Obama: Death of bin Laden a 'good day for America'

Homer said on: May 2, 2011, 12:00 pm

Obama had the balls to send Special Forces into a Muslim country to assassinate one of the most evil people in history, all unbeknownst to that country's government.

Just listened to an August 2010 Obama interview where he states when he took office bin Laden's trail had gone cold (read: Bush gave up). Obama set in motion the Special Ops program that has led to this moment. He gave the order. He followed the situation as it unfolded with real time technology. Obama came to the realization that the Pakistani government were not our allies and quit pussy-footing around with them and took matters into his own hands, something Bush was incapable of doing.

3 FACTS: 9-11 happened on Bush's watch. Zero successful terrorist attacks on Obama's watch. Obama got bin Laden.

God bless Obama.

Cane&Abel said on: May 2, 2011, 11:09 am

How sad. You would think we could take this opportunity to find a small parcel of common ground; to put aside our petty politics for second and pay homage to those who sacrificed everything for this day; to give credit where credit is due.

Instead we post crackpot conspiracy theories and partisan garbage. These Missoulian boards are truly toxic places. Beyond any economic indicator or foreign threat, the attitude of our citizenry as exemplified in this thread is what keeps me up at night. It is the only thing that can truly break this country. If the fissures get wider even after news like this, I'm afraid the fracture isn't too far down the road.

As for myself, I'd like to thank our armed forces for their sacrifices and both presidents Bush and Obama for their perserverance in accomplishing this goal. Unlike some on this board, today I am a proud American and am grateful to live in this country.