<p>NYMom, yeah they could’ve been wrong, but they weren’t. Those are the calculated risks that they take and that’s why our military trains as hard as they do. Bravo to them and the CIA. Good job men.</p>
<p>I am grateful, very grateful, for the Special Forces team who went in there. I am also in awe.</p>
<p>I also want to register my respect for our oft-criticized (including by me) intelligence community.</p>
<p>And a shout out to all of our armed forces men and women - and their families - for the sacrifices they so willingly make every day of their lives.</p>
<p>Incredibly proud and grateful today, to be a Navy brat.</p>
<p>pugmadkate - me too!! What a relief. My kids are overjoyed!</p>
<p>I was in DC over the weekend for a couple of Nats games. The stadium is near the Navy yard. Both Sat & Sun we walked past the Marine barracks on our way. Sunday am there were Marines armed with rifles standing on the sidewalk in front of the Marine Barracks. further down, I stepped closer to the wall to read a plaque and two guard came out of the guard house to ‘wish me good morning’. </p>
<p>Bravo! to our SEALS - these were Team 6 the special forces guys. They coupled with CIA paramilitary team (mostly former delta force members) did a fantastic job!!
They proved we have a fantastic military with fantastic training. </p>
<p>NYMom - they had an informant. It was not chosen at random.</p>
<p>**And what would have had them do? **</p>
<p>they may should have flown him over ground zero and dropped him from 2,000 ft rather than bury him at sea.</p>
<p>PS - I hope his 70 virgins have VD</p>
<p>Obama really has a thing going on with the Navy Seals, be the targets pirates or Bin Laden. I wonder what movies this guy watched growing up, haha.</p>
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Would have ruined the “justice, not revenge” part.</p>
<p>JustaMomof4 - I drove past one of the navy bases in our area an hour or so ago while running an errand. While there were no guards out front with guns, all the gates to the base were barricaded so that no one could get in, and they usually aren’t.</p>
<p>**Would have ruined the “justice, not revenge” part. **</p>
<p>That’s a matter of opinion…lol
Shooting him in the head looks more like revenge than justice to me. To be honest, I really fail to see the difference between the two. I still like dropping him from 2,000 ft…maybe shoot him on the way down.</p>
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<p>NPR interviewed some of those present. They included a firefighter whose firefighter dad died on 9/11; an iron worker who worked stringing up lights there in the immediate aftermath and who helped dig up dozens of bodies and others who lost family and friends. So, lets not be too critical of the people celebrating.</p>
<p>gettingridofson, My comments weren’t meant to be critical - I’m just marvelling at the whole thing, I guess, and wondering what it must have been like to be Obama this weekend, telling jokes while knowing that things could turn out badly in so many ways. It’s in my personality to always focus on all the things that could go wrong - one more reason why I would not be a good president! I’d never make any decisions out of fear of disaster.</p>
<p>This certainly inspires confidence in the intelligence community and the military.</p>
<p>JustaMom - just saw your post. I did not think that they chose the compound at random, but I doubt that they were 100% sure that Osama was there.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how long he had been living in that compound?</p>
<p>^^^ about 7 month</p>
<p>Re the sister’s brain tissue: It doesn’t matter if the family consented, or even knew about it. Under the Patriot Act, consent would be irrelevant.</p>
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Just heard 6 years on the news.</p>
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Well, if they’ve been investigating it since last August…</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe that Bin Laden was holed up in that compound, apparently for years, in a suburb outside a city and near an elite military academy to boot – without the knowledge of anyone in the Pakistan intelligence/government/military. It boggles the mind, and certainly rises suspicion.</p>
<p>It wouldn’t surprise me if they knew and it doesn’t surprise me that they kept it a secret.</p>
<p>“Shooting him in the head looks more like revenge than justice to me.”</p>
<p>I understand your point, but in this case I don’t think that it was either. This operation was conducted by Navy Seals so I expect that they were working within training and protocol. If you shoot, you shoot to kill; and if you want to kill, you don’t shoot where the guy might be wearing a bullet proof jacket.</p>
<p>This was an amazing operation. And it took incredible guts and brains on all sides - the Seals, the intelligence officers, and let’s face it - the president had to know that he was possibly putting his presidency on the line, too. </p>
<p>As someone who lost many personal friends on 9/11, I worked from home today just so I could follow the news, and let the news just settle in. I may not be out shouting and chanting at Ground Zero, but like so many others, my heart’s there with those who are.</p>
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Yes they were sure. That was their job. There are SEAL’s who work undercover. They grow beards and blend in. CIA paramilitary do this too.
Finally - they did not have to resist. Those that were killed did so because they resisted. Not everyone in the house was killed.
Apparently the compound was once rather isolated but the ‘neighborhood’ grew up around it.</p>
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<p>How would our enemies possibly know whether or not Bin Ladin was buried in a “respectful manner?” As far as inflaming them goes, just the fact that we took out their leader is probably more than enough provocation for them to seek revenge. That being said, this enemy never needed any specific provocation to commit their brutal acts, so we may as well take whatever actions necessary to thwart their efforts.</p>
<p>Desecrating the body of any Muslim would probably turn Muslims that are on the fence against us.</p>