Happy 10th anniversary of the bin Laden raid

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10:02p, 5/2/21
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I still remember exactly where I was standing when I found out he was finished.

A few years ago I got to shake the hand of the man who shot him.
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10:35p, 5/2/21
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Cue up photo of Biden in the situation room at the time, wondering what happened.

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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 10:52p, 5/2/21
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Ha yep some things never change
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8:38a, 5/3/21
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Surprisingly, the History Channel has two good pieces on 9/11 and the subsequent hunt for Bin Laden yesterday.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 8:52a, 5/3/21
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CanyonAg77 said:
Cue up photo of Biden in the situation room at the time, wondering what happened.

And does anyone have the version with Gates posting on TexAgs?
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10:09a, 5/3/21
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Biden; "I advised them not to do it."

Brennan: "I sure hope an American soldier/Seal is killed."

Obama: "I can't believe I signed off on this."

That's all I see when I see that pic.
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In reply to nortex97 • 10:21a, 5/3/21
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nortex97 said:
Biden; "I advised them not to do it."

Brennan: "I sure hope an American soldier/Seal is killed."

Obama: "I can't believe I signed off on this."

That's all I see when I see that pic.
Impressive imagination.
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10:25a, 5/3/21
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I was 127 miles from him at that exact moment.
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In reply to Rabid Cougar • 1:04p, 5/3/21
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Rabid Cougar said:
I was 127 miles from him at that exact moment.

Peshawar?
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1:20p, 5/3/21
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I remember the impromptu street party in our housing at JBLM.
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In reply to nortex97 • 2:02p, 5/3/21
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Sounds pretty realistic to me.
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8:54a, 5/4/21
My sister was set to have dinner with the Bushes that night. Her best friend in high school parents' are very close to them. GWB got the call from Obama right before he walked in the door. Ten minutes later and he would have been at the table when the call came in.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 9:09a, 5/4/21
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Though i am not a fan of Obama, he is one of the four who appear to be ready to see blood, and possibly our men die. The others don't have the same game face. The others just come across as either in shock of how damn deadly we can be or they are just watching another video feed.

Just my .02.
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In reply to Ag In Ok • 9:16a, 5/4/21
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I think you're reading a hell of a lot into a photograph covering 1/60th of a second of time.
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11:47a, 5/4/21
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Very proud to own a signed copy of O'neill's book. Knowing the same trigger finger that double-tapped UBL also gripped a pen that signed my copy is really special to me.
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In reply to AggieZUUL • 1:18p, 5/4/21
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AggieZUUL said:
Rabid Cougar said:
I was 127 miles from him at that exact moment.

Peshawar?
Abad in the Kunar. Basically Waco to Denton.
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1:59p, 5/4/21
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This from Zero Dark Thirty. Supposed to be Team members at their compound at Jbad before their mission.

I can say with 100% certainty there was no sand or raggedy assed GP medium tents anywhere around their compound... Nor helicopters in the sun and weather.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 7:54p, 5/6/21
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CanyonAg77 said:
I think you're reading a hell of a lot into a photograph covering 1/60th of a second of time.
Doesn't really matter in my opinion. "A picture speaks a thousand words"
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In reply to Wildman15 • 9:09p, 5/6/21
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Wildman15 said:
CanyonAg77 said:
I think you're reading a hell of a lot into a photograph covering 1/60th of a second of time.
Doesn't really matter in my opinion. "A picture speaks a thousand words"
And sometimes those thousand words are a lie. You can find photos of almost any public figure that run the gamut from heroic to doofus, with little to no relationship to what is happening in the moment.

When you have thousands of photos taken, a lot of them will be clinkers.
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9:14p, 5/6/21
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Two great articles published last week for the anniversary.

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/magazine/2021/04/30/osama-bin-laden-death-white-house-oral-history-484793

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2021/05/01/a-view-from-the-ct-foxhole-admiral-retired-william-h-mcraven-former-commander-us-special-operations-command-and-nicholas-rasmussen-former-national-counterterrorism-center-director-reflect-on-the-usama-bin-ladin-raid/
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2:34p, 5/7/21
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i've met one of the raid team. we do some SF fundraisers, and have a big shin dig and party to go with it every year. good guy. he didnt talk much about it.

the official story is clearly a pile of bull***** who knows what is true and what is not. absolutely no way to trust anything anymore.

the complete 'out there' conspiracy theories have no more holes in them than the official narrative.

the biggest thing to me is - what is this bull**** about dumping the body with no evidence, no preservation of anything, no real story, just

'well, we found him, we killed him, we dumped his corpose in the ocean, that's it' ???

why does that make sense? I am sure there is some explanation somehow.

Fairly similar to saddam hussein. the us really just let him hang from a rope and dumped him somewhere without real evidence, trial, video, etc.,?

these decisions seem bizarre.
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In reply to cbr • 11:32p, 5/7/21
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cbr said:
i've met one of the raid team. we do some SF fundraisers, and have a big shin dig and party to go with it every year. good guy. he didnt talk much about it.

the official story is clearly a pile of bull***** who knows what is true and what is not. absolutely no way to trust anything anymore.

the complete 'out there' conspiracy theories have no more holes in them than the official narrative.

the biggest thing to me is - what is this bull**** about dumping the body with no evidence, no preservation of anything, no real story, just

'well, we found him, we killed him, we dumped his corpose in the ocean, that's it' ???

why does that make sense? I am sure there is some explanation somehow.

Fairly similar to saddam hussein. the us really just let him hang from a rope and dumped him somewhere without real evidence, trial, video, etc.,?

these decisions seem bizarre.


How early did you start drinking today?
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