Sorry to burst your bubble about Bin Laden's execution.
"The authorities we have on Bin Laden are to kill him. And that was made clear. But it was also, as part of their rules of engagement, if he suddenly put up his hands and offered to be captured, then-- they would have the opportunity, obviously, to capture him. But that opportunity never developed," CIA director Leon Panetta told NBC News.
And from your God himself:
"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body."
Obama issued a decree sometime ago that anyone, anywhere in the world could be executed by the US without due process if the magic phrase 'terrorist related" was used.
The whole thing is theatre. If some psychopath simply wanted to kill a load of people, all he would have to do would be to explode a bomb whilst waiting in the lines of people queing to be checked. The more invasive the checking, the bigger the queues, the bigger the potential casualty list.
McChrystal can see failure in the wind and doesn’t what his name attached to it. What better way out than to be removed by a Democratic president. Then would follow the eternal ’stabbed in the back’ narrative as to why the war was lost (NB stabbed in the back narratives date from WWI and probably are eternal)
If the Israel-Turkey split goes ahead, who will launder the Iranian pistacchios for the Israelis? Or maybe there be be special exceptions for items 'vital to national security'.
Sorry to burst your bubble about Bin Laden's execution.
"The authorities we have on Bin Laden are to kill him. And that was made clear. But it was also, as part of their rules of engagement, if he suddenly put up his hands and offered to be captured, then-- they would have the opportunity, obviously, to capture him. But that opportunity never developed," CIA director Leon Panetta told NBC News.
And from your God himself:
"Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body."
Obama issued a decree sometime ago that anyone, anywhere in the world could be executed by the US without due process if the magic phrase 'terrorist related" was used.
Darn, my <cynic> and < /cynic> tags around the last parapagraph disappeared from my earlier message
Have a look at the following for more details about the history of this area
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/gilad-atzmon-ein-hod-and-the-israeli-sin.html
Such a tragedy that an untouched area of natural forest is being destroyed.
Still, one must always look on the bright side - it can now be developed as it has been destroyed.
The whole thing is theatre. If some psychopath simply wanted to kill a load of people, all he would have to do would be to explode a bomb whilst waiting in the lines of people queing to be checked. The more invasive the checking, the bigger the queues, the bigger the potential casualty list.
I'll go along with Gideon Levy and recognise that Israel wishes to be called the
And you believe him?
How to wind down troop levels the US way: Stop calling the soldiers 'soldiers'.
50,000+ armed US whatevers will still occupy Iraq.
He may want the troops out but it seems he still wants control via the use of drones and mis-targetted killing.
McChrystal can see failure in the wind and doesn’t what his name attached to it. What better way out than to be removed by a Democratic president. Then would follow the eternal ’stabbed in the back’ narrative as to why the war was lost (NB stabbed in the back narratives date from WWI and probably are eternal)
Considers breaking off Ties;
Israel Lobbies in Congress denounce Ankara
If the Israel-Turkey split goes ahead, who will launder the Iranian pistacchios for the Israelis? Or maybe there be be special exceptions for items 'vital to national security'.