tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post8555959517131108947..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Well Done Mr. PresidentMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-21665164705810709372011-05-12T09:55:26.310-04:002011-05-12T09:55:26.310-04:00El Cerdo Ignatius - Obama may indeed be way off ba...El Cerdo Ignatius - Obama may indeed be way off base, but at least he is still in this dimension. I am beginning to wonder what alternative reality many of the Right hail from - ;). That he was willing to field a force large enough to defend the mission took the decision to a new level of gutsy.<br /><br />Nan - Your points are well taken and I did consider the trial factor. But we have been fighting these yahoos for years from a western world view of ethics, fairplay, and our notion of decency. It has not worked. They respect nothing but force. We need to sink to their level and fight as they do. Small clandestine missions should have been utilized from the get go, not the billions of dollars, hundreds of thousands of men, and years of effort we have wasted to this point. The time for fairplay and the rule of law comes after an enemy has been defeated. In my opinion, killing him was the strategically correct thing to do.<br /><br />Kulkiri - Certainly killing should be a last resort. But when the enemy uses killing as their first resort, what do you do?<br /><br />You point up the very reason it made no sense to bring him to the US to stand trial - Politics. The process would have become mired in partisan bullshit and in the meantime, Bin Laden would continue to be a rallying point, a beacon of evil light for his low life followers to build support from. It would have taken years and even though I would rather he rot in jail, killing him gave us some serious closure.<br /><br />Mr Charleston - Absolutely. Like a bad horror movie, when the boogieman is killed, Life begins to return to normal. <br /><br />BBC - Bin Laden reaped what he sowed. I have no problem with my soul. Actually I think it feels better now.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-2961844202356748402011-05-11T18:24:48.866-04:002011-05-11T18:24:48.866-04:00Putting vermin on trail is a waste of money and I ...Putting vermin on trail is a waste of money and I don't buy that not doing so makes us any less soulless. <br /><br />Piss souls off and you get what you asked for. They treated his body with more respect than I would have.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-6541518763568306552011-05-11T13:30:23.878-04:002011-05-11T13:30:23.878-04:00I'm with you Crum. Bin Laden didn't deser...I'm with you Crum. Bin Laden didn't deserve any more respect than any other muderous criminal. Simply exterminating him and moving on keeps him, and others like him, at the level of vermin where they belong. Killing him is not worthy of celebration, or even gloating. We have far more dangerous and pressing enemies to deal with, like the predatory, capitalist greed that is destroying our country from within.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-70542405945660220352011-05-11T09:38:04.513-04:002011-05-11T09:38:04.513-04:00I have mixed feelings about this. Killing should ...I have mixed feelings about this. Killing should always be a last resort, just like war should be a last resort. aWol stopped looking for Osama because he needed a Big Bad Bogeyman to scare the shit out of the sheeple. I'm glad that Obama renewed the effort to go after Osama and did in the end get him. Would have prefered he was captured and put on trial for his numerous crimes. <br /><br />Of course those on the right would have been scared shitless and refused to allow a court trail to be held on US soil!!! Just like the bullshit arguments against trying those at Gitmo in New York city. But wouldn't it have been fun to watch those big, bad <b>SISSYHAWKS</b> pissing themselves while trying to come up with reasons not to try him here!!!!!!!!!!!!Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-55193873033685919462011-05-11T09:18:20.970-04:002011-05-11T09:18:20.970-04:00Gotta disagree with you about the not deserving a ...Gotta disagree with you about the not deserving a trial business. First, everytime we assassinate someone instead of putting the thug in a courtroom, we're endorsing violence and vigilantism and saying, yes, we really did always want to emulate the Soviets and the KGB. Second, there's nothing quite like being seen doing a perp walk in an orange jumpsuit to demystify a would-be leader. Third, given how tight the bin Ladns were (and are) with the Saudi royal family, I'm suspicious of anything that prevented Osama from spilling his guts about where his money had been coming from for the past 17 years -- he supposedly got cut off financially back in '94, so whose payroll was he on?Nanhttp://www.mannikkomaki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-72869604859198005712011-05-11T08:47:16.000-04:002011-05-11T08:47:16.000-04:00Well, Mike, I still think President Obama is way, ...Well, Mike, I still think President Obama is way, way off base, almost in an alternate reality, when it comes to economic policy. (You probably knew that already. And... oh wait... checking... yes, I see your mileage still varies. :) But I agree that he hit a home run into the parking lot by approving this raid into Pakistan. I especially enjoyed hearing that the president himself insisted that the military team be large and numerous enough to fend off any resistance from the Pakistani military or the ISI. Heh heh! <i>That</i>, more than anything, is ballsy.El Cerdo Ignatiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646154540141962389noreply@blogger.com