Bin Laden story now getting convenient?

[Big Dad]

[KBScobravert]

While I'm sure there's some other reason why it came out now something is off. I think possibly they either captured him before and decided to release it now or something else. I'm not sure. its like that movie wag the dog. Either way wanted something to take away the attention off his birth certificate as that didn't go as planned

The team had been running live fire runs on a specially built model here on BAF for over a month. It was just a matter of time before the planets aligned and they got the green light. The compound has been in the crosshairs for over 8 months.

[ARIX]

I was hoping they would cut his fucking head off and stick it on a spear on the white house lawn! When Sadam was taken out the video was all over the news I'm a little surprised they didn't release any of Osama's ass plopping into the sea.

[Silverback]

Anyone else funny that Chuck Norris just got back from a "Business Trip" overseas?

[motoman]

Anyone else funny that Chuck Norris just got back from a "Business Trip" overseas?

I heard he just got back from a vacation in Pakistan...

[mustangguy289]

I was hoping they would cut his fucking head off and stick it on a spear on the white house lawn! When Sadam was taken out the video was all over the news I'm a little surprised they didn't release any of Osama's ass plopping into the sea.

probably never happened.

[03trubluGT]

I was hoping they would cut his fucking head off and stick it on a spear on the white house lawn! When Sadam was taken out the video was all over the news I'm a little surprised they didn't release any of Osama's ass plopping into the sea.

I was hoping we would capture him alive and cut his head off on video like they did to others.

[BP]

Yeah he said both things, no doubt about it. Now why don't you give the context so we can understand why? On 9-13-01 he was still absorbing the gravity of what happened, just like the rest of America. Emotions were at an all time high and he was saying what he felt needed to be said. Yeah he mispoke, Bush was famous for that.

Keep in mind that on 3-13-02 the Taliban had already been knocked out of power, Hussein was much more pressing in the president's mind. Not only that but the headline was Israel rolling tanks into Gaza and we just starting training the Georgian military (which lead to the war with South Ossetia). By that time Bin Laden was still a target but not the #1 priority.

For reference here is the rest of the comment from that same press conference:

QUESTION: Mr. President, in your speeches now, you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden. Why is that?
Also, can you can tell the American people if you have any more information -- if you know if he is dead or alive. Deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really want to make...

BUSH: Well, deep in my heart, I know the man's on the run if he's alive at all. And I -- you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not? We hadn't heard from him in a long time.
And the idea of focusing on one person is really -- indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. Terror's bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person who has now been marginalized. His network is -- his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match.
He is -- you know, as I mention in my speeches -- I do mention the fact that this is a fellow who is willing to commit youngsters to their death. And he, himself, tries to hide, if, in fact, he's hiding at all.
So I don't know where he is. Nor -- you know, I just don't spend that much time on him really, to be honest with you. I'm more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well supplied, that the strategy is clear, that the coalition is strong, that when we find enemy bunched up, like we did in Shah-e-Kot mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.
And there will be other battles in Afghanistan. There's going to be other struggles like Shah-e-Kot. And I'm just as confident about the outcome of those future battles as I was about Shah-e-kot, where our soldiers are performing brilliantly; we're tough, we're strong, they're well-equipped, we have a good strategy. We are showing the world we know how to fight a guerrilla war with conventional means.

[Mopar63]

I say they should have brought his ass back here and threw his body out on a pig farm....

[onemeangixxer7502]

I don't buy it, whatever is clever. I just think it was used as a "ace in the hole" type deal. I mean disposed of the body etc etc... RIIIGHT either way glad to see the made it in and out unharmed

[Machx2]

Yeah he said both things, no doubt about it. Now why don't you give the context so we can understand why? On 9-13-01 he was still absorbing the gravity of what happened, just like the rest of America. Emotions were at an all time high and he was saying what he felt needed to be said. Yeah he mispoke, Bush was famous for that.

Keep in mind that on 3-13-02 the Taliban had already been knocked out of power, Hussein was much more pressing in the president's mind. Not only that but the headline was Israel rolling tanks into Gaza and we just starting training the Georgian military (which lead to the war with South Ossetia). By that time Bin Laden was still a target but not the #1 priority.

For reference here is the rest of the comment from that same press conference:

QUESTION: Mr. President, in your speeches now, you rarely talk or mention Osama bin Laden. Why is that?
Also, can you can tell the American people if you have any more information -- if you know if he is dead or alive. Deep in your heart, don't you truly believe that until you find out if he is dead or alive, you won't really want to make...

BUSH: Well, deep in my heart, I know the man's on the run if he's alive at all. And I -- you know, who knows if he's hiding in some cave or not? We hadn't heard from him in a long time.
And the idea of focusing on one person is really -- indicates to me people don't understand the scope of the mission. Terror's bigger than one person. And he's just -- he's a person who has now been marginalized. His network is -- his host government has been destroyed. He's the ultimate parasite who found weakness, exploited it, and met his match.
He is -- you know, as I mention in my speeches -- I do mention the fact that this is a fellow who is willing to commit youngsters to their death. And he, himself, tries to hide, if, in fact, he's hiding at all.
So I don't know where he is. Nor -- you know, I just don't spend that much time on him really, to be honest with you. I'm more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well supplied, that the strategy is clear, that the coalition is strong, that when we find enemy bunched up, like we did in Shah-e-Kot mountains, that the military has all the support it needs to go in and do the job, which they did.
And there will be other battles in Afghanistan. There's going to be other struggles like Shah-e-Kot. And I'm just as confident about the outcome of those future battles as I was about Shah-e-kot, where our soldiers are performing brilliantly; we're tough, we're strong, they're well-equipped, we have a good strategy. We are showing the world we know how to fight a guerrilla war with conventional means.

Owned!

[stevo]

Wow al queda and the taliban already consider this a modern crusade of the US against Islam. And you think throwing gasoline on the fire will put it out. The only message they will receive is disrespect for an Islamic Leader.

The muslims have been claiming that Christians and Jews have been "crusading" against them for the last 600 years, while in fact we haven't. Christians, Jews and 'infidels' have been the target of islam for too long. It is time to see it for what it is, a 'holy' war against all non-muslims.

It is time we take this bullshit for what it is, a war.

Stevo

[mirefire 2.0]

1st SFOD-D > Seal Team Six

[aggie97]

I would have preferred a report saying they took him alive and tossed his ass out the back of the helicopter at 10k feet strapped to a 2k bomb over international waters.....with a mic!

[Forever_frost]

When Bush KNEW where Osama was the media went out of their way to tip off Osama (remember them reporting that Bush knew where he was because of his cell?) The media did everything they could to sabotage Bush but were oddly silent with Obama. Not a peep from the media, no leaks in the WH, nothing. Complete black out. Odd isn't it?