Monday, May 23, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Osama bin Laden Dies, Gets 72 Versions
I know there's reportedly 25 minutes of video blackout, but with after-action reports and debriefings provided by the people who were there to the people who weren't there, how is it possible that the slick-messaging experts on Team Obama can't decide what it is that happened?
From The Bookworm room:
Usually when governments use misinformation, they use it to make themselves look good. The Obama Administration gets points for originality, insofar as it’s been using disinformation and misinformation to make itself look arbitrary, unlawful, helpless and stupid. Here’s jj’s great summary:
Okay, what do we have here:
1) There was a firefight.
2) There was no firefight.
3) Bin Laden was “resisting.”
4) Bin Laden wasn’t armed. (Makes the concept of “resisting” interesting.)
[4.a) And the newest one: the SEALS thought bin Laden was reaching for a weapon.]
5) He used his wife as a shield.
6) His wife was killed too.
7) He didn’t use his wife as a shield. She ran at a SEAL who shot her in the leg, but she’s fine.
8 ) Some other woman — the maid? — was used as a shield. By somebody. Downstairs.
9) That other woman — downstairs — was killed.
10) Maybe not. She was killed unless she wasn’t — and who was she, anyway?
11) Bin Laden’s son was killed.
12) Unless it was some other guy.
13) Bin Laden’s daughter saw him get killed. She’s undoubtedly traumatized, poor dear.
14) They were going to capture Bin Laden until the problem with the helicopter, which was:
A) It had mechanical trouble
B) It did a hard landing
C) It crashed
D) It clipped a wall with a tail rotor, effectively a crash
15.) They were never going to try to capture him; it was always a kill mission.
16.) No, it wasn’t.
17) The chopper blew up.
18) The SEALs blew it up.
19.) Panetta said yesterday the world needed proof and the photo would be released.
20.) Obama said today in an interview he taped with Steve Kroft for “60 Minutes” to be broadcast Sunday that it won’t be released. It’s too gruesome, would offend Muslim sensibilities (something he worries about a lot — I personally do not give a warm fart on a wet Wednesday about Muslim sensibilities), and how would Americans feel if Muslims released pictures of dead Americans?
21.) Kroft — who’s not a total idiot — pointed out that ever since “Black Hawk Down” days, Muslims have been doing precisely that, filming American bodies being dragged through the streets, filming Daniel Pearl’s head being cut off, filming any and everything.
22) Obama gets pissed at CBS, the tape gets cleaned up, that question disappears. (Inside info.)23.) We got a “treasure trove” of stuff from hard drives, etc.
24.) There were no phone lines, and no internet access at the “mansion,” they didn’t even have TV — what “treasure trove?”
25.) There is obviously in the pictures of the place a large satellite dish. I guess they used it for making salads.
26.) And now, just today: apparently the idea was to capture him, but only if he was naked. There was a suspicion he might be wearing a suicide bomber type explosive vest, or belt. So if he’s not naked and you can’t see if he has a vest on or not – shoot him.
The idiot Carney — they actually managed to find someone who makes Gibbs look good — is currently twisting himself into knots trying to explain why the photograph that the whole world was expecting isn’t going to be released. (Obviously the thing to do is get Trump on the case, he’ll force Obama to release it.)
The military did great, the administration — or whatever that bunch is, kind of like “The Little Rascals” — have managed to turn it into spaghetti. The story has changed so many times in the course of a mere three days it’s a joke — the world would be better off if Panetta had left the little shitwit on the golf course.
From The Bookworm room:
Usually when governments use misinformation, they use it to make themselves look good. The Obama Administration gets points for originality, insofar as it’s been using disinformation and misinformation to make itself look arbitrary, unlawful, helpless and stupid. Here’s jj’s great summary:
Okay, what do we have here:
1) There was a firefight.
2) There was no firefight.
3) Bin Laden was “resisting.”
4) Bin Laden wasn’t armed. (Makes the concept of “resisting” interesting.)
[4.a) And the newest one: the SEALS thought bin Laden was reaching for a weapon.]
5) He used his wife as a shield.
6) His wife was killed too.
7) He didn’t use his wife as a shield. She ran at a SEAL who shot her in the leg, but she’s fine.
8 ) Some other woman — the maid? — was used as a shield. By somebody. Downstairs.
9) That other woman — downstairs — was killed.
10) Maybe not. She was killed unless she wasn’t — and who was she, anyway?
11) Bin Laden’s son was killed.
12) Unless it was some other guy.
13) Bin Laden’s daughter saw him get killed. She’s undoubtedly traumatized, poor dear.
14) They were going to capture Bin Laden until the problem with the helicopter, which was:
A) It had mechanical trouble
B) It did a hard landing
C) It crashed
D) It clipped a wall with a tail rotor, effectively a crash
15.) They were never going to try to capture him; it was always a kill mission.
16.) No, it wasn’t.
17) The chopper blew up.
18) The SEALs blew it up.
19.) Panetta said yesterday the world needed proof and the photo would be released.
20.) Obama said today in an interview he taped with Steve Kroft for “60 Minutes” to be broadcast Sunday that it won’t be released. It’s too gruesome, would offend Muslim sensibilities (something he worries about a lot — I personally do not give a warm fart on a wet Wednesday about Muslim sensibilities), and how would Americans feel if Muslims released pictures of dead Americans?
21.) Kroft — who’s not a total idiot — pointed out that ever since “Black Hawk Down” days, Muslims have been doing precisely that, filming American bodies being dragged through the streets, filming Daniel Pearl’s head being cut off, filming any and everything.
22) Obama gets pissed at CBS, the tape gets cleaned up, that question disappears. (Inside info.)23.) We got a “treasure trove” of stuff from hard drives, etc.
24.) There were no phone lines, and no internet access at the “mansion,” they didn’t even have TV — what “treasure trove?”
25.) There is obviously in the pictures of the place a large satellite dish. I guess they used it for making salads.
26.) And now, just today: apparently the idea was to capture him, but only if he was naked. There was a suspicion he might be wearing a suicide bomber type explosive vest, or belt. So if he’s not naked and you can’t see if he has a vest on or not – shoot him.
The idiot Carney — they actually managed to find someone who makes Gibbs look good — is currently twisting himself into knots trying to explain why the photograph that the whole world was expecting isn’t going to be released. (Obviously the thing to do is get Trump on the case, he’ll force Obama to release it.)
The military did great, the administration — or whatever that bunch is, kind of like “The Little Rascals” — have managed to turn it into spaghetti. The story has changed so many times in the course of a mere three days it’s a joke — the world would be better off if Panetta had left the little shitwit on the golf course.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The President didn't order or authorize or forbid the mission to kill OBL. But he'll take the victory lap at Ground Zero!
According to D.C. Insider, Obama was figuratively dragged kicking and screaming to a decision over whether or not to give the go-ahead for a mission to kill Osama bin Laden at the Abbottabad compound.
Tensions were especially high between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who favored the action, and Valerie Jarret, the President's advisor. Jarrett was against an action that could lead to an ever weaker political position for the President should the mission fail, and a further destabilization of the Middle East resulting from a successful mission that would offend Muslim sensitivities. Months ago, intelligence staff became disgusted with the politicization of a national security interest and resigned. This can be corroborated by checking the timeline.
Eventually, Leon Panetta resorted to initiating a program that reported to him alone, involving a covert ground attack against bin Laden's compound. When the 48-hr. "GO" command was given, the WH was TOLD, not requested. The WH then scrambled to abort the mission, but was overruled.
For more details on this story, please visit Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs and here.
Tensions were especially high between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who favored the action, and Valerie Jarret, the President's advisor. Jarrett was against an action that could lead to an ever weaker political position for the President should the mission fail, and a further destabilization of the Middle East resulting from a successful mission that would offend Muslim sensitivities. Months ago, intelligence staff became disgusted with the politicization of a national security interest and resigned. This can be corroborated by checking the timeline.
Eventually, Leon Panetta resorted to initiating a program that reported to him alone, involving a covert ground attack against bin Laden's compound. When the 48-hr. "GO" command was given, the WH was TOLD, not requested. The WH then scrambled to abort the mission, but was overruled.
For more details on this story, please visit Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs and here.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Binnie Bunnies!
Those naughty, mean, colonialist dogs killed a man whose family gave away bunnies to children! MSNBC must be running this story on a constant loop.
One would think that the bin Ladens had a modest, family-operated home-based business breeding and raising small animals for sale to local pet stores in the Abbottabad area. The surplus stock was given away to neighborhood kids as a form of Islamic charity. While the "binny bunny" was their most popular item, other favorites included the "Suicide Squirrel" and "Hamas Hamster". "Jihad gerbil" was also very well-liked.
One would think that the bin Ladens had a modest, family-operated home-based business breeding and raising small animals for sale to local pet stores in the Abbottabad area. The surplus stock was given away to neighborhood kids as a form of Islamic charity. While the "binny bunny" was their most popular item, other favorites included the "Suicide Squirrel" and "Hamas Hamster". "Jihad gerbil" was also very well-liked.
White House Further Clarifies Conflicting Details of Bin Laden Raid (or "I have a narrative I can provide to you".)
(2:00PM) White House press secretary Jay Carney is asked about the discrepancies in the White House's account of the bin Laden attack. "What is true," he says, is that "we provided a great deal of information with great haste.""Obviously, some of the information was -- came in piece by piece and is being reviewed and updated and elaborated upon," he says. "I have a narrative that I can provide to you on the raid itself, on the bin Laden compound."
(2:02PM) Of bin Laden, Carney says "He was not armed. Resistance does not require a firearm," Carney says, "but the information I gave you is what I can tell you."
(2:09PM) Jay Carney is asked about the "assaulter" rushed by a woman when Osama bin Laden was being attacked. The White House press secretary says he doesn't have details about who was firing, and he says the team entered the room one at a time.
(2:36PM) Carney then reads his notes: In the room with bin Laden was bin Laden's wife. She "rushed one of the U.S assaulters" and was shot, not killed. A woman on the first floor was killed "in the crossfire." Bin Laden's wife was unarmed, he says.
(2:37PM) "No she had arms. She was just un-armed. She didn't have a weapon."
(2:44PM) He notes that Obama promised as a candidate to get bin Laden. As far as "transparency", reduced spending, reduced deficit, increased jobs, the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility, the implementation of civilian trials for detainees and a better national stature abroad goes, Carney responded that "(the President) also got his kids a dog, so that's two promises kept right there. Think about that."
(2:45PM) White House carny Jay Spokesperson clarifies that bin Laden had heard the noise of the helicopters over the compound, was startled out of bed, tripped over a Fischer-Price toy and fell down a flight of stairs in the dark, sustaining a massive and fatal head injury.
(2:52PM) WH says that the bin Ladin compound was home to 57 malnourished cats.
(2:53PM) WH corrects number of cats to 106 and adds that there was also an illegal football pool being conducted, and many pirated movies were found in the library.
(3:15PM) (WH press secretary hides under podium where audible sobbing is awkwardly ignored by correspondents for over an hour.)
(4:30PM) WH Press Secretary Carney emerges and states emphatically that he is "winning".
(4:32PM) Carney horrifies press corps by revealing that after photos were taken of OBL in his burial shroud, the body was removed and a mannequin placed in the weighted body bag for burial at sea. The body is being transported to the new underground complex built at the White House as a necro-mechanics research facility, where OBL will be subjected to experimental biochemical modifications and become a bioweaponized zombie. Once he becomes undead he will be returned to Mecca for the hajj where he will do what zombies do and start the Zombie Plague.
(4:35PM) White House further clarifies conflicting details of bin Laden raid. Osama bin Laden came out of the residence dressed in a floral housecoat to put his cat outside for the night. Twenty-five Navy SEALS suddenly appeared, having rappelled to the compound from helicopters. They tear-gassed bin Laden and his cat. While OBL was screaming and wiping his eyes a Navy SEAL got down behind him on his hands and knees while another SEAL shoved bin Laden over the back of the 1st SEAL in what is known in military jargon as a "tabletop". Osama reached up to straighten his hair towel as he had just washed his hair and put it up in curlers, and that is when the SEALS thought he was reaching for a weapon and pre-emptively shot him twice above the eye.
(2:02PM) Of bin Laden, Carney says "He was not armed. Resistance does not require a firearm," Carney says, "but the information I gave you is what I can tell you."
(2:09PM) Jay Carney is asked about the "assaulter" rushed by a woman when Osama bin Laden was being attacked. The White House press secretary says he doesn't have details about who was firing, and he says the team entered the room one at a time.
(2:36PM) Carney then reads his notes: In the room with bin Laden was bin Laden's wife. She "rushed one of the U.S assaulters" and was shot, not killed. A woman on the first floor was killed "in the crossfire." Bin Laden's wife was unarmed, he says.
(2:37PM) "No she had arms. She was just un-armed. She didn't have a weapon."
(2:44PM) He notes that Obama promised as a candidate to get bin Laden. As far as "transparency", reduced spending, reduced deficit, increased jobs, the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility, the implementation of civilian trials for detainees and a better national stature abroad goes, Carney responded that "(the President) also got his kids a dog, so that's two promises kept right there. Think about that."
(2:45PM) White House carny Jay Spokesperson clarifies that bin Laden had heard the noise of the helicopters over the compound, was startled out of bed, tripped over a Fischer-Price toy and fell down a flight of stairs in the dark, sustaining a massive and fatal head injury.
(2:52PM) WH says that the bin Ladin compound was home to 57 malnourished cats.
(2:53PM) WH corrects number of cats to 106 and adds that there was also an illegal football pool being conducted, and many pirated movies were found in the library.
(3:15PM) (WH press secretary hides under podium where audible sobbing is awkwardly ignored by correspondents for over an hour.)
(4:30PM) WH Press Secretary Carney emerges and states emphatically that he is "winning".
(4:32PM) Carney horrifies press corps by revealing that after photos were taken of OBL in his burial shroud, the body was removed and a mannequin placed in the weighted body bag for burial at sea. The body is being transported to the new underground complex built at the White House as a necro-mechanics research facility, where OBL will be subjected to experimental biochemical modifications and become a bioweaponized zombie. Once he becomes undead he will be returned to Mecca for the hajj where he will do what zombies do and start the Zombie Plague.
(4:35PM) White House further clarifies conflicting details of bin Laden raid. Osama bin Laden came out of the residence dressed in a floral housecoat to put his cat outside for the night. Twenty-five Navy SEALS suddenly appeared, having rappelled to the compound from helicopters. They tear-gassed bin Laden and his cat. While OBL was screaming and wiping his eyes a Navy SEAL got down behind him on his hands and knees while another SEAL shoved bin Laden over the back of the 1st SEAL in what is known in military jargon as a "tabletop". Osama reached up to straighten his hair towel as he had just washed his hair and put it up in curlers, and that is when the SEALS thought he was reaching for a weapon and pre-emptively shot him twice above the eye.
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