Article: SEALs slam Obama for using them as 'ammunition' in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election campaign
I really appreciate Obama's continuation of the mission to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. I've supported his efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I believe he has made the right choices in supporting the CIA and the military in their effort to protect us from terrorism and to bring down the organizations that led to 9/11.
I do not, however, appreciate his attempts to politicize the efforts of our nation's heroes as a campaign strategy.
The capturing of Bin Laden was the result of about ten years of intelligence work coupled with some highly skilled military technique. The SeALs involved were completely professional and conducted their mission flawlessly, even adapting the plan when the insertion helicopter crashed. This was a surgical strike and never a kill mission. If they had wanted to kill Bin Laden, they would have used a missile.
Unfortunately, the political wealth of the SeALs' success was more important to this administration than the intelligence discovered or the anonymity of the strike team. By announcing the death of Bin Laden so quickly, Obama quite possibly allowed several other terrorist heads to escape capture. By focusing so heavily on his role in the operation, he drew attention to SeAL Team Six, a group of men who would rather have stayed under the radar.
Obama should give credit to the military for a job well done. He should have waited for the go-head from the CIA before announcing the success of the mission.
Obama most certainly should not be using the mission as a cornerstone for his campaign. He can take credit for Bin Laden's death during his presidency, but he needs to keep in mind that he did not capture or kill Bin Laden himself. GW Bush was responsible for establishing the mission. The CIA gathered the intelligence. The SeALs killed Bin Laden. Obama simply stayed out of the way and was in the right place at the right time.
Obama taking credit for this kill is like a Lotto winner bragging about his economical success.
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But... but.. but... This is the ONE THING he's done that can be seen as a win on both sides of the political spectrum.
ReplyDeleteEvery other action has been furthering us into totalitarianism and socialism.
So many people argue "exceptions to the rule" to prove someone's point invalid. No matter if they are 99.995% correct, finding one exception invalidates the entire stance in so many peoples' minds.
This is Obama's one exception. But unlike the sheeple, I believe he is still a socialist intent on the destruction of America.
I will give him credit for maintaining the GW Bush plan for the two war fronts. He talked big about ending both wars and closing Guantanamo, then he left Guantanamo alone and followed the Bush timeline. At least he was smart enough to recognize that he was wrong on this issue once he had all the data...
ReplyDeleteBut to admit he was wrong and give Bush some credit? Of course not. He needs Bush to be a complete villain so he can cast blame somewhere when his programs fail.
I'm less that thrilled with this presidency.