If the mission to kill Bin Laden had failed....

[JohnnyRingo]

The country wouldn't have been blaming the Navy Seals for sheer incompetence. Even if the mission succeeded and we lost a soldier- even the German Shepherd- Republicans would have put the blame squarely on the head of the Commander In Chief, and perhaps rightly so.

Now they're resurrecting the "Obama didn't do it" to take away one of the crowning achievements of this administration shortly before the election. Needless to say, the timing isn't a coincidence and
it's the height of dishonesty that they're pretending there was no risk on the president's part in approving the mission his predecessor was afraid to do.

President Obama rolled the dice and put his faith in the military for a mission that could have easily ended his presidency in November. That he didn't come up snake eyes and get our soldiers killed is what really upsets these "patriots".

[Politicalboi]

1. LOL!

I love that picture.

[malaise]

2. Ditto

Hilarious

[2on2u]

3. If the mission failed, Ryan, Rush, Mitt, Boehner, and a thousand others would be talking

about it 24/7, giving the credit for the failure to the president and spewing how the president put America in more danger with his actions. These people crack me up.

[spanone]

4. imagine if Obama put on a flight suit and landed on a carrier....

different standard for democrats.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. It would have been Jimmy Carter redux

with the helicoptors crashing in the desert en route to rescue the hostages and Carter getting the blame.

[Nye Bevan]

14. Yep. And it would have drastically reduced Obama's reelection chances.

Bungling, incompetent, ignoring military advice, naive, arrogant, etc. It would have never ended.

And that's why it was such a courageous and gutsy call.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. If the mission failed, would we ever have even known about it? nt

[Proles]

7. That's actually an interesting point. But I think it would have been leaked one way or another.

I read the book detailing the plan to get Osama, and I think they had a number of contingency plans concerning what would have happened if it failed.

One thing is for certain, if information regarding a failed strike to get Osama resulting in the loss of SEALS leaked to the American public, we wouldn't ever hear the end of it.

It'd be a hard blow against Obama's re-election chances.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Theres already a book out on it?

That didn't take long.

[Proles]

16. Haha, it never does. It usually amazes me how 200+ page books can be churned out

not long after a specific event happens.

I forget the name of the book, but it was actually pretty good, and offered plenty of insights into getting Osama Bin Laden. It really showed that the decision to take out Osama was not as simple as lots of republicans make it out to be, and that Obama truly made a gutsy decision in doing so.

[Ruby the Liberal]

20. That must have a lot of detail.

Surprised as well that the information wasn't considered classified for them to be able to release it.

[shawn703]

10. Probably depends on how bad the failure was

If Pakistan would have responded to us invading their airspace and it became Seals versus Pakistani military, I think it would have come out.

[lastlib]

13. Ohh.YEAH--we'd have known it.

al-Qaeda would've been crowing non-stop at the top of their lungs, Pakistan would be screaming to high heaven about the "violation of sovereignty," every anti-US government in the world would be trumpeting it--yeah we'd have known about it, and the Repukes would never let it die, rubbing the Dems' noses in it every chance they could create.

[Volaris]

8. " If the mission to kill Bin Laden had failed...."

You can almost bet that a Republican Administration would have fucked up the planning/execution of said mission, based on the fact that that's how it went down in Tora Bora, under His Majesty the Shrub.

As an Electorate, the general mass of the American People might be rock stupid, but in this case, they know full well who issued the kill order (and took the political risk that came with it) and who didn't. McConnell and his cadre of sad clowns can cry all they want. It won't do them ANY good, and any Republican dumb enough to bring it up in a debate is going to find themselves on the wrong end of an ass-whooping stick.

And yeah, that picture is awesome.

[tomm2thumbs]

11. supremely hilarious image there - had to laugh

good post as well but that added the cherry to the top

[WestSeattle2]

12. Obama is an honorable leader. That annoys and infuriates the other

party which is so totally lacking in same.

The fact that a handful of Seals would throw their Commander-in-Chief under the bus using baseless charges, reflects so poorly on their personal integrity. It's very shameful and sullies the uniform they wore.

But knowing Barack Obama, he probably forgives them.

[RoccoRyg]

15. Don't worry

He'll get the last laugh in November.

[Historic NY]

17. The soldiers came through on their commander in chief's orders...

from the top down to the bottom up they perform - as Patton would say magnificently/

[rocktivity]

18. Where were these guys when Bush announced he captured Saddam?

Did that offend them? Or this?



The success of the mission is Obama's military/foreign policy trump card, so Mitt the Rethugs are trying to take it off the table. Who do they're think they're kidding?


rocktivity

[BumRushDaShow]

19. OMG!!

That's a keeper!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. According to GOP logic --

[Historic NY]

22. Yup thats about it.

[ellisonz]

23. +1000

[JohnnyRingo]

24. I love this graphic!!!

I'm saving it for all posterity... or until I have to send it to a Teabag friend.
Whichever happens first.

Thanx!

[davidpdx]

25. Thankfully the mission didn't fail

But if it had, I think Obama would have taken a ton of heat for it. It was a gamble for sure and whether you agree with the decision or not, it shows he has the guts to take action. I don't even want to think about what would have happened if the mission had not gone the way it did.

[Lasher]

26. The mission did fail.

Battle of Tora Bora, December 2001.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

27. You are 100% right. But what are the odds that the re-election folks won't use that?