Bin Laden Issue

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I strongly disagree with Romney's assertion that any President would have given the go-ahead to kill bin Laden... McCain even said in one of the 08 debates that launching raids into Pakistan would be a silly idea as it would put at risk our relationship with the Pakistanis...

If I were Romney- I wouldn't bring Obama's biggest foreign policy achievment to the forefront of this campaign

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"Over-simplified Disney villain"?

This man orchestrated the murder of thousands of Americans- and other people. You should be ashamed of yourself...

I do not approve of the VAST majority of President Obama's actions and views but I commend him for this courageous decision- as do most Americans

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"Over-simplified Disney villain"?

This man orchestrated the murder of thousands of Americans- and other people. You should be ashamed of yourself...

Bin Laden was an oversimplified Disney villain. He was never charged with orchestrating 9/11 and was a great propaganda tool for the Bush Administration. His image was cultivated by the media as a scary man and this was used effectively was war propaganda. Bin Laden was not a military commander in Afghanistan and his death changed nothing at all. He was an oversimplified Disney villain and you should be ashamed of yourself for thinking otherwise. I am most ashamed of the idiots that celebrated the death of Bin Laden as if it was some huge achievement. Yeah, he might be dead but half of you are still unemployed. Big whoop.   

He was identified universally- by himself as well- as the leader of the organizaiton which conducted 9/11... and I don't see how failures in unemployment make it so we can't celebrate successes elsewhere?

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Al-Qaeda continues without bin Laden. The bin Laden death was purely symbolic, and I really don't think it can be chalked up to some great leadership feat of Obama's.

Military decisions like these are totally framed by the military advisors who know what's going on. If they think and operatio should be carried out, you better believe they'll manipulate the president however they need to in order to get him to sign off on an operation that they want to see happen. This wasn't some great Obama triumph.

I disagree- while I wasn't an officer but I can tell you that officers are some of the biggest kiss-asses in the world...once a man gets a star he sees himself as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...therefore they will follow Obama's lead in an effort to get promoted
This is frankly good for our system- as the President is Commander-in-Chief, though I will never complain about our military brass having more say in the way things go