Obama to address nation at 10:30 EST

[discing_engineer]

c-span 10:50

 

[mport1]

One more reason to abolish the military and privatize security. Only government ineptitude would take this long to get this done.

 

[mport1]

This almost 100% wins the Presidency for Obama.

Ugh, I hope not.

 

[ghengis86]

hurray! will they finally take him off the 10 most wanted list, where 9-11 wasn't' mentioned as one of the reasons for him being on it?

 

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

Is this confirmed or more speculation?

 

[Michael P]

This almost 100% wins the Presidency for Obama.

not if we still have thousands of troops in Afghanistan

 

[KramerDSP]

9 1/2 years, Tens of trillions of dollars, Hundreds of thousands of brown people killed. Thousands of our own troops killed.

 

[torchbearer]

Is the death of Osama Bin Laden backfire on those who wanted to bring the troops home, like Ron Paul?

will this end or incite radicals against the U.S.?

 

[awake]

Theater folks, theater.

 

[KramerDSP]

Is this confirmed or more speculation?

When every major network has "OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD" it's not speculation.

 

[jclay2]

Is this confirmed or more speculation?

Edit: I guess it has been confirmed.

 

[doodle]

So this was interesting HuffPo report dated April 28, what created the urgency now that has not been there for ever?

The Urgent Need to Hunt Down Osama bin Laden
Huffington Post - ‎Apr 28, 2011‎

The president and his national security team have quietly instructed the CIA to intensify its efforts to hunt down, capture, or kill Osama bin Laden. In 1975, the government of South Vietnam collapsed soon after the withdrawal of American troops. ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-s-chafetz/post_1988_b_854932.html

And three days later, mission accomplished.

 

[Matthew Zak]

This is exactly what the establishment needed to stay in power. Couldn't have wrote it better. Fuck. I can't take this shit.

 

[pcosmar]

The old boogieman is dead.
Long live the new boogieman.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

Theater folks, theater.

Not for 85% of the public. Geraldo on Fox is clapping. This changes SO MUCH for everyday people. Nobodys going to see it as theater.

 

[thehighwaymanq]

This is exactly what the establishment needed to stay in power. Couldn't have wrote it better. Fuck. I can't take this shit.

Exactly.

 

[jclay2]

The old boogieman is dead.
Long live the new boogieman.

Still wondering what type of spin machine will come out of this?

 

[ghengis86]

Not for 85% of the public. Geraldo on Fox is clapping. This changes SO MUCH for everyday people. Nobodys going to see it as theater.

the truth, right there

 

[jclay2]

address should start any minute

 

[KramerDSP]

And just before the first debates start this week.