Bin Laden Dead

[houndawg]

Nonsense. We negotiate with them all the time, even supply them with weapons.

You are correct...look for the administration to do some explaining on giving weapons to the Mexican terrorists on our border.

Meh. If they'll give them to Iran and al-Qaeda they'll give them to anybody.

[AZGrizFan]

You are correct...look for the administration to do some explaining on giving weapons to the Mexican terrorists on our border.

Meh. If they'll give them to Iran and al-Qaeda they'll give them to anybody.

No shit. That's been proven a universal fact.

[CID1990]

Nonsense. We negotiate with them all the time, even supply them with weapons.

You are correct...look for the administration to do some explaining on giving weapons to the Mexican terrorists on our border.

Yeah, Eric Holder is just a little uncomfortable right now.

[Skjellyfetti]

This is the United States of America, goddamnit.

We do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, negotiate with terrorists.

And that is exactly what the Taliban are, terrorists, so **** 'em.

Sometimes SK needs a little schooling. He was only sh!tting in his poopy napkin just about 15 years ago.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the United States had begun preliminary talks with members of the Taliban as part of an effort to end the war in Afghanistan.

[Skjellyfetti]

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[houndawg]

Sometimes SK needs a little schooling. He was only sh!tting in his poopy napkin just about 15 years ago.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the United States had begun preliminary talks with members of the Taliban as part of an effort to end the war in Afghanistan.

[93henfan]

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Yes it was a great read. The only part that made me say "wtf" was this passage:

All along, the SEALs had planned to dump bin Laden’s corpse into the sea—a blunt way of ending the bin Laden myth. They had successfully pulled off a similar scheme before. During a DEVGRU helicopter raid inside Somalia in September, 2009, SEALs had killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of East Africa’s top Al Qaeda leaders; Nabhan’s corpse was then flown to a ship in the Indian Ocean, given proper Muslim rites, and thrown overboard. Before taking that step for bin Laden, however, John Brennan made a call. Brennan, who had been a C.I.A. station chief in Riyadh, phoned a former counterpart in Saudi intelligence. Brennan told the man what had occurred in Abbottabad and informed him of the plan to deposit bin Laden’s remains at sea. As Brennan knew, bin Laden’s relatives were still a prominent family in the Kingdom, and Osama had once been a Saudi citizen. Did the Saudi government have any interest in taking the body? “Your plan sounds like a good one,” the Saudi replied.

For fuck's sake, why are we giving the damn Saudis any input into anything we do? Fuck them.

[AZGrizFan]

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Yes it was a great read. The only part that made me say "wtf" was this passage:

All along, the SEALs had planned to dump bin Laden’s corpse into the sea—a blunt way of ending the bin Laden myth. They had successfully pulled off a similar scheme before. During a DEVGRU helicopter raid inside Somalia in September, 2009, SEALs had killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, one of East Africa’s top Al Qaeda leaders; Nabhan’s corpse was then flown to a ship in the Indian Ocean, given proper Muslim rites, and thrown overboard. Before taking that step for bin Laden, however, John Brennan made a call. Brennan, who had been a C.I.A. station chief in Riyadh, phoned a former counterpart in Saudi intelligence. Brennan told the man what had occurred in Abbottabad and informed him of the plan to deposit bin Laden’s remains at sea. As Brennan knew, bin Laden’s relatives were still a prominent family in the Kingdom, and Osama had once been a Saudi citizen. Did the Saudi government have any interest in taking the body? “Your plan sounds like a good one,” the Saudi replied.

For fuck's sake, why are we giving the damn Saudis any input into anything we do? Fuck them.

Because they own our sorry asses....but if you ask the resident hardcore donks, they only owned Bush's ass.

[AZGrizFan]

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Yes, it was a great read.

[CID1990]

Sometimes SK needs a little schooling. He was only sh!tting in his poopy napkin just about 15 years ago.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the United States had begun preliminary talks with members of the Taliban as part of an effort to end the war in Afghanistan.

And Gates takes his orders from........?

Just like the end of Vietnam (because we just never apply the lessons of history here), we will "negotiate" with the Taliban so that when they take over the entire country again after we leave, our government will be able to say "Hey! They promised! Not our fault!"

Talks with the Taliban are a smoke screen and a futile effort at CYA. But of course you already knew that, right Pup?

[AZGrizFan]

And Gates takes his orders from........?

Just like the end of Vietnam (because we just never apply the lessons of history here), we will "negotiate" with the Taliban so that when they take over the entire country again after we leave, our government will be able to say "Hey! They promised! Not our fault!"

Talks with the Taliban are a smoke screen and a futile effort at CYA. But of course you already knew that, right Pup?

Oh, not this time, CID. This time they really, really, really, really, really mean it.

[Rob Iola]

Great read - liked the part where they brought a dog along...

[AZGrizFan]

Great read - liked the part where they brought a dog along...

Yeah...makes it sound like a Disney movie.