Obama to address nation at 10:30 EST

[pcosmar]

What shit am I buying exactly?

Was Osama an enemy of ours or not?

didn't Ron Paul support going after him?

He was trained by the US. Was an asset at one time.
There is no proof ever given that he either planed nor had any part in 9/11.

Ron Paul supported going after those responsible.
I have seen no evidence that Osama was in any way responsible.
I have heard a lot of propaganda to that effect.

he was used as an Excuse for policy,

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

Just got texts of a photo of the Statue of Liberty holding Bin Laden's severed head. Expect to see it go viral ASAP.

 

[rnestam]

+1

But that argument does suggest that when you kill the Queen Bee, all the other terrorists just drop dead because they cannot survive without the Queen Bee.

Hey, they made everyone believe a guy with a beard was worth invading 2 countries. They. Made the boogie man, now he is dead...so either we invade Yemen, Syria and Pakistan or we come home...I think America is ready to come home anyway, this will make the polls in favor of endin wars jump 10 points...a winner for us I say, a HUGE winner.

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

He was trained by the US. Was an asset at one time.
There is no proof ever given that he either planed nor had any part in 9/11.

Ron Paul supported going after those responsible.
I have seen no evidence that Osama was in any way responsible.
I have heard a lot of propaganda to that effect.

he was used as an Excuse for policy,

so you are a Truther or some other form of conspiracy theorist, and there is no way I can possibly reason with you

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

Hey, they made everyone believe a guy with a beard was worth invading 2 countries. They. Made the boogie man, now he is dead...so either we invade Yemen, Syria and Pakistan or we come home...I think America is ready to come home anyway, this will make the polls in favor of endin wars jump 10 points...a winner for us I say, a HUGE winner.

+1

how are people missing this?

 

[Mini-Me]

Hey, they made everyone believe a guy with a beard was worth invading 2 countries. They. Made the boogie man, now he is dead...so either we invade Yemen, Syria and Pakistan or we come home...I think America is ready to come home anyway, this will make the polls in favor of endin wars jump 10 points...a winner for us I say, a HUGE winner.

It really depends on how people react. It could go the way you suggest, or it could shift things back in the other direction ("See? The War on Terror is working! Ramp it up!"). If the people on the White House lawn are any indication, it could be the latter...but they're an unrepresentative population sample, so hopefully the real reaction will be a lot more like what you suggest. Wait and see, I suppose.

 

[ApathyCuredRP]

I like the idea of Ron Paul attacking this head on saying how we wasted 10 trillion dollars and countless lives when all it took was a special force unit like he proposed. Lets hope the good doctor can communicate this.

 

[kahless]

He was trained by the US. Was an asset at one time.
There is no proof ever given that he either planed nor had any part in 9/11.

Ron Paul supported going after those responsible.
I have seen no evidence that Osama was in any way responsible.
I have heard a lot of propaganda to that effect.

he was used as an Excuse for policy,

Ron Paul's Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007 HR 3216

7/27/2007--Introduced.
Authorizes and requests the President to issue letters of marque and reprisal to commission privately armed and equipped persons and entities to seize outside of the United States the person and property of Osama bin Laden, of any al Qaeda co-conspirator, and any conspirator with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda who are responsible for the air piratical aggressions against the United States on September 11, 2001, and for any planned similar acts or acts of war against the United States in the future. States that no letter of marque and reprisal shall be issued without the posting of a security bond in such amount as the President determines sufficient to ensure the letter's execution.

 

[KramerDSP]

I think/hope the TSA backlash increases now because of this.

I am starting to think it will be harder to convince the people that the War On Terror needs to continue.

If we had listened to RP, as RonPaulHawaii said, and used Letters of Marquee and Reprisal, we would have saved a lot of money, a lot of lives, a lot of time, and a lot of blowback.

 

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Hey, they made everyone believe a guy with a beard was worth invading 2 countries. They. Made the boogie man, now he is dead...so either we invade Yemen, Syria and Pakistan or we come home...I think America is ready to come home anyway, this will make the polls in favor of endin wars jump 10 points...a winner for us I say, a HUGE winner.

What about Ayman al Zawahiri? He's still there. Al Qaeda is still there.

 

[ApathyCuredRP]

+1

how are people missing this?

Assuming they dont make another boogieman ...

 

[pcosmar]

so you are a Truther or some other form of conspiracy theorist, and there is no way I can possibly reason with you

Present truth.
Do not regurgitate propaganda.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

 

[pcosmar]

Assuming they dont make another boogieman ...

That's a lot to assume.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

No mercy for what we are doing
No thought to even what we have done
We don't need to feel the sorrow
No remorse for the helpless ones

War without end
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath

The song was made in 1983, but damnit if Metallica didn't have a crystal ball.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

No mercy for what we are doing
No thought to even what we have done
We don't need to feel the sorrow
No remorse for the helpless ones

War without end
No remorse no repent
We don't care what it meant
Another day another death
Another sorrow another breath

The song was made in 1983, but damnit if Metallica didn't have a crystal ball.

Was that 1983? It sounds like it could be from "...And Justice For All".

 

[pcosmar]

Ron Paul's Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007 HR 3216

Yes I know. And he was fed the same bullshit story as the American people.

But they could never present any evidence to link him, other than he trained fighters. (we hired him for that)

 

[AdamT]

Was that 1983? It sounds like it could be from "...And Justice For All".

"No Remorse" from Kill Em All

 

[rnestam]

It really depends on how people react. It could go the way you suggest, or it could shift things back in the other direction ("See? The War on Terror is working! Ramp it up!"). If the people on the White House lawn are any indication, it could be the latter...but they're an unrepresentative population sample, so hopefully the real reaction will be a lot more like what you suggest. Wait and see, I suppose.

Maybe be part of that decision...all politicians will use this somehow. A "bin laden is dead, NOW can we just come home..." Video might be a good idea for youtube...loaded with all the stats of dead and bullshit talk from both bush and obama...it will either help RP or hurt him, but it will effect him, so I say use it hard to our advantage. Should not be downplayed with cynicism, this is a massive. World event.

 

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

LOL! CNN is reporting Abbottabad is an affluent area with lots of retired military personnel living there. Jesus Christ. ~facepalm~

 

[AdamT]

So the US government spent $2 trillion to kill 1 man?