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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 06:57 PM Original message |
Bin Laden, two others didn't fire on SEALs: sources |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Seems to be coming from NBCs Pentagon Correspondent, but my one question.. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I agree. You have a limited time in a hostile country to get your target. You are NOT going to |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Who cares? |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Exactly, Maybe the seals should have produced....... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. I care, as do many other people. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. He recruited, trained, planned, and bankrolled terrorism. To say he wasn't directly involved... |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You may want to look up your history with that. |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. You don't know history as well as you think you do |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fortunately for the SEALS, they didn't fire. |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is sick. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Hear, here! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. The "sick spin" is known as reporting the facts |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I don't trust "facts" by unnamed anonymous unauthorized sources. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Has anyone asked you to? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Oh yes, lots of people ask me to believe their "facts". And "the White House" has differing stories, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The White House doesn't have differing stories on this part. |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. If you are reporting the facts, it is not a spin. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Maybe. But it's more that the White House first reported a firefight. n/t |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. So you're agreeing that terrorist tactics are ok, or is it a case that two wrongs make a right? nt. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "Two wrongs make a right"? Seriously? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So you think it would be ok for US leaders to be assassinated? |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. If we had a leader who crashed airliners into skyscrapers, YES! |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I'm not necessarily opposed to all war, but I am opposed to terrorism. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. So, the U.S. Civil War wasn't a War? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. So terrorism is legitimate? The world trade center attacks were just a part of war? |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. So? No one at the WTC fired on the planes. They were killed anyways. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. no one |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. They made the first mistake of leaving their weapons out of reach. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Another "Unamed Source" from Reuters...How much more of this stuff is believeable? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Saxby Chambliss (R) has been leaking like a sieve today. Probably another congressperson n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'd bet Lieberman, too...he's a known Gossip and a NeoCon... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. "a person familiar with the latest U.S. government reporting on the raid"=WTF? |
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4nic8em (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. After careful study of all the the different media reports |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That is worth a chuckle... Seriously! Definitely a Chuckle... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. I honestly don't care. The world is better with those mass murderers dead. |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ever hear of Nirenberg? They didn't shoot them they gave |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They all surrendered |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Maybe if I kill and then admit to the world I killed |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. +1 (but it's Nuremberg) nt. |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. They achieved operational surprise. It's what they do. So why should we care? |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. In that situation, one assumes they are armed and pointing a weapon at you. |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. yet again the official narrative doubles back on itself; the story is changing every few minutes now |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. There is nothing official about "unnamed sources." nt |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. They should have just bombed the place, but... |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sources? What sources? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Anonymous and unauthorized report? ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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spicegal (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Does it really matter whether he was armed? Seriously, who |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I can't believe that I live in a time where your position is widely acceptable. nt. |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Especially since the armed/unarmed question is different for Al Qaeda members |
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Barbara2423 (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Some people are just bored to make up this stuff |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
31. Its not coming from the WH...there will be no further comment........... |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. So what |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
38. I promise... |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. When you've gone to great lengths to ensure that the world recognizes you as the most notorious |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. The whole damn place could have been wired up |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. +!,000 (nt) |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
51. May be "bleeding heart" but I prefer anyone be taken alive |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
55. Time stamp looks correct |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
59. The SEALS did a great job in a very dangerous situation. |
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