deal with terrorists, it'd be a pretty stupid move.
Name one RWer making this claim.
treestar (1000+ posts) Fri May-06-11 04:36 PM
Response to Reply #10
25. Probably the same doltheads who were saying the SEALS should
get the credit, not Obama.
what the--?!?!
Lint Head (1000+ posts) Thu May-05-11 09:06 PM
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14. So this is what being pro-life means for Re-Pubic-Rats?
Pro Osama's life? I didn't realize what flower children Re-Pubic-Rats were!
Name one RWer making this claim.
louslobbs (1000+ posts) Fri May-06-11 04:26 PM
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23. Take a lesson media, that's how you tell a story, Originally from the Golden Girls episode where
Blanche refuses to let Rose re-tell a lengthy story to Dorothy about winning tickets to a Frank Sinatra concert. Instead, Blanche tells the story, short and sweet to Dorothy, when she is done, Dorothy turns to Rose and says, Dorothy: Take a lesson Rose. That's how you tell a story! ... Just thought it related here.
Lou
What the--?!?!?!?!
And while so many of them are trying to blame any criticism on the RW these 2 assholes pop up in their midst, shit all over their claims but are left unchallenged:
coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Fri May-06-11 04:32 PM
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24. You're not saying that President Obama approved the cold-blooded
extra-judicial execution of OBL are you?
Once you embrace the bin Laden Exception, how does it stay confined to him?
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/...
gratuitous (1000+ posts) Fri May-06-11 04:39 PM
Response to Reply #24
27. Oh, the Constitution!
Jeez, you libruls like throwing that in people's faces every chance you get, don't you? Due process this, treaty obligations that, crimes against humanity the other! Everyone already agrees that bin Laden was behind the 9/11 attacks, and that's the end of it! As someone very wise once said a long time ago, what further need have we of witnesses? Besides, following laws and adhering to the principles that we claim set us apart is just so messy and time-consuming. We're Americans, and if the gratification isn't instant, it's probably not worth having.
Besides, this is the only time we'll ever do something like this. Until the next time. And the only time we've ever done something like this. Since the last time. So knock it off, Captain Buzzkill, and get with the program. Unless you want to be the next example of American exceptionalism. Which we won't ever do again, but if we did, you know . . .
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1047394#1047557
