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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:31 PM Original message |
What would happen if they simply kept the compound under tight surveillance? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think you will see from the dominoes that Obama did the right thing |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What dominoes? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Like this? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Get back to me when the dominoes include ending the wars. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Obama will end them. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. A republican house member was on MSNBC saying we couldn't leave until we got Bin laden. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. LOL Ask a question, get an answer - a really GOOD answer at that |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Thanks for that! Going to read that thread. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
60. The noose may be tightening... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Al Qaeda has morphed too much to use that data effectively. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. And you know this, how??? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Let me see . . . oh yeah . . . by reading. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because it was "kill or capture" not "keep inside under suveillance" |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That's fine if the goal is to kill, as opposed to undermine a terror network. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Seems killing the figure head, the one who has access to a lot of money, would undermine them. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. I'm with you on this. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
53. Pssst.! Uppity. That's the new right wing meme, That he fucked up |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Pssst! Solomon. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fair question. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. When was the last time a tape from him any actual result other than |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Beats me. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. By that I mean, if the intelligence gleaned indicated an imminent threat was forming inside. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Again, maybe it did. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Or it was a twofer. |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. And who would "we"be? The Pakistanis? America could not have |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I'm sure they would have never have noticed that UPS truck parked across the street. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. You mean the one with the huge satellite dish on it? LOL n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Map this address and tell me how difficult it is to set up a front. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. A logistical nightmare. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. And the subway was saved by killing bin Laden? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. I know this much... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Matt Damon is much better than Steven Seagal. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Every Day of the Week. Hands Down. |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. How would that be accomplished in the heart of Pakistan? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I've been of the view that the better way of countering a stealthy, clandestine organization |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Agreed. It's obvious that tipping off the Pakistani gov. would have been a stupid move. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. exactly, well put |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. To what purpose? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Intelligence. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. For how long? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I expect not as long as the current "war on terror". |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Perhaps not, but it only takes the example of the Bush/Cheney administration to recognize... |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Leaked reports, political disaster. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
13. For what reason? |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Probably nothing |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. A real threat? The dude already killed a few thousand people and said he did it. Guilty fucker, dead |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Simply"? How could such a thing be simple? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The compound was a pretty fixed location. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. 'The whole gamut of spookdom' is one hell of a term |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Tailing a courier reeks of magic. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. So now we are 'tailing' people in Pakistan? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. You convinced me. |
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Oasis_ (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Ok but... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. That is probably being planned now by his successor. |
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Oasis_ (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. His successor (Al-Zawahari) |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I'd prefer to see the network unravelled than parade bogeymen. |
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Oasis_ (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Ok.. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Again. there are many who could plan an attack. |
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Oasis_ (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. You really think |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. good question |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
59. Welcome to DU. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Then OBL would have been arrested quietly, at leisure. |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sorry, but |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Yet lost me at wives. |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. okay, try this |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. The SEALs shot bin Laden in the eye because he was a womanizer? |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I'm okay with that |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. It went so well in Waco. n/t |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. Let's see, "Mr. OBL, if you kill just one more person in addition to the other 3,000 innocent people |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
69. Like house arrest? |
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