Obama The Master of the Flip Flop!

OBAMA'S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM:

2008: "Navy Seal Team 6 is Cheney's private assassination team."
2011: "I put together Seal Team 6 to take out Bin Laden."

2008: "Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, and must be captured alive and given a fair trial."
2011: "I authorized Seal Team 6 to kill Bin Laden."

2008: "Guantanamo is entirely unnecessary, and the detainees should not be interrogated."
2011: "Vital intelligence was obtained from Guantanamo detainees that led to our locating Bin Laden."

Obama The Master of the Flip Flop!

OBAMA'S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM:

2008: "Navy Seal Team 6 is Cheney's private assassination team."
2011: "I put together Seal Team 6 to take out Bin Laden."

2008: "Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, and must be captured alive and given a fair trial."
2011: "I authorized Seal Team 6 to kill Bin Laden."

2008: "Guantanamo is entirely unnecessary, and the detainees should not be interrogated."
2011: "Vital intelligence was obtained from Guantanamo detainees that led to our locating Bin Laden."

My understanding is that he used his executive powers to eliminate all forms of interrogation. Notice we have not captured anyone lately? Doesn't make any sense to capture one's enemy to try and get information about possible attacks on US soil if you can't use interrogation methods. So if our enemy decides to just give up or we over run them we have to either: A. Let them go so they can come back and try and kill us again. or B. Kill them. Because we no longer have a place to detain them either, and since we do not just let them go we only go with answer B. That's great coming from someone who won the Nobel Peace Prize without doing anything to earn it. 

2008: Idealistic, before president statements.
2011: Oh, shit. This is a tough job statements.

or

2008: This is the government of the people, for the people, by the people that we were all taught about in school! Yes, we can!
2011: Or not. Apparently we can't. Smile, Mr. President. Keep smiling...

I'm not surprised. No one ends up in the White House prepared for the role except perhaps a successful career senator. Campaign rhetoric - no matter how earnestly intended - often vanishes on contact with that reality. It is disappointing, though. Honesty in politics would be so.... weird.

Obama's peace prize was for being the first person of color this "diverse", "melting pot" and "equal" nation elected president. A descendant of what was once a slave race here finally became the nation's leader. He pulled that off and the world noticed. Long time coming, in their minds: "Finally, the US has elected a leader that reflects their mythology about themselves. They just might be growing up." Ultimately this is primarily what he will be remembered for and the world put its support of this moment into history by giving him the peace prize. He didn't really do that much other than that. It was really a peace prize for convincing the US to pull its head out of its ass.

A descendant of what was once a slave race here finally became the nation's leader. He pulled that off and the world noticed.

Obama is not descended from American slaves. His father was African, not African-American.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama,_Sr.

Obama's peace prize was for being the first person of color this "diverse", "melting pot" and "equal" nation elected president. A descendant of what was once a slave race here finally became the nation's leader. He pulled that off and the world noticed. Long time coming, in their minds: "Finally, the US has elected a leader that reflects their mythology about themselves. They just might be growing up." Ultimately this is primarily what he will be remembered for and the world put its support of this moment into history by giving him the peace prize. He didn't really do that much other than that. It was really a peace prize for convincing the US to pull its head out of its ass.

We pulled our heads so far out of our asses that we elected an unqualified buffoon to the highest office in the land, just so we could feel good about ourselves.  (Plus the Republicans ran the most RINO Republican they could get their hands on; John McCain is a goddamn disgrace.)

We pulled our heads so far out of our asses that we elected an unqualified buffoon to the highest office in the land, just so we could feel good about ourselves.  (Plus the Republicans ran the most RINO Republican they could get their hands on; John McCain is a goddamn disgrace.)

Only in this day and age can a liar win the presidency to the United States but also win the Nobel Peace Prize for lying his way into the office. 

Still can't figure out why they gave him the Nobel peace. What peace has he brung?  Only racial divide and more war.  Also the war on law abiding Americans.

Still can't figure out why they gave him the Nobel peace. What peace has he brung?  Only racial divide and more war.  Also the war on law abiding Americans.

Per the Nobel Peace Prize Committee:

The committee said it honored Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

and

The Nobel committee recognized Obama's efforts at dialogue to solve complex global problems, including working toward a world free of nuclear weapons. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said.

These are the official reasons. Obviously, as a senator for 3 years and president for 8 days he did NOTHING to "...strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." that any other senator and president has not done in 50 years of service. There are literally thousands of people who have dedicated their life's work to doing what the committee says BHO did in 3 years. And they actually succeeded in doing something productive. See CLShade's post for the real reason he was given the prize. Personally, if I were BHO I would have not accepted the award under the circumstances. Of course that would call into integrity that I feel BHO does not have. A real America loving president would have seen it for what it really is and politely turn it down.

In my opinion he hasn't done nothing productive.

Even the killing of bin laden. It was staged.  He was dead already.   

One thing with this administration we will never know the truth. What happen to transparency?  The only clear thing I see is FRAUD!!!

In my opinion he hasn't done nothing productive.

Even the killing of bin laden. It was staged.  He was dead already.   

One thing with this administration we will never know the truth. What happen to transparency?  The only clear thing I see is FRAUD!!!

Wouldn't it have been better to capture him? Then interrogate him to find out about any new attacks being planned on the USA? Then put him on trial, find him guilty and then throw him in jail and make him rot the rest of his life?

Oh wait, BHO had already closed Guantanamo to any new detainees and outlawed interrogation. So what else can you do with OBL? Kill him is all you can do with him.

You are right, Dex. We will never know the truth!

We had several "Seal" members come by one day and they told us "You do not take head shots" The risk is too high.

2 Shots into the organ area.  Take out your threat first.

Also according to reports they got it was a handgun caliber bullet to the head. That is a bigger no-no.

Nothing in the way OBL was killed was protocol.