The "I" Man, "The Man Who Shot Osama bin Laden"

The "I" Man, "The Man Who Shot Osama bin Laden"

As the bastard who now swims with the fishes proves he was not a total waste of human protoplasm by providing sustenance for his new aquatic friends, it’s time to take a break from all the misleading and contradictory propaganda emanating from Washington following the untimely passing of Osama bin Laden.

Let us just stipulate that, indeed, America’s president, Barack Hussein Obama, was indeed virtually singlehandedly responsible for OBL’s death, arguably with some minimal assistance by the United States’ Navy’s corps–or is it corpse, as Obama says?–of elite SEALs.

True, those brave men did, technically, carry out the raid on Abbottbad but only under the adept direction, skilled guidance, and, ultimately, the heroic decision of our Commander in Chief, even if some vile Obama critics contend that Leon Panetta had to order the attack in lieu of the indecisiveness of the chief executive who had to sleep on it rendering his heroic decision.

Let us, however, dispense with all those ignorant critics and give our leader his just due. His affection for the personal pronouns “I,” and “my,” as used so often in last Sunday’s speech to the nation which he replicated this Sunday on “60 Minutes” should not in any way be misinterpreted as spiking any personal footballs. As Obama said to Steve Kroft, “It was the longest 40 minutes of my life:” http://huff.to/j1h6uR

(As a little divertissement, count the “I’s” and “my’s” in just that “60 Minute” excerpt and, for an additional challenge count The “I” Man’s collective “we’s” which incorporate the minimal SEAL contribution to the operation.)

That pronoun overuse should not simply be attributable to egotism, or self-obsession and must be taken at face value. In sum, as Rush Limbaugh has perspicaciously observed, it was not America but rather Barack Hussein Obama who killed Osama bin Laden, and more power to him!

Islamic millitants . . .
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Celebrating a Death?

Celebrating a Death?

While the vast majority of Americans are intensely proud of Navy SEAL Team 6 for its successful mission last Sunday and happy, if not universally ecstatic, over its results, Europeans have been largely mute over the mission’s success or demonstrably angry over American impertinence in what they consider a violation of the air space and territorial integrity of a sovereign state and which many contend involved a summary execution of an un-armed man.

There’s no question that Team 6 did indeed infringe on Pakistan’s national boundaries, which boundaries are more porous than America’s southern border, and that nation itself is less a nation than it is a sanctuary for terrorist enemies of the United States–and of Europe.

Whether Osama bin Laden was in fact un-armed or had an AK47 or other weapon in easy reach is still unclear, and irrelevant. What is known is that he was a declared, vicious enemy and his compound was a virtual fortress with high walls topped by barbed wire and that he had armed guards protecting him.

It’s easy to second guess what the SEALs should have done in the heat, the fog, of battle, to Monday-morning-quarterback a perilous military operation since none of us were there, on-site, with those brave men. All volunteers in the service of their country, they were risking their lives to execute a mission deemed critical to America’s–and Europe’s–interests and safety.

Europeans, however, feel free to do just that, to judge the propriety of the assault and to condemn Osama’s killing. . .
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Doubting and Handwringing over OBL

Doubting and Handwringing over OBL

The old comedian Jimmy Durante had a stock line, “Everybody wants to get into the act” and now, as Osama bin Laden sleeps with his 72 virgin fishes, it seems everybody wants a piece of the OBL action with many bemoaning the success of America’s elite Navy SEALs.

Reactions from the Muslim world were predictable. Pakistan’s former president Musharraf denounced the American violation of Pakistan’s territorial integrity, as if that country had any true territorial integrity and was anything but a terrorist sanctuary. The government in Islamabad denied any knowledge of the mission, which is probably true since they also had no knowledge that bin Laden was a resident for six years; they called it a “unilateral action,” which is fortunate and all but insured its success.

The Taliban and much of the rest of the Muslim world doubted the 6 foot, 4 inch man who was shot twice and killed in the opulent, million dollar compound and residence then dumped, excuse me, lowered into the Arabian Sea, was actually their hero. They will probably still be doubting Ahmeds even after Osama’s death picture is released; they may contend it is a fake because the Osama they knew and loved had an intact head.

Perhaps the most amusing response came from an unidentified imam at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque who posted an anonymous YouTube threat: “The dogs will not rejoice too much for killing the lions. The dogs will remain dogs and the lion, even if he is dead, will remain a lion. We are a nation of billions, a good nation. We’ll teach you about politics and military ways very soon, with god’s help.”

Big mouth, big nation, and the dead lion sleeps tonight.

The overseas reaction to the successful mission was almost as predictable as the Muslim response.

The UK’s Sky News immediately demanded incontrovertible proof of the identity of the corpse dumped, excuse me, lowered, into the water was indeed the late Osama bin Laden. Germany’s Der Spiegel charged the entire operation was illegal and that, instead of dispatching OBL to the arms of Allah, he should have been captured alive and put on trial before an international tribunal, which would have given him a public platform to spout his venom and instigate his jihadist followers.

At home, the United Nations, not wanting to feel left out, felt compelled to chime in on the issue. . .
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No Soup Addenda

No Soup Addenda

No soup, sex, cool, carols, class, SEALs, or goyim for you!

. No soup or sex for you: “Just when every tactic in the book had been seemingly exhausted in the health care debate, Rock the Vote comes along with a new one: If you want health care reform, don’t sleep with anyone who opposes health care reform until his or her mind is changed:” http://bit.ly/7EPBv9

Or if he dumps you?

. No soup and no cool for you: “Eco-messages from some of the world’s top celebrity tyrants. . . the UNFCCC ‘high-level’ speaking lineup included officials of Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Cuba, Laos, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Belarus and the man himself, fixture of any major UN shindig, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran:” http://bit.ly/4Xhk1x

Nice, fair UN Eco-lineup. . .

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Washington Outrage and Outrages

Washington Outrage and Outrages

Some people say the very existence of government is an outrage; they’re called anarchists. Many others contend what our present government is doing to America is outrageous; they’re called patriots.

There is some limited common ground between those two segments of the body politic and both should agree the following are affronts to America’s independence:

. Navy Seals Trial: Members of the Special Operations units of the United States Navy SEa, Air, and Land Forces (SEALS) have had one essential mission since their commissioning 47 years ago: to accomplish their assigned mission.

That mission as the acronym suggests can involve reconnaisance, hostage rescue, unconventional warfare, counterterrorism and other direct action assignments anywhere on sea and land.

The general mission of SEALS Matthew Vernon McCabe, 24, Jonathan Elliot Keefe, 25, Julio Antonio Huertas, Jr., 28 was to seek out and destroy Islamic terrorist enemies of the United States.

One captured suspect, Ahmed Hashim Abed, alleged mastermind of the 2004 murder and bodily desecration of 4 Blackwater USA operatives in Fallujah, has now accused these men of assault.

If that’s not absurd enough, the three SEALS are now in process of being disciplined by their superiors and could face anything from pay forfeiture to imprisonment to bad conduct discharges.

To add insult to injury, the Navy has refused to release its evidence of this awful, alleged crime committed against a terrorist even though trials are set for next month: http://bit.ly/4zuZqq

My questions: . . .

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