See, this is how you do it.
American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials, an indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda’s growing influence in the region.
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Clearly Obama is going about this all wrong.
To everyone involved, well done.
“…but…but…but he’s an Indonesian bunnypants muslim who can’t govern.”
~far right chickenhawks
There are so many good lines , I don’t know where to start.
How about you start with “Kudos, Mr. President.”?
There are so many good lines , I don’t know where to start.
“Pfff–Bush and Cheney would’ve turned the whole country into glass by now. Obammy’s going about it all wrong”
Hmm, I’m trying to remember what the record of the Bush administration on terror was 8 months into his first term. Drawing a blank, but I know I must be forgetting something that happened…
“Pfff–Bush and Cheney would’ve turned the whole country into glass by now. Obammy’s going about it all wrong”
I like that one.
mike and dc, why don’t you asked Sandy “burglar” Berger, since he stole the docs to cover for his boss?
“Squirrel!”
Duros: How about “Good job, men!” To the Special Ops team?
You mean President Obama didn’t ignore Al-Queda warnings and instead justified their attacks to invade Bolivia? Unpossible!
“Squirrel!”
heh
Obama has officially kept America safe longer than Bush did.
Of course, the GOP can’t stomach crediting a black president for this.
It goes without saying, but you’re an ass, Jaim. If you truly believed this, you wouldn’t feel the need to keep repeating it. Repeating it doesn’t validate it. And if Clinton had done this to Bin Laden when he had the chance, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened.
Repeating it doesn’t validate it.
Remember when Dennis admonished the many, many, many Republicans and right wing pundits who kept repeating this point about Bush/Cheney? No? I wonder if that’s Jaim’s point. Hmm…
Oh, and
And one more
And I’ll take that apology any time now. Also.
“Repeating it doesn’t validate it”
Excuse me little Dennis, but have 3,000 American civilians been slaughtered under Obama’s watch? No? Didn’t think so you little coward.
Excuse me, Jaim, but there’s an Ayn Rand thread down a few from this one where you can tell everyone all about YOUR cowardly ‘Gone Galt’ in reverse experience.
As to 9/11, you keep repeating it like the date was a touchdown for the Redskins in a game between them and the Cowboys and you’re down in the cheering section screaming crazy shit at Romo and TO. I’d be tempted to tell you that Bush’s approval rating was in the 70’s at this point in his presidency as compared to Obama’s 51, but that’d be just as much an exploitation of a horrible event for this county as yours is.
I doubt seriously if you were so brazen this time eight years ago about blaming Bush. Or maybe you were and that’s why you had so much trouble finding gainful employment despite the degrees, who knows.
Bush’s approval jumped because of 9/11 dumbass, when Americans rallied around our president.
You know, that guy who Republicans just heckled, displaying their contempt for the office?
Obama has kept America safe. The GOP didn’t.
I didn’t blame Bush until the record showed that he seriously dropped the ball. He had the gall to actually promote the people who didn’t keep us safe that day. By objective standards, he was a complete failure.
And you remain a little bitch.
I’d be tempted to tell you that Bush’s approval rating was in the 70’s at this point in his presidency as compared to Obama’s 51, but that’d be just as much an exploitation of a horrible event for this county as yours is.
And I won’t mention that Dennis is an irretrievably stupid Limbaugh Palin Birther who couldn’t find his asshole with a funnel. But I won’t. I’ll be civil.
You have to love Birther Dennis. Rarely does he address a thread’s topic or the substance of a comment. But he is quick to pounce on non-issues, like what a commenter’s handle is, or commenter’s employment situation. It’s really petty and pathetic. It’s easy to see why Dennis was so drawn to George Bush, Jr., the worst President ever. Plus he can’t admit when he’s wrong or apologize when he really should, when the substance of his comments is painstakingly pointed out.
It goes without saying, but you’re an ass, Jaim. If you truly believed this, you wouldn’t feel the need to keep repeating it.
Sure he does. It has to be repeated in order to drill it into your thick skill. Not to mention, it’s fun to watch you squirm.
Zython,
Was this you at Ann Althouse’s blog, up to your sockpuppet race-baiting tricks again?
Thanks to all my readers who gave an immediate and overnight pushback to a vile new commenter.
It was, wasn’t it?
Dennis, do you get paid by the word to police blogs?
Or are you just a sad little Cheetoh-munching coward who has nothing better to do?
Kudos to President Obama.
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, killed Sep. 14 2009
Abu Layth al-Libi, killed Jan. 29, 2008
Omar al-Farouq, killed Sept. 25, 2006
Abdul Hadi al-Iraqi, detained Fall 2006
Khadafi Janjalani, killed Sept. 4, 2006
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed June 7, 2006
Midhat Mursi, presumed killed Jan. 13, 2006
Abu Hamza Rabia, killed Nov. 30, 2005
Abu Faraj al-Libbi, detained May 2, 2005
Abu Hazim al-Sha’ir, killed March 15, 2004
Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, detained Nov. 25, 2003
Ahmad Said al-Kadr, presumed killed October 2003
Hambali, detained Aug. 11, 2003
Abu Bakr al-Azdi, detained June 26, 2003
Yousef Salih Fahad al-Ayeeri, killed May 31, 2003
Tawfiq bin Attash, detained April 29, 2003
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, detained March 1, 2003
Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman, detained Feb. 14, 2003
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, detained November 2002
Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, killed Nov. 3, 2002
Saif al Islam el Masry, detained Summer 2002
Abu Zubair al-Haili, detained June 10, 2002
Abu Zubaydah, detained March 28, 2002
Hamza al-Qatari, killed Winter 2002
Riyadh the Facilitator, detained January 2002
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, detained Fall 2001
Abu Jafar al-Jaziri, killed January 2002
Abu Salah al-Yemeni, killed January 2002
Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, detained January 2002
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, detained December 2001
Salim Ahmed Hamdan, detained Nov. 24, 2001
Mohammed Atef, killed Nov. 14, 2001
Tariq Anwar Ahmad al-Sayyid, killed November 2001
Muhammad Salah, killed November 2001
I think your list is incomplete, SPC. You mean to tell me George Bush only got one in his last two years in office?
Hmm. I don’t see “Osama bin Laden” anywhere on that list.
33 killed/detained “top” al queda divided by 7 (to be generous)per year = 4.7 “top” guys per year. .39 per month. Not so good.
Al Qaeda lives in Waziristan and Obama is focused there. Quietly.
Then there is Osama.
roo roo: do you think it’s easy to kill thirty – nine one – hundredths of a terrorist every month?
Your statistical “analysis” is nonsensical.
The last I heard — sometime in 2008 — we had killed more than 40,000 terrorists. Notice I said we, not Pres Bush or Pres Obama.
There was an article I saw recently that quoted several strategic intelligence analysts (unlike roo roo) as saying that al Qaeda is experiencing “recruitment difficulties”. I think, If I die, I’m going to Paradise,” is far different from “When I die, I’m going to Paradise.”
Proper link : al Qaeda is experiencing “recruitment difficulties”
Duros: How about “Good job, men!” To the Special Ops team?
Yup, that works too. But I’m sure the President already did that.
And if Clinton had done this to Bin Laden when he had the chance, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened.
Yeah, yeah, and if a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump it’s ass a-hoppin’.
If Clinton HAD done it, and he did try, all of you would have said he’s just trying to cover up his indiscretions.
if he had taken out Osama bin Ladin when he had the chance
Duros : I am not at all sure that he did that. His coolness towards the military is already well known in military circles.
If Clinton HAD done it, and he did try, all of you would have said he’s just trying to cover up his indiscretions.
AND added Osama to the Clinton “murder list.”
I don’t know any conservatives who wouldn’t have been, either.
Yes, you do.
Frank: I am not at all sure that he did that. His coolness towards the military is already well known in military circles.
Bullshit. He has consistently shown his respect for folks in uniform.
Then why are we applauding Obama for taking out this guy, Quibbie?
Duros: Think what you want to. Then read a few milblogs.
SFC. Please. I worked hard for that. I don’t go around calling you “Quaker in a Dungeon” or some other take on your name.
It’s a list of top al-Qaeda officials and operators killed or captured. I don’t know if you noticed, but that organization has been suffering some personnel attrition for the past few years.
I guess it’s only fair to throw in folks like Aden Hashi Ayro who was killed May 18, 2008. But he was with al-Shabab.
I’m sure President Obama is working on that just as hard as President Bush was.
Which works out to about 1 per quarter. President Obama has been in office for almost three quarters now. He’s slacking. I suppose we could give him credit for killing pirates too.
Of course, I’m happy that my Commander-in-Chief is continuing his predecessors “Kill Terrorists” policy. If not with as much vigor as his predecessor. It’s not all his fault though, it’s not like he has as target rich of an environment to work in.
SFC. Apologies.
If you’re keeping a list, you might want to add this guy:
Baitullah Mehsud, the Emir of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP, or the Movement of Pakistani Taliban), was reportedly killed in a U.S. drone attack on August 5, 2009.
I don’t think that expanding the terrorist organizations which have had their leadership and such killed or captured is going to help the case that President Obama is more effective at this than President Bush was. All else being equal, President Bush simply had more to choose from.
I don’t think that expanding the terrorist organizations which have had their leadership and such killed or captured
Expand? What?
Then read a few milblogs.
Pass.
Unless it’s deklsmith’s.
I’m sure President Obama is working on that just as hard as President Bush was.
Doubt that. No one could work any less hard than W. did.
Think what you want to. Then read a few milblogs.
Oh I see, it isn’t Obama’s attitude towards the military, it’s their attitude towards him.
Got it.
SFC B
September 16, 2009 at 1:02 am
Kudos to President Obama.
See that, Frank? Now was that hard?
More on Mehsud:
I suppose we could give him credit for killing pirates too.
You mean you don’t? Even with surgical headshots? Come on, what does it take?
I’m happy that my Commander-in-Chief is continuing his predecessors “Kill Terrorists” policy. If not with as much vigor as his predecessor.
If by “vigor” you mean “close your eyes and dust a village”, then yeah, I’m happy he’s not quite as …”vigorous.”
I dunno. He looks to be just as happy to have a village “dusted”.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/20099145542136968.html
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Not that I need to defend myself against the likes of you, but no. Never been to her website, but I have read her “work”. Knowing the insane drama queen she is, it was probably her.
Hmm, seems like they can’t get bin Laden though…