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Shep Smith: Anybody Talking About The Fact That The Bin Laden Operation Is Illegal?

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On Fox News today, Shepard Smith was getting an update from Catherine Herridge regarding new details emerging about the raid on Osama bin Laden‘s compound. Yet Shep was interested in learning whether anyone in government was challenging, or attempting to defend the legality of the operation.

Herridge reported on the ongoing dispute between Republican Congressman Peter King and the Obama administration regarding whether waterboarding ultimately led to actionable intelligence on bin Laden. Shep asked, “Is anybody talking about the fact that this is illegal – this operation was illegal? Or is that a matter that’s going to be left for another day?” Shep’s Fox colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano is loudly arguing that issue, but Herridge wasn’t aware of any elected official discussing such a concern yet.

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  • The Lantern of Truth

    Are you calling our beloved President a war criminal ???

  • TampopoLoco

    America! Batshit crazy is our middle name.

  • HuskersLoveBo

    When terrorists under bin Laden’s direction hijack civilian airplanes and fly them into civilian targets, there are no rules. Period. Way to go every American who was associated with this mission. Every rational American is eternally grateful.

  • notsofast

    If water-boarding is illegal and a war crime, surely shooting an unarmed man is.

  • TfT

    Bwahahahaha

    Shooting and killing OBL is fine, waterboarding KSM is NOT fine….but “when terrorists under BL’s direction ….there are no rules”….SEALS prosecuted by Obama for giving a bloody nose to a terrorist, and now….will they be prosecuted for this mission too?

    bwahahahaha

    It never ceases to amaze me the double standard the liberals play.

    bwahahahaha

  • illusive man

    Does this mean the left hates Shepaed Smith know?

  • “Real” American

    notsofast said:
    If water-boarding is illegal and a war crime, surely shooting an unarmed man is.

    Again, with the idiot logic. You just can’t help yourself. Osama = leader of enemy combatants = fair game.
    People around him = fair game.

    Try not to display your ignorance so readily.

  • Barack Must Go

    What the hell is ‘ Sheppard Smith ” going to do about it ever if they were?

    Probably attempt to scratch their eyes out or hit them with his ” Juicy Couture ” purse.

    What a wimp…..

  • skyfet

    During the Bush white house, no one says this kind of stuff. They’d have been labelled unpatriotic.

  • skyfet

    illusive man said:
    Does this mean the left hates Shepaed Smith know?

    Meaning?

  • cjd ohio 1

    I am glad the president did this, but you can say , american put troops on the ground of a sovereign nation, and conducted military operations, without their permission

  • writer

    Either way, a little late now Shep.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Ozzie bin Laden didn’t even get to call his lawyer , Gloria Allred .

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Again, with the idiot logic. You just can’t help yourself. Osama = leader of enemy combatants = fair game.
    People around him = fair game.

    Really, he are a total fool, son

    KSM is a leader of AQ and you idiot libs want to bring up Bush on war crimes!

    LOL

    barry blew it, son.

  • “Real” American

    TfT said:
    SEALS prosecuted by Obama for giving a bloody nose to a terrorist, and now….will they be prosecuted for this mission too?

    I know, right? It’s like Boosh prosecuting the soldiers who did all that crazy shit at Abu Ghraib.

    Oh wait, the Kenyan-in-Chief did it, so of course its wrong.

  • “Real” American

    notsofast said:
    Really, he are a total fool, son KSM is a leader of AQ and you idiot libs want to bring up Bush on war crimes! LOL barry blew it, son.

    Nice change of subject when you are wrong. Keep pissing up that rope and thinking its a fountain.

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Oh wait, the Kenyan-in-Chief did it, so of course its wrong.

    No, son, Barry did no such thing.

    man, are you ignorant.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Typical liberal. Worried about the legal rights of a terrorist.

  • “Real” American

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    I am glad the president did this, but you can say , american put troops on the ground of a sovereign nation, and conducted military operations, without their permission

    Damn Obama with faint praise eh?

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Nice change of subject when you are wrong.

    LOL

    I’m on topic and you don’t like it, son and I know why!

    LOL

  • “Real” American

    notsofast said:
    No, son, Barry did no such thing. man, are you ignorant.

    LOL Of course you think I am ignorant. Stupid people always think everyone else is as dumb as they are.

  • cjd ohio 1

    "Real" American said:
    Damn Obama with faint praise eh?

    how , read the story above

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Nice change of subject when you are wrong. Keep pissing up that rope and thinking its a fountain.

    Why did you cahnge the subject, child?

    You said UBL was a fair target because he was a AQ leader, but KSM isn’t though he is an AQ leader.

    LOL

    Run, son, change your position; I certainly would if I made such a silly statement.

  • “Real” American

    notsofast said:
    LOL I’m on topic and you don’t like it, son and I know why! LOL

    I can tell you live to type semi-coherent stuff from your secret under-mom’s-kitchen bunker, and I have work to do before I head to the beach, so carry on being stupid without me. You certainly do not need my help being stupid, you have the market on that cornered.

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    I know, right? It’s like Boosh prosecuting the soldiers who did all that crazy shit at Abu Ghraib.

    Oh wait, the Kenyan-in-Chief did it, so of course its wrong.

    Prove Barry prosecuted those at Abu Gharib, son.

    You can’t because it didn’t happen and you just lied to everyone on the internet!

    LOL

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    I can tell you live to type semi-coherent stuff from your secret under-mom’s-kitchen bunker, and I have work to do before I head to the beach, so carry on being stupid without me. You certainly do not need my help being stupid, you have the market on that cornered.

    Non-responsive, libby boy!

  • illusive man

    skyfet said:
    Meaning?

    Can’t you figure it out?

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    I know, right? It’s like Boosh prosecuting the soldiers who did all that crazy shit at Abu Ghraib.

    Oh wait, the Kenyan-in-Chief did it, so of course its wrong.

    LOL

    Nice lie.

    As I have always said the libs aren’t satisfied with stating an opinion, they also have to lie.

    So Barry conducted the prosecution of the Abu Ghraib, son?

    Man, your lies can’t stand scrutiny son. You must be a HP poster who posts lies there and everyone believes them.

    Barry prosecuted them, son?

    If I’m not mistaken, son, Barry got into office in Jan. 2009.

    Well, you lying lib, explain this from Jan. 2008, son!

    LMAO

    “Military prosecution in Abu Ghraib scandal ends”

    January 11, 2008|Ben Nuckols, Associated Press

    BALTIMORE – The Army has thrown out the conviction of the only officer court-martialed in the Abu Ghraib scandal, bringing an end to the four-year investigation and drawing allegations of a Pentagon whitewash from human rights activists.”

    Oh, snap, I caught another lying lib!

  • Pablo

    skyfet said:
    During the Bush white house, no one says this kind of stuff. They’d have been labelled unpatriotic.

    Are you high, skyfet?

  • “Real” American

    You’re reading comprehension skills have hit their nadir. Obama “prosecuted” the Seals like Boosh “prosecuted” the Abu Ghraib Eleven. Thanks for that amazing display of stupid.

  • Pablo

    "Real" American said:
    Obama “prosecuted” the Seals like Boosh “prosecuted” the Abu Ghraib Eleven.

    The Abu Ghraib morons deserved it. They were having some really stupid fun with people for no reason other than sadism. The SEALs, not so much.

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    You’re reading comprehension skills have hit their nadir. Obama “prosecuted” the Seals like Boosh “prosecuted” the Abu Ghraib Eleven. Thanks for that amazing display of stupid.

    Man, are you one stupid lib.

    LOL

    And quite a liar, son- that’s not new- I often out lib liars like you!

    hahaha

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Pablo said:
    Are you high, skyfet?

    Think of skyfet like the end of “Chinatown ” .

    This guy makes no sense .

    It’s skyfet , Jake .

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    Obama “prosecuted” the Seals like

    lOL

    That aint what ya said, liar libby!

    LOL

    Hubba, hubba!

  • notsofast

    "Real" American said:
    You’re reading comprehension skills have hit their nadir.

    Bad grammar, son.

    LOL

  • Dirk

    notsofast said:
    Bad grammar, son.

    LOL

    Don’t know what that means do you? Go figure.

  • Upper Plateau

    Barking up the wrong tree Shepard. You sound like the blatherers that crucified Bush. Oh………….have you notice how quiet they have been while President Obama executes the same policies as President Bush. As if he had any other choice.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Lefties truly have no answer for this .

    Conservatives are fine with Osama being targeted .

  • “Real” American

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    Lefties truly have no answer for this . Conservatives are fine with Osama being targeted .

    Well how about having a caucus and getting your story straight. Folks like LotsoFat are complaining about it, Pablo can’t figure out if he is for it or against it and now you are saying cons are happy as pigs (or LotsoFat) in shit.

  • Gasket

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    I am glad the president did this, but you can say , american put troops on the ground of a sovereign nation, and conducted military operations, without their permission

    Yes, very illegal. Can you imagine the Mexican government doing the same thing on US soil? This is the problem the US faces when lecturing other countries about laws and conduct. I’m one of those people who believes that sometimes the means justify the ends, since I’m not a dogmatic ideologue — but nobody can deny the illegality of the operation. It’s so weird reading some of the people on here who usually vociferously proclaim the righteousness of “the rule of law” and ironically, defending what was precisely the opposite of it. The incursion into sovereign territory. I guess when breaking of the law is to your advantage, you are for it.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Typical liberal. Worried about the legal rights of a terrorist.

    Judge Napolitano a liberal too? Asswipe.

  • Gasket

    Upper Plateau said:
    Barking up the wrong tree Shepard. You sound like the blatherers that crucified Bush. Oh………….have you notice how quiet they have been while President Obama executes the same policies as President Bush. As if he had any other choice.

    Obama is executing Obama’s policies. Perhaps you should go back to 2007 and read what he said he would do.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    Are you calling our beloved President a war criminal ???

    Are you? Now it’s been more than apparent for the last decade that the Republicans are Al Qaeda assets – but are you going to put on the skirt and flash the pom poms cheering for AQ and against Obama now?

  • cjd ohio 1

    Gasket said:
    Yes, very illegal. Can you imagine the Mexican government doing the same thing on US soil? This is the problem the US faces when lecturing other countries about laws and conduct. I’m one of those people who believes that sometimes the means justify the ends, since I’m not a dogmatic ideologue — but nobody can deny the illegality of the operation. It’s so weird reading some of the people on here who usually vociferously proclaim the righteousness of “the rule of law” and ironically, defending what was precisely the opposite of it. The incursion into sovereign territory. I guess when breaking of the law is to your advantage, you are for it. Judge Napolitano a liberal too? Asswipe.

    nice and honest, thanks gasket

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    notsofast said:
    If water-boarding is illegal and a war crime, surely shooting an unarmed man is.

    Another nutsofast Al Qaeda cheerleading moment. Right on time and predictable. Go ahead, dickweed – try to squeeze a few tears out for your hero, Osama.

  • Pablo

    "Real" American said:
    Pablo can’t figure out if he is for it or against it

    No, you can’t read. I’m entirely in favor of bin Ladin’s demise. You see, your comprehension sucks. And now that you know what the problem is, you can begin fixing it. Come back and show us when you’re done, k?

  • Pablo

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    nice and honest, thanks gasket

    Yup. I concur.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Now, the WH has “walked back” the assertion that Osama bin Laden had a gun and are implying that he might have been “reaching” for a gun.

    Didn’t Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere sing about this in “Chicago?”
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIL9UAWvK4&feature=related

    The Left simply doesn’t have the cohones to say, Yes, it was a kill order and we took him out with double taps to the head. Period. End of story.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Now, the WH has “walked back” the assertion that Osama bin Laden had a gun and are implying that he might have been “reaching” for a gun. Didn’t Renee Zellweger and Richard Gere sing about this in “Chicago?”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuIL9UAWvK4&feature=related The Left simply doesn’t have the cohones to say, Yes, it was a kill order and we took him out with double taps to the head. Period. End of story.

    Kill order or not, I don’t care. But that double tap was to the Obama rhythm. It’s a dance the Republicans couldn’t do, the bunch of incompetent effing wallflowers that they are.

  • Upper Plateau

    Yes Obama said he would go to Pakistan if needed. The point is he has the same intelligence sources and platforms that President Bush did. As actionable intelligence becomes available it simply comes down to a decision. Execute or don’t execute. As President, Obama really dosn’t have a choice when it comes to protecting America’s interest, The same was true for President Bush. The difference is that President Bush will never get the benifit of the doubt by a forward leaning media.

  • Dem4Ever

    It’s Bush’s fault…lol

  • ndanielson

    Why would anybody say anything 0bama does is illegal? That’s racist, ain’t it?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Upper Plateau said:
    Yes Obama said he would go to Pakistan if needed. The point is he has the same intelligence sources and platforms that President Bush did. As actionable intelligence becomes available it simply comes down to a decision. Execute or don’t execute. As President, Obama really dosn’t have a choice when it comes to protecting America’s interest, The same was true for President Bush. The difference is that President Bush will never get the benifit of the doubt by a forward leaning media.

    There is no doubt — Goober W. Bush was a clusterf*ck of a president, one who knocked Jimmy Carter off the pedestal of worst in history. Word is bin Laden was in that house for 6 years – that would include the entire second Goober term. Protected by that nation Bush portrayed consistently as our ‘ally.’

  • Pablo

    Bill Adkins said:
    It’s a dance the Republicans couldn’t do, the bunch of incompetent effing wallflowers that they are.

    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Why would anybody say anything 0bama does is illegal? That’s racist, ain’t it?

    No it ain’t unless, there huckleberry it’s coming from you.

  • ndanielson

    Aww, look everyone Garth still can’t spell dick!

  • TheEagle

    Pablo said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    You don’t know if he is or not.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Aww, look everyone Garth still can’t spell dick!

    No one can spell dick like a dick. And you’re a dick. And you like sheep.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Pablo said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    You think the guy that pulled that trigger was working for the Tea party? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    I don’t think you know anything real about the military… aside from the three TV channels you get in your bunker of course. There are no politics in the service, people like you disgust me to the core. Ugh. You slithering slimy little.. gross.

  • “Real” American

    Pablo said:
    No, you can’t read. I’m entirely in favor of bin Ladin’s demise. You see, your comprehension sucks. And now that you know what the problem is, you can begin fixing it. Come back and show us when you’re done, k?

    wooo got rabbit boy all hot -n- bothered lol.

  • “Real” American

    TheEagle said:
    You don’t know if he is or not.

    You are mistaken. Pablo knows all, sees all and will be the first to tell you he does. Uh oh, I probably shouldn’t say that. He will be off to google and bing me wrong, and failing that he will declare it in his all knowing wisdom. In this case, he personally knows the politics of each and every man under uniform. Just ask him. He’ll tell ya!

  • ndanielson

    Bill Adkins said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger was working for the Tea party? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    You guys are so funny. Inferences about anything except the reason 0bama has no past, a wife and preacher that hate America, and what ‘spread the wealth’ means! Love it! The levi clown is really top notch like skippy’s Garfh.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    ndanielson said:
    You guys are so funny. Inferences about anything except the reason 0bama has no past, a wife and preacher that hate America, and what ’spread the wealth’ means! Love it! The levi clown is really top notch like skippy’s Garfh.

    Yet that president got bin Laden while all Bush managed to do was stick his thumb up his ass in typical Republican fashion. I know it’s a practice you’ve perfected.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    You guys are so funny. Inferences about anything except the reason 0bama has no past, a wife and preacher that hate America, and what ’spread the wealth’ means! Love it! The levi clown is really top notch like skippy’s Garfh.

    You still haven’t addressed your interest in sheep.

  • ndanielson

    Pablo said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    Look who they vote for and defend here, day in and day out, no matter what he does. They’ll obviously believe ANYTHING. I still have not gotten one to answer which policies of 0bama’s they disagree with. Even the Bush policies that they hated before are golden now that their boy has carried them on. Gitmo, rendition, Bush’s tax cuts(for the rich!) Patriot Act. Wow.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    I don’t think you know anything real about the military… aside from the three TV channels you get in your bunker of course. There are no politics in the service, people like you disgust me to the core. Ugh. You slithering slimy little.. gross.

    When did you serve, Levi?

  • ndanielson

    Bill Adkins said:
    Yet that president got bin Laden while all Bush managed to do was stick his thumb up his ass in typical Republican fashion. I know it’s a practice you’ve perfected.

    Nixon put a man on the moon, sweetpea.

  • Pablo

    Gitmo must have filled itself up.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Look who they vote for and defend here, day in and day out, no matter what he does. They’ll obviously believe ANYTHING. I still have not gotten one to answer which policies of 0bama’s they disagree with. Even the Bush policies that they hated before are golden now that their boy has carried them on. Gitmo, rendition, Bush’s tax cuts(for the rich!) Patriot Act. Wow.

    Believe anything? You believe that monkeys fly out of your ass and sheep sleep in your bed. You are a gullible buffoon. A pathetic idiot.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Pablo said:
    When did you serve, Levi?

    Who’s on with O’Reilly, Pablow?

  • ndanielson

    I guess when you ignore the dummies is when they change their names! LOL. They disguise themselves so well when they do that. I’s like trying to determine who wrote 0bama’s books. As it turns out, the prose in one of his books is so exact, that it looks as if 0bama wrote most of Bill Ayers’ books! Liberals are so sharp, they will figure that out soon enough, right? Levi, will you be dick’s huckleberry?

  • Pablo

    Bill Adkins said:
    Who’s on with O’Reilly, Pablow?

    How would I know? I’m watching the Red Sox.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    When did you serve, Levi?

    don’t even go there you mouthbreather

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    I guess when you ignore the dummies is when they change their names! LOL. They disguise themselves so well when they do that. I’s like trying to determine who wrote 0bama’s books. As it turns out, the prose in one of his books is so exact, that it looks as if 0bama wrote most of Bill Ayers’ books! Liberals are so sharp, they will figure that out soon enough, right? Levi, will you be dick’s huckleberry?

    You are a sheep’s wet dream.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    don’t even go there you mouthbreather

    Too late. When did you serve, Levi?

  • LeviCoultify

    ndanielson said:
    I guess when you ignore the dummies is when they change their names! LOL. They disguise themselves so well when they do that. I’s like trying to determine who wrote 0bama’s books. As it turns out, the prose in one of his books is so exact, that it looks as if 0bama wrote most of Bill Ayers’ books! Liberals are so sharp, they will figure that out soon enough, right? Levi, will you be dick’s huckleberry?

    I don’t even, what? High out of our mind again are we?

  • Edith Massey

    No Shep just Fox. Cause you guys hate the fact that Obama got Osama, something Bush never did.

  • ndanielson

    Pablo said:
    When did you serve, Levi?

    He couldn’t keep his mouth shut to get in. But now it’s a right to serve. It’s gonna take a lot of sensitivity training on the part of the Marines for some recruits. Hey Levi, will you serve now that you can get in?

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    Too late. When did you serve, Levi?

    lol keep trying, hey “Pablo’ it’s gotta be hard being a teabagging mexican.. self-hating much?

  • Dirk

    Pablo said:
    Too late. When did you serve, Levi?

    The question is, when did your sorry ass serve Pablo? Did you pull a Limbaugh?

  • ndanielson

    LeviCoultify said:
    I don’t even, what? High out of our mind again are we?

    Life is grand, Levi, it’s a buyer’s market in 0bamaland!

  • cjd ohio 1

    Edith Massey said:
    No Shep just Fox. Cause you guys hate the fact that Obama got Osama, something Bush never did.

    lol, no, love your defense

  • da-wdc

    There were plenty of arguments about it being illegal back in 2007 when Obama said, during the Democratic primary campaign, that he would do this very thing. From the Washington Post in summer 2007: “The way to deal with it is not to announce it, but to do it,” Sen. Joeph Biden said yesterday at the National Press Club. “The last thing you want to do is telegraph to the folks in Pakistan that we are about to violate their sovereignty.” Biden is basically acknowledging that it is illegal and we should do it anyway, just don’t announce beforehand that we will. Clinton saw it the same way.

    If you all are wondering why “the left” isn’t asking this question, you’re not paying attention because it is being asked by Glenn Greenwald, FireDogLake and other bloggers who’ve been consistently critical of Obama especially on foreign policy..

    The interesting information here, to me, is that Herridge reports that her intelligence sources tell her waterboarding did NOT provide the piece of intelligence that made it possible to carry out this operation. Panetta seems to be “cannot confirm or deny” about this and wouldn’t really answer Brian Williams’ questions. They can’t say that it wasn’t part of one of the many, many pieces of information used. But none of this will stop those who, for some reason, think it’s great for the US to torture detainees, from declaring it’s settled fact that waterboarding works.

  • Edith Massey

    "Real" American said:
    Damn Obama with faint praise eh?

    They can’t stand that Rambo is currently our President. Which is weird I thought they would love that, oh yeah I forgot he is black.

  • LeviCoultify

    ndanielson said:
    He couldn’t keep his mouth shut to get in. But now it’s a right to serve. It’s gonna take a lot of sensitivity training on the part of the Marines for some recruits. Hey Levi, will you serve now that you can get in?

    The real reason you hate gay people is because you’re one of us… why don’t you just come out of the closet already sugar?

  • “Real” American

    ndanielson said:
    Life is grand, Levi, it’s a buyer’s market in 0bamaland!

    Must suck to live out there in the wastelands.

  • Edith Massey

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    lol, no, love your defense

    Do you people seriously want to go there. Bush was a walking war crime.

  • cjd ohio 1

    Edith Massey said:
    Do you people seriously want to go there. Bush was a walking war crime.

    so two wrongs, myself i am proud president obama went in and kick ass, i guess for me its revenge, but still doesnt make it legal

  • im_lovin_it

    Edith Massey said:
    Do you people seriously want to go there. Bush was a walking war crime.

    Where as Obama is the paragon of legality?

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Life is grand, Levi, it’s a buyer’s market in 0bamaland!

    Then you should buy a farm where you can tend to your sheep. The den must be getting a little crowded.

  • ndanielson

    Edith Massey said:
    They can’t stand that Rambo is currently our President. Which is weird I thought they would love that, oh yeah I forgot he is black.

    America could use a black Rambo. Rambo loved America. He hated liberals. 0bama is Rambo? LMAO. Ram bo. Edith, hilarious!

  • da-wdc

    Edith Massey said:
    No Shep just Fox. Cause you guys hate the fact that Obama got Osama, something Bush never did.

    First of all, Edith, I love your work, it’s positively inspirational. Second, yeah, I’m sure most of the rest of FNC are falling all over themselves today to try and give Bush the credit and inviting on as many guests as they can from the previous administration so they can be all self-congratulatory.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    lol keep trying, hey “Pablo’ it’s gotta be hard being a teabagging mexican.. self-hating much?

    So it’s you that doesn’t know shit about the military, then. Just as I suspected.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    So it’s you that doesn’t know shit about the military, then. Just as I suspected.

    you didn’t expect sh*t.. I saw you coming a mile away you troll… keep trying you mouthbreather

  • ndanielson

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    so two wrongs, myself i am proud president obama went in and kick ass, i guess for me its revenge, but still doesnt make it legal

    Only if you’re a liberal. 0bama’s hand was forced, he did not want to take OBL down for another 18 months. His concession was to poke Trump by delaying his speech for an hour. By then even Geraldo had taken the wind out of his sails by opening that safe. 0bama was bested by Geraldo!

  • Pablo

    Dirk said:
    The question is, when did your sorry ass serve Pablo? Did you pull a Limbaugh?

    ’82 – ’86. 86th SPS, Ramstein. How about you, Ted?

  • im_lovin_it

    Pablo said:
    So it’s you that doesn’t know shit about the military, then. Just as I suspected.

    If I could jump in…your original “Hahahahahaha” comment was either a dig (har har) or you have a pretty bad misconception of who is a liberal. As a personal note I have a cousin who is a Marine Intelligence officer and a very good friend in the guard who are both dirty, stinking leftists.

  • ndanielson

    im_lovin_it said:
    Where as Obama is the paragon of legality?

    Eating sheep kabobs with Eric Holder.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    ‘82 – ‘86. 86th SPS, Ramstein. How about you, Ted?

    Google is a godsend huh Pablo? I see you, you snake.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    I don’t think you know anything real about the military… aside from the three TV channels you get in your bunker of course. There are no politics in the service, people like you disgust me to the core. Ugh. You slithering slimy little.. gross.

    LeviCoultify said:
    you didn’t expect sh*t.. I saw you coming a mile away you troll… keep trying you mouthbreather

    One of these things is not like the other. OK, they’re both ridiculous. But that second one looks so deflated.

  • im_lovin_it

    ndanielson said:
    Eating sheep kabobs with Eric Holder.

    I gotta admit, I laughed at this one.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    Google is a godsend huh Pablo? I see you, you snake.

    No, German girls are a godsend. And beer. You can’t forget the beer, ever.

  • tatboy

    "Real" American said:
    LOL Of course you think I am ignorant. Stupid people always think everyone else is as dumb as they are.

    Ummmm. isn’t it the LEFT that is always doing that. Think before you type.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    No, German girls are a godsend. And beer. You can’t forget the beer, ever.

    lol that’s what I thought

  • cjd ohio 1

    LeviCoultify said:
    Google is a godsend huh Pablo? I see you, you snake.

    air force MP?

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Eating sheep kabobs with Eric Holder.

    I’ll bet you love to share a kabob with a sultry, blonde, whorish looking sheep.

  • ndanielson

    da-wdc said:
    But none of this will stop those who, for some reason, think it’s great for the US to torture detainees, from declaring it’s settled fact that waterboarding works.

    Waterboarding with all those doctors in the room must be especially horrific for even the most hardened mass murderers.

  • ndanielson

    Pablo said:
    No, German girls are a godsend. And beer. You can’t forget the beer, ever.

    He’s a fraud like the boy who can’t spell dick.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Waterboarding with all those doctors in the room must be especially horrific for even the most hardened mass murderers.

    In all seriousness, we now know that you are into bestiality. Your honesty is appreciated but you are a pervert. Stay away from children.

  • Pablo

    im_lovin_it said:
    If I could jump in…your original “Hahahahahaha” comment was either a dig (har har) or you have a pretty bad misconception of who is a liberal. As a personal note I have a cousin who is a Marine Intelligence officer and a very good friend in the guard who are both dirty, stinking leftists.

    These guys are snake eaters, not your typical troop. They tend to be hyper-patriotic and obviously unafraid to get blood on their hands.

  • Pablo

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    air force MP?

    Yep. With a side of ABGD.

  • ndanielson

    ndanielson said:
    Pablo said:
    No, German girls are a godsend. And beer. You can’t forget the beer, ever.

    He’s a fraud like the boy who can’t spell dick.

    Who constantly begs for attention. He gets more frantic the more he is ignored.

  • LeviCoultify

    ndanielson said:
    He’s a fraud like the boy who can’t spell dick.

    Still hiding in the closet I see…

    Pablo said:
    These guys are snake eaters, not your typical troop. They tend to be hyper-patriotic and obviously unafraid to get blood on their hands.

    Still pretending you know shit about the military, do you guys realize that it’s obvious to ANYONE who knows anything that you’re both 74 year old women hiding ion a bunker somewhere trying to piss off the big bad “normal” people out there. How anyone falls for any of your BS is beyond me..

  • cjd ohio 1

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    air force MP?

    Pablo said:
    Yep. With a side of ABGD.

    was a army mp, honduras, ft hood, panama, etc, in almost 10 years of service only made it to germany for a REFORGER 83

  • Gasket

    Pablo said:
    You think the guy that pulled that trigger is a liberal? Ahhhahahahahaaaa!!!!!!

    Argumentum ad ignorantiam. If you can’t prove or disprove something, Pablow, don’t bring it up.

    ndanielson said:
    I guess when you ignore the dummies is when they change their names! LOL.

    We understand you’re busy “playing” with your sheep, dum dum.

    `

    da-wdc said:
    If you all are wondering why “the left” isn’t asking this question, you’re not paying attention because it is being asked by Glenn Greenwald, FireDogLake and other bloggers who’ve been consistently critical of Obama especially on foreign policy..

    They never do. The rightwingers assume the “left” is monolithic in ideology on ALL issues.

    ndanielson said:
    Aww, look everyone Garth still can’t spell dick!

    Not everyone has dick on their mind like YOU do apparently.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Who constantly begs for attention. He gets more frantic the more he is ignored.

    Time for your coming out party. Nothing to be ashamed of.

  • ndanielson

    Hey, Levi, you know the best way to spot a fraud? They keep getting angrier and angrier while avoiding the simplest of questions, and making the stupidest comments. Look at skippy’s Garfh, who can’t spell dick.

  • im_lovin_it

    Pablo said:
    These guys are snake eaters, not your typical troop. They tend to be hyper-patriotic and obviously unafraid to get blood on their hands.

    So you’re saying that being hyper-patriotic and unafraid to get blood on your hands and liberalism are mutually exclusive?

    Question for you and anyone else w/ military experience. Why is it that it’s such an accepted concept that the military is always “pro-Republican/Anti-Democrat?” Obama got 44% of the vote and Kerry was around the same. So obviously there’s a pretty good number of troops who vote for jackasses…..(you’re welcome for that one.)

  • ProObamaAgenda

    Barack Must Go said:
    What the hell is ‘ Sheppard Smith ” going to do about it ever if they were?

    Probably attempt to scratch their eyes out or hit them with his ” Juicy Couture ” purse.

    What a wimp…..

    hey dumbass….you apparently missed getting your wingnut talking points memo today….You’re supposed to defend bin laden against the tyrannical murderous black Chicago thug president that you didnt elect..you’re supposed to refer to Navy Seals as unrepentant killers and cowards, express your hatred for what this country has become under black rule also you should be calling for the immediate impeachment of the president, remind everybody that we’re a nation of laws and must not, can not and will not allow barack huessien little simba obama have a free pass for not abiding by the constitution that our founding fathers worked so hard on,especially the part that say NO ONE MAN (especially a black one) be allowed to be the judge , jury and executioner , of anybody..in particular our mentor, blood brother and only true friend Osama bin Laden

  • da-wdc

    ndanielson said:
    Waterboarding with all those doctors in the room must be especially horrific for even the most hardened mass murderers.

    It’s unethical for doctors to be present and it’s illegal for the US to torture people. I’m continually stunned at how many people don’t seem to even struggle with this as a moral issue? Not to mention the fact that you simply assume that every suspect who was swept up and waterboarded was guilty of mass murder even before any due process.

  • Pablo

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    was a army mp, honduras, ft hood, panama, etc, in almost 10 years of service only made it to germany for a REFORGER 83

    I seem to recall that one being awfully wet. We, of course, were camped around the perimeter. And I think that was the year we ran out of cigs.

  • ndanielson

    Dirk said:
    Time for your coming out party. Nothing to be ashamed of.

    Garth, I gave you a thumbs up for that. I like gay people. Most of them can spell dick, too.

    Gasket said:
    Not everyone has dick on their mind like YOU do apparently.

    I only like my dick, Gasket, it serves me well.

  • Pablo

    im_lovin_it said:
    So you’re saying that being hyper-patriotic and unafraid to get blood on your hands and liberalism are mutually exclusive?

    No, just unlikely. I’m sure they’re out there, but the odds trend against it.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Hey, Levi, you know the best way to spot a fraud? They keep getting angrier and angrier while avoiding the simplest of questions, and making the stupidest comments. Look at skippy’s Garfh, who can’t spell dick.

    let me spell dick for you. ndanileson. I hope you can now spend more time tending to your herd.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    I seem to recall that one being awfully wet. We, of course, were camped around the perimeter. And I think that was the year we ran out of cigs.

    What movie r u quoting there Pablo?

  • ndanielson

    da-wdc said:
    It’s unethical for doctors to be present and it’s illegal for the US to torture people.

    Is it unethical for doctors to be compelled to perform abortions? Stay stunned. There were medics standing by for every waterboarding event. Did that help?

  • Pablo

    da-wdc said:
    It’s unethical for doctors to be present and it’s illegal for the US to torture people. I’m continually stunned at how many people don’t seem to even struggle with this as a moral issue?

    It was not torture according to the law. I have no moral issue whatsoever with what was done to KSM, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Or Osama bin Ladin.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    What movie r u quoting there Pablo?

    If it were a movie it would be the most boring movie ever.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    If it were a movie it would be the most boring movie ever.

    The movie of your make-believe military service you mean..

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Is it unethical for doctors to be compelled to perform abortions? Stay stunned. There were medics standing by for every waterboarding event. Did that help?

    I thought you were aborted and raised by rodents who water boarded you when you pissed your pants which you did until the age of 30. Then you started wearing pull-ups.

  • Rio

    HuskersLoveBo said:
    there are no rules

    How about wire taps? Renditions? Waterboarding?

  • Pablo

    im_lovin_it said:
    Question for you and anyone else w/ military experience. Why is it that it’s such an accepted concept that the military is always “pro-Republican/Anti-Democrat?” Obama got 44% of the vote and Kerry was around the same. So obviously there’s a pretty good number of troops who vote for jackasses…..(you’re welcome for that one.)

    I can’t answer that from military experience because I wasn’t at the stage of my life where I paid much attention to such things, and we cold warriors didn’t have to sweat what the CinC was up to to the extent that troops do now. We didn’t talk politics a lot because we weren’t at war. But if I had to guess, I’d say that our all volunteer force, much of which joined under Bush while we were at war would tend to be seen as supportive of it. Then there’s things like this, that seem to keep popping up.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    The movie of your make-believe military service you mean..

    And you know this how, Levi?

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    I can’t answer that from military experience because I wasn’t at the stage of my life where I paid much attention to such things, and we cold warriors didn’t have to sweat what the CinC was up to to the extent that troops do now. We didn’t talk politics a lot because we weren’t at war. But if I had to guess, I’d say that our all volunteer force, much of which joined under Bush while we were at war would tend to be seen as supportive of it. Then there’s things like this, that seem to keep popping up.

    lol so desperate for us to believe you… I have a feeling you’ll be releasing some “old photos” soon.. and something tells me not all of the shadows will fully line up

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    And you know this how, Levi?

    I know this because you strike me as a fraud… someone who’s been lying about pretty much everything ever since their conception. You just give me that vibe bud..

  • Gasket

    Pablo said:
    It was not torture according to the law. I have no moral issue whatsoever with what was done to KSM, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Or Osama bin Ladin.

    You are right and he’s right. The Bush administration authored torture memos to go around the law. That’s the only reason Yoo drafted those memos the way he did. It was to give them legal cover. So, effectively, what they did was legal but it doesn’t change the illegal nature of waterboarding now. It’s insane to claim that unless organ failure is imminent, torture is not being done. Any rational person would laugh at that assertion. I would love to hear what you would say if I was pulling your fingernails out one by one. By the way, I have NO problem with known terrorists like KSM being tortured to extract info. even though I believe it’s illegal as hell as per the US Constitution.

  • Dirk

    Pablo said:
    I can’t answer that from military experience because I wasn’t at the stage of my life where I paid much attention to such things, and we cold warriors didn’t have to sweat what the CinC was up to to the extent that troops do now. We didn’t talk politics a lot because we weren’t at war. But if I had to guess, I’d say that our all volunteer force, much of which joined under Bush while we were at war would tend to be seen as supportive of it. Then there’s things like this, that seem to keep popping up.

    You are a fraud. Clearly a dumb shit, but most assuredly a fraud.

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    I know this because you strike me as a fraud… someone who’s been lying about pretty much everything ever since their conception. You just give me that vibe bud..

    Sorry, your gaydar ain’t gonna work here, bub.

  • notsofast

    Dirk said:
    Dirk says:
    May 3, 2011 at 8:50 pm Dirk(Quote)

    It’s really a shame that you and “Real American” were both skull fked by your mothers at birth and that you both lost your jobs for drinking on the job at the Sperm Bank.

    Garth, get some new comebacks, you can stat by using the one on your chin, son.

    BTW, you and “Real American” ? Practice safe sex; go fk yourselves.

  • Pablo

    Gasket said:
    It’s insane to claim that unless organ failure is imminent, torture is not being done. Any rational person would laugh at that assertion. I would love to hear what you would say if I was pulling your fingernails out one by one.

    I wouldn’t claim that. In my book, torture does damage and inflicts pain. Waterboarding does neither.

  • Edith Massey

    ndanielson said:
    America could use a black Rambo. Rambo loved America. He hated liberals. 0bama is Rambo? LMAO. Ram bo. Edith, hilarious!

    Are you at all familiar with the Rambo movies? John Rambo hated authority and he hated the chicken hawks who sent him off to war but didn’t fight themselves. He had no political affiliation and probably hated politics all together.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    Sorry, your gaydar ain’t gonna work here, bub.

    You know, if I were really gay, do you really think it would affect me in any way whatsoever, even with homophobes like you in the world? I’d demolish a guy’s ass right in front of you wearing a US flag as a bandana just to piss you off.

  • Dirk

    notsofast said:
    It’s really a shame that you and “Real American” were both skull fked by your mothers at birth and that you both lost your jobs for drinking on the job at the Sperm Bank.

    Garth, get some new comebacks, you can stat by using the one on your chin, son.

    BTW, you and “Real American” ? Practice safe sex; go fk yourselves.

    Your skull was used to clean golf balls.

  • Dirk

    ndanielson said:
    Is it unethical for doctors to be compelled to perform abortions? Stay stunned. There were medics standing by for every waterboarding event. Did that help?

    Stay stunned? What the hell does that mean?

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    You know, if I were really gay,

    Oh, so you were lying? And now you’re projecting. But, of course.

  • Dirk

    Pablo said:
    I wouldn’t claim that. In my book, torture does damage and inflicts pain. Waterboarding does neither.

    Pulling more shit out of your ass. Yo have no clue what you are talking about and continue to reinforce your reputation as an asshole.

  • LeviCoultify

    Pablo said:
    Oh, so you were lying? And now you’re projecting. But, of course.

    See what I mean, as soon the conversations turns serious you try to pull some Oreilly BS out of your ass instead of looking at the point. That’s why you’re a fraud bud, I guess you don’t even know it.

    At any rate, I’m off to have some of that “liberal” guilt free, unadulterated, open-minded, mind-altering, uninhibited fun you righties can only dream of. Tata!

  • Pablo

    LeviCoultify said:
    See what I mean, as soon the conversations turns serious you try to pull some Oreilly BS out of your ass instead of looking at the point.

    THIS is where the conversation turned serious???

    LeviCoultify said:
    You know, if I were really gay, do you really think it would affect me in any way whatsoever, even with homophobes like you in the world? I’d demolish a guy’s ass right in front of you wearing a US flag as a bandana just to piss you off.

    I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.

  • im_lovin_it

    Pablo said:
    But if I had to guess, I’d say that our all volunteer force, much of which joined under Bush while we were at war would tend to be seen as supportive of it. Then there’s things like this, that seem to keep popping up.

    To me it seems like “the left” still can’t shake the images of Vietnam protests. Regan seizing the narrative to make Carter look like a complete sad sack didn’t help much, either. Makes one wonder what the lasting impressions will be after Osama got dropped.

    LeviCoultify said:
    See what I mean, as soon the conversations turns serious you try to pull some Oreilly BS out of your ass instead of looking at the point. That’s why you’re a fraud bud, I guess you don’t even know it.

    At any rate, I’m off to have some of that “liberal” guilt free, unadulterated, open-minded, mind-altering, uninhibited fun you righties can only dream of. Tata!

    Let the record state that I, as a liberal, denounce LeviCoultify as apparently being a moron…..and kind of a weirdo.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    To answer the original question, yes, Der Spiegel is.

    http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,760358,00.html

    “Is this what justice looks like? Al-Qaida boss Osama bin Laden was killed on Sunday in a secret military operation in Pakistan. Americans are celebrating, but there are serious doubts about whether the targeted killing was legal under international law and the laws of war.”

    “US President Barack Obama gets precious few opportunities to announce a victory. So it’s no wonder he chose grand words on Sunday night as the TV crews’ spotlights shone upon him and he informed the nation about the deadly strike against Osama bin Laden. “Justice has been done,” he said.”

    “Claus Kress, an international law professor at the University of Cologne, argues that achieving retributive justice for crimes, difficult as that may be, is “not achieved through summary executions, but through a punishment that is meted out at the end of a trial.” Kress says the normal way of handling a man who is sought globally for commissioning murder would be to arrest him, put him on trial and ultimately convict him. In the context of international law, military force can be used in the arrest of a suspect, and this may entail gun fire or situations of self-defense that, in the end, leave no other possibility than to kill a highly dangerous and highly suspicious person. These developments can also lead to tragic and inevitable escalations of the justice process.”

    “It is unfortunate. And it is certainly no reason for the indescribable jubilation that broke out on Sunday night across America — and especially not for applause inside the CIA’s operations center.”

    Was Bin Laden Still Even Giving Orders?

    For years, Osama bin Laden was, without a doubt, a combatant according to the latter definition. Many terror experts today, however, doubt that definition still applied to him in the end. “Al-Qaida has obviously had a network structure for some time. In a network, it isn’t clear who gives the orders in individual instances,” Kress says. “Outsiders also know very little about al-Qaida’s structures in the Pakistani border areas. It is in no way certain that bin Laden still had the authority to issue commands as head of a quasi-military organization.”

    But if bin Laden was no longer a leader, it would no longer be permissible to treat him as an enemy combatant or kill him.

  • Edith Massey

    im_lovin_it said:
    To me it seems like “the left” still can’t shake the images of Vietnam protests. Regan seizing the narrative to make Carter look like a complete sad sack didn’t help much, either. Makes one wonder what the lasting impressions will be after Osama got dropped.

    Let the record state that I, as a liberal, denounce LeviCoultify as apparently being a moron…..and kind of a weirdo.

    Nah Levi is cool and you arent.

  • im_lovin_it

    Edith Massey said:
    Nah Levi is cool and you arent.

    Just calling them as I see them. You can be a liberal and still act like a ridiculous goon. You know John Waters would agree with me.

  • LeviCoultify

    im_lovin_it said:
    Just calling them as I see them. You can be a liberal and still act like a ridiculous goon. You know John Waters would agree with me.

    I love how you’re pretending to be some sort of ambassador of the “left”… not to mention “getting things on record”, what is your ass blabbing about? Callin’ me names, shiiiii. Stick to your partisan BS and avoid conversations you can’t comprehend.

    Edith Massey said:
    Nah Levi is cool and you arent.

    Up top!

  • Edith Massey

    im_lovin_it said:
    Just calling them as I see them. You can be a liberal and still act like a ridiculous goon. You know John Waters would agree with me.

    You mean the guy that made a movie of a transvestite eating dog shit?

  • im_lovin_it

    LeviCoultify said:
    I love how you’re pretending to be some sort of ambassador of the “left”… not to mention “getting things on record”, what is your ass blabbing about? Callin’ me names, shiiiii. Stick to your partisan BS and avoid conversations you can’t comprehend.

    Up top!

    Hey, I’m just sitting here watching a basketball game. Thing is you make sweeping generalizations about the “left” and the “right.” This comes after you make a bunch of posts like a crazy person. If I want to converse online with a conservative I don’t want to have to defend people like you posting about gay sex with flag bandanas.

    And there’s a “t” at the end there, Clay.

  • Pablo

    Kids these days, huh?

  • LeviCoultify

    im_lovin_it said:
    Hey, I’m just sitting here watching a basketball game. Thing is you make sweeping generalizations about the “left” and the “right.” This comes after you make a bunch of posts like a crazy person. If I want to converse online with a conservative I don’t want to have to defend people like you posting about gay sex with flag bandanas.

    And there’s a “t” at the end there, Clay.

    Sweeping generalizations that you both pretty much suck balls. And I take offense to you calling me a moron.. you moron.

  • Jax_n_Jill

    Hey Pablo…Thank you for your service! I wonder if we passed each other over there…lol

  • im_lovin_it

    LeviCoultify said:
    Sweeping generalizations that you both pretty much suck balls. And I take offense to you calling me a moron.. you moron.

    I said “apparently” so there is still hope!

    Pablo said:
    Kids these days, huh?

    Up yours, grandpa.

  • LeviCoultify

    im_lovin_it said:
    I said “apparently” so there is still hope!

    Typical lib, looking down on everyone.. face facts, you’re a loser who can’t even afford an avatar.

  • LeviCoultify

    im_lovin_it said:
    I said “apparently” so there is still hope!

    Up yours, grandpa.

    and you sound old as f*ck too

  • im_lovin_it

    LeviCoultify said:
    you’re a loser who can’t even afford an avatar.

    Hahahaha!! I get it….sorry for being too earnest earlier.

  • LeviCoultify

    im_lovin_it said:
    Hahahaha!! I get it….sorry for being too earnest earlier.

    glad you get it finally…. back to pretending you’re somehow better than the idiotic right-wingers ;)

  • Pablo

    im_lovin_it said:
    Up yours, grandpa.

    I’m still a little young for that. :)

  • im_lovin_it

    LeviCoultify said:
    glad you get it finally…. back to pretending you’re somehow better than the idiotic right-wingers ;)

    You can tell I’m getting old when I miss the obvious so badly. And I damn sure shouldn’t pretend I’m any better than anyone when I’m posting my stupid ass thoughts on some blog like this one.

  • Pablo

    Jax_n_Jill said:
    Hey Pablo…Thank you for your service!

    I tend to thank Uncle Sam. I had a blast. It was nothing compared to what our guys and gals are dealing with today. These days the bad guys actually show up sometimes.

  • LOGICandREASON

    I do support the actions of the US military and intelligence since the past 10 years in this war on terror. At least it kept Americans safe throughout the rest of Bush’s tenure after 9-11. But this recent mission cannot be called an illegal operation if the President who authorized it is a Liberal/Democrat/Progressive.

    The mission is only illegal when it’s authorized by a Republican/Conservative President.

    The same goes for the detention facility in Guantanamo Cuba, the CIA secret sites overseas, and the wiretapping/eavesdropping program that were not only retained by Obama, but actually expanded beyond what George W. Bush was smeared,ridiculed and admonished for as being Evil and stupid.

    Since it’s the left who traditionally criticize and protest against such missions supported and carried out by the Conservatives with common sense, we can assume the mission now is ALL FINE AND NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

    In those W. Bush days(not too long ago actually), the left used to decry the actions of US military in Iraq and Afghanistan, who used common sense to take out potentially dangerous combatants the left referred to as “unarmed innocent civilians”, who mastered the tactics of creating and planting road side IED’s that killed hundreds and thousands of US military men, while those combatants pretended to be average villagers. US soldiers have actually faced trials for such actions with pressure from the left.

    The Geneva convention and even the US military code of conduct explicitly states that unarmed men should be taking captives and not shot, yet Osama Bin Laden who was not armed when the SEALs found him did get shot to death in the head. We all know the Navy Seals did the right thing by wiping him out from the earth and avoiding a show trial, but the point here is that it would not be a rosey affair with the liberal mainstream media and those on the left, assuming it was a Republican president who authorized the violation of a Muslim nation’s sovereignty, and the shooting of an unarmed combatant.

    This operation was 100% legal; remember Obama is the President.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100086202/did-dead-courier-betray-osama-bin-laden-the-white-house-story-doesnt-add-up/

    Did ‘dead’ courier betray Osama bin Laden? The White House story doesn’t add up

    This is just a hunch but it seems to me that a plausible conclusion to be drawn from the confusing and opaque mass of detail is that Abu Ahmed, his brother or bin Laden’s own son betrayed him and is currently being given a new identity as he prepares to collect the $27 million reward for the al-Qaeda leader’s scalp.

  • felixw

    When other US Presidents have crossed over national boundaries in pursuing bad guys, they have been accused of war crimes by the mainstream media. But only if they are Republicans! Just look what happened when Nixon and Kissinger took out North Vietnamese supply lines across the Cambodian border. All hell broke loose at the New York Times and the Washington Post. Needless to say, you won’t see a single mainstream newspaper or TV news network raise that kind of issue with regard to Obama. Not that they should — since he is the commander-in-chief with legitimate reasons for his actions. But the media should give the same leeway to Republican Presidents — that is if they care about consistency and honesty.

  • Pablo

    Iowahawk goes deep:

    Yes, it’s true that some pre-January 2009 antiwar activists have remained morally and logically consistent in their opposition to America’s military presence in the Mideast; but, thank God, it appears now they were only a tiny, insignificant minority. Recent events have happily made clear that the antiwar movement of 2001-8 was overwhelmingly dominated by a vast silent hypocritical majority of craven political opportunists awaiting a Democratic administration to gleefully celebrate the covert execution of a man whom, until 28 months ago, they would have described as a “tragic civilian casualty.”

    Who is to credit for this rebirth in American national unity? First and foremost, we must cite the leadership of President Obama. Like many Americans – and the Nobel Peace Prize committee – I naively feared he was actually serious when he initially proposed shutting down Guantanamo, trying detainees in American civilian courts, and prior consultation with the international community. Little did I know that this untested young Commander-in-Chief would muster the courage to read his weekly Gallup numbers and, in one daring unilateral extra-judicial targeted hit job, toss aside every single idiotic foreign policy principle of his election campaign. Perhaps most satisfyingly, it was a mission made possible thanks to information extracted by methods he previously banned as “illegal torture.”

  • Jax_n_Jill

    Pablo said:
    I tend to thank Uncle Sam. I had a blast. It was nothing compared to what our guys and gals are dealing with today. These days the bad guys actually show up sometimes.

    Great place for Alcoholics Unanimous meetings, for sure! I had a great time and it was a beautiful country.

    I am fortunate that my son came back in one piece from Afghanistan..He suffered a TBI but he survived 3 explosions and many firefights.

  • labman57

    File this one under “We’ll damn him if he does, and we’ll damn him if he doesn’t”.

  • Pablo

    Jax_n_Jill said:
    I am fortunate that my son came back in one piece from Afghanistan..He suffered a TBI but he survived 3 explosions and many firefights.

    Thank him for his service for me. He certainly deserves it.

  • Pablo

    labman57 said:
    File this one under “We’ll damn him if he does, and we’ll damn him if he doesn’t”.

    He really is just like Bush!

  • da-wdc

    im_lovin_it said:
    Just calling them as I see them. You can be a liberal and still act like a ridiculous goon. You know John Waters would agree with me.

    I pretty much imagine every commenter on this website just walked right out of Mortville.

  • Ardiva

    The war in Iraq is illegal as well. Trumped up charges of WOMD. and not sanctioned by Congress. Remember??

  • D REX

    notsofast said:
    If water-boarding is illegal and a war crime, surely shooting an unarmed man is.

    yea explain that to the families of the victims of 911 a hole

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    felixw said:
    When other US Presidents have crossed over national boundaries in pursuing bad guys, they have been accused of war crimes by the mainstream media. But only if they are Republicans! Just look what happened when Nixon and Kissinger took out North Vietnamese supply lines across the Cambodian border. All hell broke loose at the New York Times and the Washington Post. Needless to say, you won’t see a single mainstream newspaper or TV news network raise that kind of issue with regard to Obama. Not that they should — since he is the commander-in-chief with legitimate reasons for his actions. But the media should give the same leeway to Republican Presidents — that is if they care about consistency and honesty.

    THAT is EXACTLY the point.

  • Cecelia

    “Or is that a matter that’s going to be left for another day?” Shep’s Fox colleague Judge Andrew Napolitano is loudly arguing that issue, but Herridge wasn’t aware of any elected official discussing such a concern yet.”

    Good. There’s no doubt the media would be beating their breasts over such an operation were a Republican president involved, but even if we have to experience some sort of commonsense from them only when there’s a Democrat in the presidency, we should take what we can get and be grateful.

  • Edith Massey

    da-wdc said:
    I pretty much imagine every commenter on this website just walked right out of Mortville.

    Queen Carlotta is making a grand proclamation I hearby decree that all teabaggers will be sentenced to death by sex with Queen Carlotta. But only if you can f@ck like a bandit.

  • Edith Massey

    D REX said:
    yea explain that to the families of the victims of 911 a hole

    Why don’t you go read what one of the 911 widows wrote on Huffington Post today, she agrees with the above poster and not with you.

  • http://inyourfaceradio.net In Your Face Radio

    Thank you Grover Norquist .. Brent Bozell and Andy Breitbart … Your Minions have gotten the Memo to FIND SOMETHING .. ANYTHING … to go after Obama … and they comply What buffoons. ROFL. Only the stuck on stupid will bite on this one. Sadly there are plenty of them And, like everything you’ve tried in the past to bring down our hero President, this too shall FAIL!! … Oh, and Shep .. remember Jan 9th and Pat Maisch when she ate you for breakfast then spit you out.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/KenyanBornObamAcorn#g/u ObamAcornLies

    Anybody Talking About The Fact That OBAMA Is Illegal?

    Obama is TOAST!

    The video that will END the Obama Presidency! Birthers Get Last Laugh & Demand Formal Apology
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1DHZmeMXyE&feature=channel_video_title

  • CAconservative

    Nobody in Congress is talking about the illegality of this operation because, no one in Congress is about to admit they got pissed on again! They’ve had their exclusive authority usurped by this socialist and none of them will say anything because they know what happens to people who speak out against Obimbo. The election is 2012 is not only about ridding ourselves this Stalin”est type president but, ridding ourselves of corrupt embedded politicians who’s only reason for being in Washington is for their self-interest.
    The danger to America is not so much Obimbo, it’s the fools who will put their trust in this man. It’s far easier to undo the damage this interloper has done, and will continue to do, than it is to make his supporters use commonsense and good judgment when considering this man’s ridiculous plans for America. We can survive one fool in Obimbo, we can’t survive the growing collective of entitlement eating bottom-feeders who’s numbers are growing at the behest of this socialist-president and his administration.

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