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Thank you, President Bush
The Anchoress —
... I don’t expect the haters to get it. No scales falling from eyes, no epiphanies. Not needed. But at least be honest and don’t lie to me or to yourself by suggesting that this policy is anything like “change” from what President Bush has been saying and doing. ...
Oh, so *what* if Obama’s backtracking on having bin Laden killed be our highest priority?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
(Links via Legal Insurrection, via Instapundit) Just because Obama said it back in October:
And if we have Osama bin Laden in our sights and the Pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then I think that we have to act & we will take them out. We will kill bin Laden; we will crush Al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.
and is now saying something completely different:
Barack Obama last night suggested that removing Osama bin ...
Obama Breaks Another Promise. This Time On Osama
Pirate's Cove —
... Change You Count On Changing When It Changes Because It Changes Because Change Is Hard To Change (my brain hurts now). And, of course, the story comes from overseas, where the media is not so besotten with hopeiness of The One: Barack Obama: it is no longer essential to kill Osama bin Laden ...
Obama Breaks Another Promise. This Time On Osama
Stop The ACLU —
Change You Count On Changing When It Changes Because It Changes Because Change Is Hard To Change (my brain hurts now). And, of course, the story comes from overseas, where the media is not so besotten with hopeiness of The One: Barack Obama: it is no longer essential to kill Osama bin Laden Barack Obama suggested last night that removing Osama bin Laden from the battlefield was no longer essential and that America’s security goals could be achieved merely by keeping al-Qaeda “on the run”.“My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him,” he said. “But if we have so ...
Obama Been Backpedallin’
Deceiver.com —
... of catching the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist because it has not been able to find him.
“We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority,” Obama said during the presidential debate on October 7.
Yes! Huddle in your little cave, you madman, because Obama is comin’ for you. Goodbye, international terrorism!
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Eh? What’s that? Obama just said what?
Barack Obama suggested last night that removing Osama bin Laden from ...
Barack Obama: it is no longer essential to kill Osama bin Laden
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... meet our goal of protecting America." His comments, in a CBS interview, represent a significant watering down of the "dead or alive" policy pursued by President Bush since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. They also appear to contradict Mr Obama's own statements made in the election campaign. As recently as October 7, in a presidential debate, Mr Obama said: "We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al-Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority." Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_amer...
Obama decides Osama is no big deal
QandO —
Or, "Gosh, those Bush guys weren’t so dumb afterall": Barack Obama suggested last night that removing Osama bin Laden from the battlefield was no longer essential and that America’s security goals could be achieved merely by keeping al-Qaeda "on the run". "My preference obviously would be to capture or kill him," he said. "But if we have so tightened the noose that he’s in a cave somewhere and can’t even communicate with his operatives then we will meet our goal of protecting America." Who is "we" ...
If Obama Says Osama Isn’t Important Then He Isn’t Important
Say Anything —
... , but the truth is that Obama suddenly doesn’t think Osama is all that important any more: ...
ChangeWatch
Stones Cry Out —
... . Now he just needs to be "pinned down" or just kept "on the run". Some of this "change" Obama speaks of apparently means change from his campaign rhetoric. (H/T ...
Flashback: Obama Said Terrorists Shouldn't Get Miranda Rights
Weekly Standard Blog —
... From there, he proceeds to mock the federal government for failing to catch Bin Laden (not that that's on Obama's front burner anymore), and then discusses the need for terrorist detainees to be allowed to file habeas petitions in federal courts. The Miranda issue, however, is simply laughed aside, as if it was preposterous to even raise the subject. ...
