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1. Ella says:

   May 3, 2011 at 9:14 am

   Also, it’s just not that big a deal, aside from the cosmic justice. In 2002 or 2003, killing Osama bin Laden would have been unbelievably potent, simply because people were still wounded from 9/11. A decade later? It’s nice, but that’s the same span of time between the end of Gulf War I and the start of Gulf II. It doesn’t have the same emotional punch, and, given bin Laden’s near complete invisibility in the intervening decade, it doesn’t have the same security effect.

2. Pablo says:

   May 3, 2011 at 9:21 am

   It doesn’t have the same emotional punch, and, given bin Laden’s near complete invisibility in the intervening decade, it doesn’t have the same security effect.

   He apparently been living the the same building, which he apparently leaves rarely, if ever, with no phones and no internet, relying on couriers for all of his communications. He’s hasn’t been able to lead anything in ages. This is nice symbolism and delightful retribution, but it really doesn’t mean all that much to the war effort aside from the psyops victory.

3. Bob Reed says:

   May 3, 2011 at 9:28 am

   Which is why they’re planning on a “victory lap” at all; real leaders don’t need to take “victory laps”…

   And this is also why I predict they’ll over-reach.

   Look, I’ve given Obama his due for not shying away from green-lighting this raid our of fear of the blowback that would accompany a failure; most people are fair and have done so in their minds as well.

   But they also recognize that Obama wasn’t there; it’s not like he was Schwarzenegger in Commando or something, or straight out of The Expendables; the real heroes of the day are the SEALs who executed the raid.

   And the more the left tries to act like he led the raid himself, in order to score cheap political points, the more Obama’s popularity will suffer…

4. Carin says:

   May 3, 2011 at 9:38 am

   There was no risk for obambi. Should this mission have failed, we would hAve never heard about it .

5. Joe says:

   May 3, 2011 at 10:05 am

   Obambi? Nice.

   Obambi gets an award for showing up to games and practice. You know the little trophy that all the kids get.

   Sorry we don’t have another Nobel for you.

   Now get back to work.

6. Spiny Norman says:

   May 3, 2011 at 10:16 am

   Look, I’ve given Obama his due for not shying away from green-lighting this raid our of fear of the blowback that would accompany a failure; most people are fair and have done so in their minds as well.

   Yep. Bill Clinton backed away, twice, when he had the opportunity.

7. Stephanie says:

   May 3, 2011 at 10:55 am

   The only calculus Obama made was whether having the intel and doing nothing ala Clinton and having the military leak it would be more damaging than doing a raid and having it fail. The calculus of actually doing a good thing for the country by getting OBL never entered the equation.

   Real leaders lead at great cost to themselves, he ain’t no real leader.

8. Mikey NTH says:

   May 3, 2011 at 11:47 am

   Look, something like this is a point in time. As things go on very few single points have any real importance; the importance belongs to the background created by all of the points together. So no, this by itself will not have much of an effect.

9. LBascom says:

   May 3, 2011 at 12:02 pm

   “the importance belongs to the background created by all of the points together”

   You create more noise with a rent-a-mob doing the hamas hustle in front of the white house is what I heard.

10. McGehee says:

    May 4, 2011 at 6:34 am

    Everything Obama does turns to ash in his supporters’ mouths. I’m beginning to fear for his safety.

11. Mikey NTH says:

    May 4, 2011 at 8:03 am

    I remember commenting once to a court reporter that it is terrifying when simple competence is now celebrated.

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