General Discussion

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,973 posts)

11. Wrong (as usual)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:44 PM

Mar 2012

Last edited Thu Mar 22, 2012, 02:54 PM - Edit history (1)

John McCain and virtually every candidate for POTUS in 2008 basically told Obama that he would be reckless and/or irresponsible to go after Bin Laden in Pakistan if intelligence became available. Giving the order to take out Bin Laden in Pakistan was a HUGE gamble and, frankly, he's lucky that it went down the right way. Had Bin Laden escaped to gloat and/or the Pakistanis captured the Seals or any number of things gone wrong, it would have gone down a MAJOR foreign policy blunder for Obama, perhaps irreparably so. It was about as bold and gutsy a move that he could have made IMHO.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

22 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Rove picks the wrong fight over OBL killing (updated) [View all] ProSense Mar 2012 OP

I was in a taxi that had some RW blowhard on the radio onenote Mar 2012 #1

that type of thing is inevitable as the election grows closer mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #3

Bush didn't Mz Pip Mar 2012 #4

good ole george cindyperry2010 Mar 2012 #7

Is that the talking point of the day? Frustratedlady Mar 2012 #8

The phone rang at 3 am Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #12

And Rove and Koch have unlimited funds to shove this bullshit down people's throats emulatorloo Mar 2012 #17

Bush didn't. He called for retreat at Tora Bora. The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #9

Funny, if "any commander in chief" would have done the same thing, WHY.DIDN'T.CHIMPIE Ecumenist Mar 2012 #10

trying to downplay a gutsy call to take out the 9/11 perpetrator? mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #2

GOP believes (and many support)that have a license to lie. I think it's called nanabugg Mar 2012 #5

George W. Bush, a Karl Rove Film.... gulliver Mar 2012 #6

Wrong (as usual) Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #11

Exactly. n/t ProSense Mar 2012 #13

+1 mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #15

We have a winnah... +1 deacon Mar 2012 #21

he did what any commander-in-chief would do except george w bu$h* spanone Mar 2012 #14

Right Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #18

Ha! That is all Rove has. How pathetic. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #16

Rove says virtually any President would have done that -- but Romney would NOT have. Jim Lane Mar 2012 #19

Psychopaths will always try and turn your greatest strength into your greatest weakness. The swift applegrove Mar 2012 #20

I have a feeling that this line of attack isn't going to work on Obama Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #22