Not really. Just got used to the fear that's all. Ask anyone that works (or worked) in the airline industry.
The comments were meant for the over-zealous Obama fanboys who get a hard-on over nearly everything he does. EDIT: Before I get flamed by said fanboys, I think he did a great job. He could of screwed this up in a lot of ways. He could of burned some bridges with Pakistan, agreed on the wrong method of kill, decided that the lead wasn't good etc.
Spare me your bullshit. You can try, but you can't minimize this event or obama's role in it. Neither can the fat drug addled whiner.
Because there's no reason to waste money on him going to court, going to jail, creating controversy on Tribunal vs. Federal Court, and heck giving terrorist a huge freakin bullseye. He's dead, it's over. Nice and clean.
NY Times front page, before and after the Osama news. Farmed tilapia got bounced off the front page! On a serious note, see the story about Pakistan on the "before" front page? Ironic or apropos?
Really, were you here during that time? Because that's not at all what was happening. Certainly not my experience or the experience of anyone I know. People were on the subway in droves that very evening, going home from work. You underestimate people.
Actually, the farmed tilapia story was on the front page (on line) this morning. I know, because it's the first story I read.
I'm wondering what MasterShake will say now that it's been disclosed that Obama chose to send Special Ops in instead of bombing the compound? And it doesn't appear that any civilians were killed and no Americans were killed. Sounds like nice, clean work.
no surprise I guess that Obama didn't give much credit to the Pakistani authorities in his speech. it really makes you wonder, are Pakistani authorities that incompetent, paralyzed by being infiltrated with al Queda sympathizers, or just plain liars? think about it - OBL was living in a compound in a city within 100 km of their capital!! and they didn't know?? I find that very hard to believe.
According to his Twitter stream @reallyvirtual, Sohaib Athar moved from Lahore, Pakistan to the resort town of Abbottabad to take a break from the rat race. It seems he didn’t move far enough. On Sunday, Athar found himself smack in the center of one of the year’s biggest news events. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs.../2011/05/02/AF4c9xXF_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Agreed, but I do remember feeling a bit jolted the first couple times we saw an airplane flying overhead while air traffic was still officially grounded.
A big congratulations to President Obama for having the courage to make a very tough call and for having the good sense not to let the Pakistanis in on the mission. Well done! And thanks to the men of Seal Team Six for a carryin out the task despite some logistical malfunctions, the nation is eternally greatful. A great day for America! Now we need to have a little talk with the Pakistanis. Mod's note - removed term that may be considered offensive.
It was fascinating reading the BBC live blog - throughout the entire day, the only real negative comments from readers concerning the outcome of this event were from the conspiracy theory crowd and the Pakistanis.
I can see Pakistan being a real problem. I think Afghanistan and Pakistan are inseparable in our fight with al Queda. the border is so porous that you cannot win one without winning the other. problem is that al Queda seems to have pretty well infiltrated the Pakistani government - you know, the government that possesses nuclear weapons. that's going to be a much tougher fight to win.
can't say I blame the Pakistanis for their negative comments. this operation demonstrated in a rather stark manner just how incompetent and corrupt their government is. I mean they were already being humiliated by an ally flying drones and dropping bombs all over their country. now the a foreign power actually used ground troops to execute a military operation on their land without any apparent help or cooperation from their government. that's pretty humiliating. the US seems to be operating in their country as if it was their own.