The Gang That Could Shoot Straight — But Not Much

The Gang That Could Shoot Straight — But Not Much Else
May 4, 2011 - 8:18 am - by Stephen Green



The plan for killing Osama Bin Laden was perfectly conceived and as perfectly executed as any special forces operation since Israel’s raid on Entebbe. But the follow-through has been strange at best, sometimes bordering on incompetence.

First, there was that weird burial at sea “in accordance with Islamic tradition.” There, the White House managed to annoy most everyone. There are those like me, who thought Bin Laden’s corpse was treated with too much respect, to those in the Islamic world now inflamed because it wasn’t really done properly after all.

Then there was the president’s oddly bloodless speech Sunday night. For almost ten years we’d been trying to get the guy who murdered 3,000 Americans, attacked our military HQ, and ripped the heart out of the New York City skyline. The effort spanned two continents, four or five countries, a Caribbean Navy base, and the persistent efforts of two presidents, the American intelligence community, and the best of the best of our special forces. And yet President Obama sounded as if he were announcing a “worthwhile Canadian initiative.”

Now the Administration can’t even decide whether or not to release a photo of the body. They didn’t have a PR plan in place before the killing? It must be amateur night at the White House, because what I’m hearing sounds increasingly like karaoke. More specifically, a Last Call group chorus of “My Way,” with the participants too drunk to remember all the words.

It looks so ugly in DC right now, that it lends credence to the wacky (or so I thought) report that Obama himself couldn’t make up his mind to order the attack, forcing CIA chief Leon Panetta to make the call. Valerie Jarrett was the source of the president’s wishy-washiness? Clinton’s people were leaking like a cracked dam to prod Obama into action?

[Mongo53]

I still say the Islamic Burial at Sea was still the smartest thing you could do with the body, I will NOT count that as a gaph or mistake. Sure, it has holes that will be critized, BUT, think about the other options, they would have been viewed a far worse mistake.

The Intelligence Community job was to find OBL.
The Military's job was to conduct the military action to capture or kill him.

It was all the other branches of the Administration's Job to do the rest.

Hmmmm, what seems to be flawless carried out, and what seems to be bungled by unprepared teams scrambling at the last second?

It makes that WH Insider Account look more and more credible everyday.The PJ Tatler » Leon Panetta, not Obama, issued order to kill bin Laden?

It makes the "I, I, and I" speech by Obama to announce the death of OBL, even more distasteful. Does anyone doubt if he comments on the mishandling of everything after the intelligence and military's job was over, he'll use the pronoun's, "they, them and we" in his speech?

[chernmax]

Originally Posted by Mongo53

It makes the "I, I, and I" speech by Obama to announce the death of OBL, even more distasteful. Does anyone doubt if he comments on the mishandling of everything after the intelligence and military's job was over, he'll use the pronoun's, "they, them and we" in his speech?

Thats his narcissism reeling it's ugly head!

[BOP]

Originally Posted by Mongo53

I still say the Islamic Burial at Sea was still the smartest thing you could do with the body, I will NOT count that as a gaph or mistake. Sure, it has holes that will be critized, BUT, think about the other options, they would have been viewed a far worse mistake.

The Intelligence Community job was to find OBL.
The Military's job was to conduct the military action to capture or kill him.

It was all the other branches of the Administration's Job to do the rest.

Hmmmm, what seems to be flawless carried out, and what seems to be bungled by unprepared teams scrambling at the last second?

It makes that WH Insider Account look more and more credible everyday.The PJ Tatler » Leon Panetta, not Obama, issued order to kill bin Laden?

It makes the "I, I, and I" speech by Obama to announce the death of OBL, even more distasteful. Does anyone doubt if he comments on the mishandling of everything after the intelligence and military's job was over, he'll use the pronoun's, "they, them and we" in his speech?

I was thinking that tossing his body on a stack of burning tires might do the trick.