For the man who killed bin Laden, what’s next?
Esquire magazine has a fascinating, lengthy interview with the unnamed member of Seal Team 6 credited with killing Osama bin Laden. “The Shooter,” as he’s called in the piece, recently left the service after 16 years, four short of the 20 years needed for a pension and health care.
Like many who leave the military, he doesn’t know what to do next in his life.
He does know he doesn’t want anything more to do with guns or killing people, so that line of work is out. His marriage is ending, although he and wife are separating on good terms. And lurking in the background is fear that they or their children may become targets for retribution.
As his wife puts it:
“He gave so much to his country, and now it seems he’s left in the dust. I feel there’s no support, not just for my family but for other families in the community. I honestly have nobody I can go to or talk to. Nor do I feel my husband has gotten much for what he’s accomplished in his career.”
Exactly what, if any, responsibility should the government have to her family?
The loss of income and insurance and no pension aside, she can no longer walk onto the local base if she feels a threat to her family. They’ve surrendered their military IDs. If something were to happen, the Shooter has instructed her to take the kids to the base gate anyway and demand to see the commanding officer, or someone from the SEAL team. “He said someone will come get us.”
Because of the mission, she says that “my family is always going to be at risk. It’s just a matter of finding coping strategies.”
The whole piece is definitely worth a read, particularly if you’ve seen the movie version, “Zero Dark Thirty,” which is absolutely absorbing. But here are a few excerpts to whet your appetite:
“We all wrote letters (before the bin Laden operation). I had my … little room and I’m sitting on my Pelican case with all my gear, a manila envelope on my bed, and I’m writing letters to my kids. They were to be delivered in case of my death, something for them to read when they’re 35. I have no idea what I said except I’m explaining everything, that it was a noble mission and I hope we got him. I’m saying I wish I could be there for them.
“And the tears are hitting the page, because we all knew that none of us were coming back alive. It was either death or a Pakistani prison, where we’d be raped for the rest of our lives.”
He gave the letters to an intel guy not on the mission, with instructions. He would shred them if he made it back.
“You write it, it’s horrible, you hand it off, and it’s like, Okay, that part’s over. And I’m back, ready to roll.”
Then they’re gathered by a fire pit (in Afghanistan), suiting up. Just before he got on the chopper to leave for Abbottabad, the Shooter called his dad. “I didn’t know where he was, but I found out later he was in a Walmart parking lot. I said, ‘Hey, it’s time to go to work,’ and I’m thinking, I’m calling for the last time. I thought there was a good chance of dying.
He knew something significant was up, though he didn’t know what.” The Shooter could hear him start to tear up. “He told me later that he sat in his pickup in that parking lot for an hour and couldn’t get out of the car.”
On preparations should things go awry:
“The group discussed what would happen if they were surrounded by Pakistani troops. We would surrender. The original plan was to have Vice-President Biden fly to Islamabad and negotiate our release with Pakistan’s president.
This is hearsay, but I understand Obama said, Hell no. My guys are not surrendering. What do we need to rain hell on the Pakistani military? That was the one time in my life I was thinking, I am f…ing voting for this guy. I had a picture of him lying in bed at night, thinking, ‘You’re not f…ing with my guys.’ Like, he’s thinking about us.”
On approaching the bin Ladin compound:
“I remember banking to the south, which meant we were getting ready to hit. We had about another fifteen minutes. Instead of counting, for some reason I said to myself the George Bush 9/11 quote: Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. I could just hear his voice, and that was neat. I started saying it again and again to myself. Then I started to get pumped up. I’m like: This is so on.”
On the end of the long hunt, as they moved through the compound toward the target:
“We had to move, because bin Laden is now going to be grabbing some weapon because he’s getting shot at. I had my hand on the point man’s shoulder and squeezed, a signal to go. The two of us went up. On the third floor, he tackled the two women in the hallway right outside the first door on the right, moving them past it just enough. He thought he was going to absorb the blast of suicide vests; he was going to kill himself so I could get the shot. It was the most heroic thing I’ve ever seen.
I rolled past him into the room, just inside the doorway.
There was bin Laden standing there. He had his hands on a woman’s shoulders, pushing her ahead, not exactly toward me but by me, in the direction of the hallway commotion. It was his youngest wife, Amal.
He looked confused. And way taller than I was expecting. He had a cap on and didn’t appear to be hit. I can’t tell you 100 percent, but he was standing and moving. He was holding her in front of him. Maybe as a shield, I don’t know.
For me, it was a snapshot of a target ID, definitely him. Even in our kill houses where we train, there are targets with his face on them. This was repetition and muscle memory. That’s him, boom, done….
And I remember as I watched him breathe out the last part of air, I thought: Is this the best thing I’ve ever done, or the worst thing I’ve ever done?”
At the end of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the camera focuses on the CIA analyst whose dedication and even obsession with tracking bin Laden finally ended up putting him in a body bag. Her mission complete, she has no idea what comes next or where to turn. The Shooter clearly shares both her sense of great accomplishment and her sense of emptiness.
– Jay Bookman
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Jackie
February 11th, 2013
7:28 pm
@Sinkwich
It does not take that long to read those short pieces.
Sinkwich, where you at?????????????
Keep Up the Good Fight!
February 11th, 2013
7:29 pm
Boy Senior Digits is going to be upset when he figures out he is being “kept” by women, gay men and gay women too.
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:30 pm
JACKIE
Why would Sink read those,,,he doesn’t even read his own meanderings…if he did, somebody might think he had taken some liberal arts courses…
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:32 pm
GOOD FIGHT
Well, we do know about a certain pink flamingo in a camouflage tutu tattoo!
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
7:32 pm
@Sinkwich
Did you withdraw from the battlefield, with your bloomers trailing behind you, or, is that a white flag?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
7:33 pm
Who are the other .1%?
Sheep, wolves and sheepdogs.
The sheepdogs !
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
7:33 pm
Bumper Sticker:
“Fare well vs. Welfare”
indigo
February 11th, 2013
7:34 pm
joseph – 7:26
True. And, in honesty, I probably wouldn’t either.
indigo
February 11th, 2013
7:36 pm
Scout – 7:33 “Sheep, wolves and sheepdogs.
OoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooK.
(I think)
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:38 pm
indigo
And neither would I…those people have my undying respect…
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
7:40 pm
” Once again, you cowardly run away instead of proving your claim. You’re dismissed as a child, again.”
Oh I’m very much here jackass. If you have military credentials put them up. I’ve got them or maybe you’re the coward.
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:42 pm
And here comes the Wa-do Warrior Del with his nightly butch attack! Looks like happy hour at Closet Capers wasn’t very…
JamVet
February 11th, 2013
7:43 pm
Bush/Cheney were really not friends at all to the men and women on active duty. Everybody remembers how they cut corners to keep from armoring those vehicles to protect Americans from IEDs. Also they wouldn’t even fund the resources to get everyone the right type of helmets and bullet proof vests in combat zones.
In addition the Bush Administration cut $1.5 billion for military family housing, despite Department of Defense statistics showing that in 83,000 barracks and 128,860 family housing units across the country were below standard. (”Nothing But Lip Service,” Army Times, June 30, 2003)
The Bush Administration’s 2004 budget underfunded veterans’ health care by nearly $2 billion. (”Vets Health Low on Bush’s Priority List,” The Hill, September 17, 2003; “Support for Troops Questioned,” Washington Post, June 17, 2003; U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, September 2002)
Bush Administration budget cuts force more than 200,000 veterans to wait for health care. Over 200,000 United States veterans have to wait more than six months for a medical visit because of health care shortages. (”VA Health Care Funding Alert,” Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Press Release, January 31, 2003)
Bush Administration proposal would end health care benefits for 173,000 veterans. More than 173,000 veterans across the country would be cut off from health care because of Bush Administration proposed budget cuts and its plan requiring enrollment fees and higher out-of-pocket costs. (”Support for Troops Questioned,” Washington Post, June 17, 2003)
Bush Administration cuts $172 million allotted for educating the children of military personnel. The Bush Administration’s 2004 budget cut $172 million of impact aid funding. Impact aid funding assists school districts by making up for lost local tax revenue from tax-exempt property, such as military bases. These education cuts will especially affect school-age children of troops serving in Iraq who reside on military bases. (”Support for Troops Questioned,” Washington Post, June 17, 2003)
Bush Administration tax cut denies military families increase in child tax credit. The families of 262,000 children of military personnel do not receive the child tax credit increase because the plan fails to cover taxpaying families with incomes between $10,500 and $26,625. According to The Washington Post, the House version of the Bush Administration plan “wouldn’t help many of those serving in Iraq.” One solider who will not benefit is Army Specialist Shoshana Johnson, the soldier and single mother who was wounded twice in the same convoy as Jessica Lynch. (”Ex-POW’s Family Accuses Army of Double Standard on Benefit,” Washington Post, October 24, 2003; “The New Senate Child Credit Legislation – What It Does and Does Not Do,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, June 25, 2003; “Whose Child Is Left Behind,” Children’s Defense Fund, July 23, 2003
Bush Administration opposed plan to give National Guard and Reserve Members access to health insurance. Despite the war efforts of America’s National Guard and Reserve Members, the Bush Administration announced in October 2003 its formal opposition to give the 1.2 million Guard and Reserve members the right to buy health care coverage through the Pentagon’s health plan. One out of every five Guard members lacks health insurance. (”Bush Opposes Health Plan for National Guard,” Gannett News Service, October 23, 2003)
The list is even longer but you get the idea.
Support the troops.
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
7:46 pm
Boy Senior Digits is going to be upset when he figures out he is being “kept” by women, gay men and gay women too.
More incoherence from a pathetic little man with no history of accomplishment because if he did have accomplishment in his life he would only post his opinions rather than attack in a childish fashion the opinions of others. Carry on pathetic little man.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
7:47 pm
@JamVet
SALUTE!!!
It looks like our non-reading, non-believers have gone home to put some ice on that burn and you show up with more fire!
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
7:48 pm
Jackie:
You may want to do a little research. Obama has proposed cutting military benefits…
http://www.newsmax.com/US/obama-cuts-military-benefits/2012/02/27/id/430757
Keep Up the Good Fight!
February 11th, 2013
7:49 pm
Oh no… the child is back. Cant prove his claims so he runs a weak attack. Clucking away.
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:49 pm
GOOD FIGHT
Don’t you just quivver when Wa-do Warrior goes to talking rough…?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
7:52 pm
indigo:
For you ……………
http://www.gleamingedge.com/mirrors/onsheepwolvesandsheepdogs.html
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
7:52 pm
JamVet:
obama is the one who cut veterans benefits… You may want to fact check yourself there jammy…
http://www.newsmax.com/US/obama-cuts-military-benefits/2012/02/27/id/430757
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
7:53 pm
“Halfway around the world tonight
In a strange and foreign land
A soldier unpacks memories
That he saved from Vietnam
Back home they didn’t know too much
There was just no way to tell
I guess you had to be there
For to know that war was hell
And there wasn’t any big parades
For those that made it back
They flew them in at midnight
And unloaded all the sacks
And the living were left walking down
A long and lonely road
Because nobody seemed to care back then
When a soldier made it home”
Arlo Guthrie – “When a Soldier Makes it Home”
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
7:53 pm
@Itchy
Saw that proposal and the blow-back offered by the DoD and Pentagon.
It has not come up again from the Administration.
And, like any other vet, did not and will not support any move by the President that reduces those benefits.
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
7:54 pm
josef,
I’ve turned 70 years old and in my time I’ve found everyone has an issue of one form or another but I thank the good Lord mine aren’t yours. Seek help you may even find at your age there’s is indeed help for you. I’ll pray that you find it if there is.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
7:54 pm
Veterans benefits under Bush in the first 3 years continue to climb but dems somehow think its a cut…
http://www.factcheck.org/print_funding_for_veterans_up_27_but_democrats.html
TaxPayer
February 11th, 2013
7:57 pm
I see twitchy finger continues to live the lie.
josef
February 11th, 2013
7:57 pm
Wa-Do Del
Just for the record and before the Imam puts it in probably deserved moderation, after what you said about MY military boy, you can ESAD and I’ll dance on your grave. Respect for the troops? You’re just a big, blowhard hypocrite…
And, no, I won’t waste my time talking to my G-d asking for your redemption…it’s not worth it…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
February 11th, 2013
7:58 pm
josef, the chest thumpin reminds me of a King Kong movie….. but he’s Magilia gorilla.
I am sure he’s hoping you’re a bowl of jelly for all his advances. 
The flirting reminds me of Cheers. 
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
7:58 pm
@Itchy
I think you may want to read the entire piece before you make your claim about what President Bush did for the vets.
And, your post stated, in the first 3 years of his Administration, benefits rose at a slower pace than most had wanted. Now, look at his last 5 year performance.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
7:59 pm
Jackie:
But Bush never reduced benefits as you stated…
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_2002_2012USb_13s1li111mcn_30t
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:00 pm
Jackie:
You look at it. Its continuing to rise…..
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
8:00 pm
Itchy Finger:
I guess you’ve figured out by now if they can’t debate you they will just call you a liar.
It’s just their way.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:01 pm
When Bush left office his military spending was $800 trillion and now its almost $900 trillion… There’s waste there somewhere folks….
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
8:02 pm
josef,
I had no idea that keep up the fight was your military, well “boy”.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:03 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801:
That’s all they got… Most libs just aren’t very knowledgeable especially about foreign policy.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:04 pm
@Itchy
I have never stated that Bush reduced benefits.
If you read your post, it says clearly that Bush reduced vets benefits, increased the copay for families medical insurance and vets are required to pay for a portion of their medication.
Check out your post.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:04 pm
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801:
What amazes me is that I presented a gubmint chart showing Bush increased military spending every single year he was in office but they still say he cut benefits. Go figure….
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:06 pm
@Scout
Don’t mind the debate with you or Itchy.
Have no reason to call him or you a liar because what he presented is from sources other than hearsay.
So, if it is a debate you want, bring it.
josef
February 11th, 2013
8:06 pm
Wad-Warrior
You know very well what I’m talking about even if you were sloppy sloshed when you said it. If you had any honor about you at all you would never have said that. But, then, it don’t take a great genius to figure out why you would have done that. You have no honor. You’re just a silly, old, tired, worn-out b*tch queen trying to pretend you’re something else…
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:07 pm
Jackie:
obama and the dems increased co-pays….
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/09/military-tricare-benefits-cuts-obama-091911w/
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
8:07 pm
“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is
that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary
man takes everything as a blessing or as a curse.”
Matus
Republicans Push Back as Rove Aims to Appoint Himself Kingmaker
February 11th, 2013
8:08 pm
Since 2010 the Republican Party has lost five Senate races that it believes it should have won.
In his latest attempt to save the party from itself, Republican strategist and pundit Karl Rove last week announced the formation of the Conservative Victory Project, a super PAC intended to fuel and direct the nomination of electable Republican Senate candidates. Not surprisingly, Rove has met with denunciation by the Tea Party, and this intraparty conflict stems from what the Republican Party is and who Rove is not. One thing is certain: he is not Chuck Schumer, and that is a problem for both Rove and his party.
Rove, who helped guide George W. Bush to capture the Texas governorship and then the White House, continues to play an outsized role within the party, even as his former boss has left the stage. The past year, Rove’s super PAC, American Crossroads, raised and spent millions of dollars but came up short on Election Day at the same time that Rove was making the Republicans’ case as a Wall Street Journal columnist and a Fox News pundit. It is a complicated fusion of roles (perhaps made necessary by his lack of official standing within the GOP) that is further complicated by the challenge of working on behalf of a party that channels the values of white Americans at prayer in an ever more secular and diverse nation.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/10/republicans-push-back-as-rove-aims-to-appoint-himself-kingmaker.html
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:08 pm
obama destroyed military healthcare the same as he’s doing for all of us…
TaxPayer
February 11th, 2013
8:08 pm
Now twitchy finger is living the lie alongside scout in one of scout’s potholes.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:08 pm
@Itchy
You presented the chart and you are only reading the numbers from the chart that clearly shows an increase.
You still do not seem to acknowledge the fact that after his first 3 years in office, he raised copay for families and reduced the benefits the vets had, increasing the cash outlay of vets.
You may want to check that out.
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:09 pm
Jammie did the the ol’ C&P two-step, just like Granny does lots.
Thought he was above that…
Bummer.
JamVet
February 11th, 2013
8:09 pm
Jackie, right back at ya!
Apparently those dollar amounts and easily confirmed facts do not matter to the Bush faithful.
Which is OK by me.
As long as they keep getting beaten like a red headed step child like they did in the last election, and three out of the last four, it is better than OK by me!
As Mr. Rundgren noted,
Some men’s world is only hate and money
Afraid of everything and they laugh at nothing
And they only live to criticize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavIYhoAiUE
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:10 pm
I guess he’s being fair….
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:12 pm
@Itchy
Read this from a prominent veteran organization.
It doesn’t have all the “gubmint” charts as your post does, but it clearly spells out what the VFW national organization says about their research.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2007/03/06/10845/morin-bush-va/
Soothsayer
February 11th, 2013
8:12 pm
Things is gettin’ ugly ’round here!
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
8:12 pm
josef,
Maybe your tribal master can help you to calm down. I sincerely hope so as you need to reflect on life beyond yourself.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:12 pm
@Sinkwich
You made it back!
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:13 pm
Jackie:
I had co-pays raised on me and my family… He certainly didn’t raise as much as obama and the dems are proposing… I know many people in the military right now. Every single on would tell you that their benefits were much better under Bush than they are under obama.. obama simply has no use for the military.. He’s like most libs who think its unnecessary….
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
February 11th, 2013
8:13 pm
Jackie:
Oh I will when the time and subject matter meets my fancy !
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:13 pm
@Itchy
I can only pass along the information that is reported by more than one source. If you want to call that unfair, oh well!
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:14 pm
Bush!!!!
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:14 pm
Jackie:
Sorry Jackie but there’s no way I would waste my time reading tripe from think progress. A far-left bunch of fruits….
kayaker 71
February 11th, 2013
8:14 pm
Seems a bit melodramatic to me. If the guy wanted a secure future, he could have signed on for another 4 years, This OBL Op is no different from many other OPs that these guys train for and accomplish on a regular basis. That’s why they are SEALS. Bookman’s concern is most touching.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:15 pm
@Itchy
You are talking about proposals of the Obama Administration while I am speaking about facts that occurred during the Bush Administration. Big difference!
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:16 pm
This is why military personnel always vote Republican…. Dems would rather protect their union fed workers than our soldiers…
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/02/28/obama-cuts-military-health-care-benefits-leaves-unionized-civilians-untouched/
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:16 pm
@Recon
At your pleasure.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:17 pm
@Itchy
But, you read information from other sources. Wouldn’t you want to validate what you read as being true by using more than one source?
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:17 pm
“@Sinkwich
You made it back!”
My fans call.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:18 pm
Jackie:
they are facts.. obama is in charge and he has the purse… Its already happened and will even worse when obama’s sequestration takes place.
josef
February 11th, 2013
8:18 pm
Wa-do Warrior
Why would I REFLECT on my life BEFORE me? When I do reflect, that is look back, I’m satisfied with what I see…I’ve pretty much had it all of everything I could have ever wanted or dreamed of. And for that, I am grateful to the Cr-ator…we get along pretty well…
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:19 pm
It seems that other organizations have different information concerning who votes for whom.
https://www.ladiesauxvfw.org/news/auxiliary/323-military-times-the-critical-military-vote.html
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
8:20 pm
K-71,
Thanks to the White House who leaked the identity of this special ops unit or specifically SEAL Team Six they should all make tons of money writing books and giving interviews. God Bless them and shame on the Obama administration.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:20 pm
obama has a military budget. He can direct money to be spent in his budget however he wants.
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:21 pm
I have called CRAP BS on this story. SEALs don’t whine. Never ever.
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:21 pm
“obama is in charge”
Somebody doesn’t understand how our political system works
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:21 pm
@Itchy
You seem to be missing the point as to how our government is actually structured.
The President can only sign/veto legislation that comes from the House who controls the purse strings.
President Obama has nothing to do with the sequestration, as you well know.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:21 pm
Jackie:
I think any informed person would agree the military overwhelmingly votes Republican..
Recon 0311 2533
February 11th, 2013
8:22 pm
Jackie, my SALUTE…enjoy the evening.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:22 pm
Doggone/GA:
Please explain….
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:24 pm
“obama has a military budget. He can direct money to be spent in his budget however he wants”
Somebody doesn’t understand how our political system works
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:25 pm
Jackie:
The house has passed a budget the last 2 years. The Senate has not. obama has presented a budget even his own party won’t vote for so he is still operating on the last budget passed by a dem congress… Of course Repubs continue to go along with raising the debt ceiling which is unfortunate. So actually obama controls the purse strings….
Jerome Horwitz
February 11th, 2013
8:26 pm
Well Itchy – The colonel referenced in your link still pays far less for his health insurance tham the unionized civilian worker. I’d really like my premiums to be less than 200 per month,
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:26 pm
Doggone/GA:
i think perhaps MessNBC don’t explain it to you….
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:27 pm
Jerome Horwitz:
thanks to obamacare we’ll all be paying more… Much much more…
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:28 pm
Doggone/GA
“obama is in charge”
Somebody doesn’t understand how our political system works
So obama is not in charge. Who is?
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:28 pm
“President Obama has nothing to do with the sequestration, as you well know.”
Except is was his proposal, which was passed…
Jackie = Ignorant, but I mean that in a good way.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:29 pm
@Itchy
Please explain your logic.
How does the President control the purse strings when he can not vote on or allocate money?
The Constitution strictly forbids it.
As for your reading material and your saying that “anyone informed person” knows the military votes Republican is highly suspect. Please show a link indicating what you say is true.
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:30 pm
@Recon
SALUTE!!!
JamVet
February 11th, 2013
8:31 pm
Somebody doesn’t understand how our political system works.
That is putting it mildly.
Itchy, so why did you change your name after the election?
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:31 pm
“Please explain….”
Sorry, I don’t have any idea how to explain why you don’t understand how our political system works. Did you fail Social Studies, maybe?
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:32 pm
@Sinkwich
You should pull your shoe strings out of your teeth because it shows that have something stuck that impairs your speech and probably your thought process.
How was sequestration his proposal? When does the Congress follow the dictates of the President on Legislative matters?
Did you take your little blue pills today?
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:34 pm
“The Senate has not. obama has presented a budget even his own party won’t vote for so he is still operating on the last budget passed by a dem congress”
Here’s your chance to investigate and learn just how important a “budget” really is.
Gimme Gimme Gimme
February 11th, 2013
8:34 pm
What’s the problem? According to our Liberal friends here the economy is doing just great so he should have no problem finding a job.
TBS
February 11th, 2013
8:35 pm
Jam
He and several others just so happen to come across the blog after the election
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:36 pm
“think perhaps MessNBC don’t explain it to you”
and I have no idea what you are talking about
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:37 pm
“So obama is not in charge. Who is?”
Thank you for confirming my suspicion.
F. Sinkwich
February 11th, 2013
8:37 pm
“Did you take your little blue pills today?”
Well, truth be known, Long Dong Silver wept at his inadequacy when he saw mine.
But thanks for asking.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:38 pm
Jackie:
The logic is simple. He has money for a military budget. obama and his cabinet can direct that money to go wherever he see’s fit.. You really don’t know how Washington works do you???? Money is allocated to each department. that department directs the spending. And who’s in charge of those departments. Its certainly no Congress…..
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:39 pm
“According to our Liberal friends here the economy is doing just great”
got proof?
This one is easy....
February 11th, 2013
8:39 pm
Take a public speaking course and get on the lecture circuit. If he has the stones to pull off a mission like the raid on Bin Laden then being able to give a speech to a large audience should be a piece of cake. I would get in line early at whatever event he was speaking at to get a front row seat to hear him tell his story in person.
Ol' Timer
February 11th, 2013
8:39 pm
I think Lindsey Graham should stand in the corner and hold his breath until there’s a full disclosure of why George Bush, Dick Cheney and Rumsfeldt let bin Laden get away at Tora Bora. John McCain and Liebermann should stand by in support of Graham’s efforts. The Three Stooges ride again!
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:39 pm
@Itchy
Where does President Obama get this “magic pile of money?”
комиссар (Occupation)
February 11th, 2013
8:40 pm
Itchy finger: “thanks to obamacare we’ll all be paying more… Much much more…”
Because paying taxes is. The. Most. Important. Thing. In. The. World.
Itchy Finger
February 11th, 2013
8:40 pm
Does the buck not stop with the President?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9777275/Barack-Obama-signs-sweeping-US-defence-spending-bill.html
Doggone/GA
February 11th, 2013
8:41 pm
“He has money for a military budget. obama and his cabinet can direct that money to go wherever he see’s fit”
Got proof?
Jackie
February 11th, 2013
8:41 pm
@Sinkwich
You are hilarious!