Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti

That's a lot of names...just how many people got killed?

Covert CIA drone strikes
And here all along I thought they were military drones.
Live and learn

O keeps on showing the world how much he earned that Noble Peace Prize.

That's my goddam line, subby!!

Worst job of 2011: al-Qaeda leader. Worst job 2012: assistant al-Qaeda leader.

Being second in command of al-Qaida is like being the world's oldest person, you know it ain't going to lost long, and you know how it's going to end.

Whoomp, there it is?

Nature Spirals: O keeps on showing the world how much he earned that Noble Peace Prize.

Technically, he had it wrapped up even before becoming president as the voting was done before hand. However, I fully support using drones to take out terrorists. Yes, there will be casualties -- there always are in war, but you need to break an egg to make an omelet. If the Middle East is to ever get better (which is a long shot) it will need to remove elements that made it get so bad in the first place.

It's the reality of war. But he never really earned the peace prize, to bring it back to your original comment.

I gotta think the al-qaeda are just pissed, to the apex of pissivity, at bin-laden.

Dear Jerk: Worst job of 2011: al-Qaeda leader. Worst job 2012: assistant to the al-Qaeda leader.

FTFY 

/Shouldn't be too obscure

Wow. This is new. I was used to see these signs with "BUSH" on them, but having Obama's name on them is something I haven't seen before.

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EkimProx: It's the reality of war. But he never really earned the peace prize, to bring it back to your original comment.

I agree. That was probably premature.

He mainly got it for being elected and putting an end to the disastrous Neocon policies of his predecessor.

One shudders to think how the US would be doing foreign policy wise, with McCain or Romney in charge.

EkimProx:
Technically, he had it wrapped up even before becoming president as the voting was done before hand. However, I fully support using drones to take out terrorists. Yes, there will be casualties -- there always are in war, but you need to break an egg to make an omelet. If the Middle East is to ever get better (which is a long shot) it will need to remove elements that made it get so bad in the first place.


I agree. Ground assaults against entrenched paramilitary guerrilla forces have never gone well for the attacking force. Let's keep the majority of our soldiers out of harms way, and just keep some ships and a few bases with some planes and drones around the area, along with plenty of CIA and intelligence operatives who can suss out who and where the bad guys are. When we find one, or when someone with an agenda that runs counter to ours gets too powerful, handle it with a drone strike.

Anyone who runs...

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Headline is a few hours premature

why oft on tirror obama why

Obama did more to fight terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular in one term than Bush, or any other Republican, could have accomplished in 8 lifetimes.

Mrtraveler01: Dear Jerk: Worst job of 2011: al-Qaeda leader. Worst job 2012: assistant to the al-Qaeda leader.

FTFY 

/Shouldn't be too obscure

I lol'd.

Mrtraveler01: One shudders to think how the US would be doing foreign policy wise, with McCain or Romney in charge.

2/10

kregh99: Obama did more to fight terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular in one term than Bush, or any other Republican, could have accomplished in 8 lifetimes.

Yes, but we haven't started any pointless quagmires compared to his predecessor so that means that Obama is a failure foreign policy wise.

kregh99: Obama did more to fight terrorism in general and Al-Qaeda in particular in one term than Bush, or any other Republican, could have accomplished in 8 lifetimes.

You mean in terms of the drone strikes he swore he would stop, then yes you are correct. He has launched more than bush did in 8 years.

8 lifetimes? What are you, ten?

Poo_Fight: Mrtraveler01: One shudders to think how the US would be doing foreign policy wise, with McCain or Romney in charge.

2/10

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Is this one of those BSABSVR posts?

Because I haven't seen too many of those this morning.

TheOther: Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti

That's a lot of names...just how many people got killed?

Don't forget:

Thanks for the Meme-ries: TheOther: Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti

That's a lot of names...just how many people got killed?

Don't forget:

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TheOther: Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti

That's a lot of names...just how many people got killed?

Abu Zaid al-Kuwait just means Uncle Zaid the Kuwaiti. Sheik means boss, it's a title not a name. Dunno what al-Hussainan means, but it might be a title or a place name as well.

Mrtraveler01: He mainly got it for being elected and putting an end to the disastrous Neocon policies of his not being his predecessor.

He should have politely turned it down.

In any case -- while I admit I haven't paid attention to the details -- how are the drone strikes any different from some commandos going in? Is it assumed they'd inflict less collateral damage? If so, only at the cost of more dead commandos.

War sux, and inevitably innocents die. That's why you don't get into unnecessary wars (ahem), and you wrap up the necessary ones in less than 11+ years. In the mean time, it's wabbit season. Deal with it.

Just sayin'

Oh and bin (or ibn) means son of like ben in Hebrew and bar in Aramaic.

Good.

One down, 16,687,483 to go.

Keep it up Barry, you're doing a few things right.

I'd think that senior Al Qaeda dude would be a pariah position by now. Kinda like having explosive Ebola.

gerbilpox: Mrtraveler01: He mainly got it for being elected and putting an end to the disastrous Neocon policies of his not being his predecessor.

He should have politely turned it down.

In any case -- while I admit I haven't paid attention to the details -- how are the drone strikes any different from some commandos going in? Is it assumed they'd inflict less collateral damage? If so, only at the cost of more dead commandos.

War sux, and inevitably innocents die. That's why you don't get into unnecessary wars (ahem), and you wrap up the necessary ones in less than 11+ years. In the mean time, it's wabbit season. Deal with it.

Just sayin'

Oh, I forgot the other objection: violating the airspace of Pakistan, etc. to do it. Well, gee, if terr'ists they weren't harbored there, that wouldn't happen. Just sayin'.

gerbilpox: Mrtraveler01: He mainly got it for being elected and putting an end to the disastrous Neocon policies of his not being his predecessor.

He should have politely turned it down.

In any case -- while I admit I haven't paid attention to the details -- how are the drone strikes any different from some commandos going in? Is it assumed they'd inflict less collateral damage? If so, only at the cost of more dead commandos.

War sux, and inevitably innocents die. That's why you don't get into unnecessary wars (ahem), and you wrap up the necessary ones in less than 11+ years. In the mean time, it's wabbit season. Deal with it.

Just sayin'

Oh, I forgot the other objection: violating the airspace of Pakistan, etc. to do it. Well, gee, if terr'ists weren't harbored there, that wouldn't happen. Just sayin'.

I'm a little confused... isn't this good news? Why does the title sound negative?

/i'm new here.

These drones are what they call a "disruptive technology" in Silicon Valley. Kinda like online stores disrupt the book retailing business.

The drones are disrupting the military-industrial complex. This war is dirt cheap. We don't need the Pentagon any more. The CIA can get'er done for almost nothing.

Butthurt libs call this a war crime and say terrorism and stoning rape victims is just their culture which we should respect or else we are racists.

THE GREAT NAME: Butthurt libs call this a war crime and say terrorism and stoning rape victims is just their culture which we should respect or else we are racists.

God you suck at trolling! 

I bet we could outsource the trolls to India for pennies on the dollar and still get better quality than this crap.

Who does #2 work for?

The Terrorist War Against Us started decades before Bush even thought bout running. And then Obama came along and kept or expanded everything Bush was doing. It works!

gerbilpox: Oh, I forgot the other objection: violating the airspace of Pakistan, etc. to do it. Well, gee, if terr'ists weren't harbored there, that wouldn't happen. Just sayin'.

I'm sure we can silence their ojections with a few more truckloads of money. They are our friends, after all

fta The Arabs told him they lost a "big leader" in a drone strike, but would not reveal his name or his exact position in al-Qaida.

Oh, he was just laying around the house

"Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti"

Well, I'm glad he was able to acquire a short, catchy nickname.

Any word on civilian casualties?

Nature Spirals: O keeps on showing the world how much he earned that Noble Peace Prize.

That really did strike me as absurd. But it's not like Obama campaigned for it.

Mrtraveler01: THE GREAT NAME: Butthurt libs call this a war crime and say terrorism and stoning rape victims is just their culture which we should respect or else we are racists.

God you suck at trolling! 

I bet we could outsource the trolls to India for pennies on the dollar and still get better quality than this crap.

If there's one thing worse than a liberal, it's a catholic liberal. Burn the catholic!

I'm waiting for Obama's heartfelt apology for wiping out Assad and his entire family.

The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: I'm waiting for Obama's heartfelt apology for wiping out Assad and his entire family.

I'm still waiting for the apology from Obama for killing Bin Laden.

War Criminal and such...

/not serious

Mrtraveler01: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: I'm waiting for Obama's heartfelt apology for wiping out Assad and his entire family.

I'm still waiting for the apology from Obama for killing Bin Laden.

War Criminal and such...

/not serious

Not a war-crime (unless they deliberately executed, even if Osama tried to surrender) but I really was disappointed they killed him. Not that the Earth is not a better place with him lying a few fathoms down in the persian gulf, but it would have been much better, both politically and morally, to take him alive, make the coont stand trial, and let him rot in a very small box for the next 20+ years.

Rule of law and all that..

THE GREAT NAME: Butthurt libs call this a war crime and say terrorism and stoning rape victims is just their culture which we should respect or else we are racists.

How many libs exactly are we talking about here? Are you attempting to claim that there is a large group of people, representative of liberals, who believe that (a) drone strikes are morally wrong, (b) terrorism is morally correct, and (c) killing rape victims is morally correct?

Or are you just a moron?

Wizard Drongo: Mrtraveler01: The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: I'm waiting for Obama's heartfelt apology for wiping out Assad and his entire family.

I'm still waiting for the apology from Obama for killing Bin Laden.

War Criminal and such...

/not serious

Not a war-crime (unless they deliberately executed, even if Osama tried to surrender) but I really was disappointed they killed him. Not that the Earth is not a better place with him lying a few fathoms down in the persian gulf, but it would have been much better, both politically and morally, to take him alive, make the coont stand trial, and let him rot in a very small box for the next 20+ years.

Rule of law and all that..

Wasn't it the plan to take him alive unless he resisted arrest, which resulted in him being shot?

bronyaur1: How many libs exactly are we talking about here?


I suppose that depends on whether this group of people is significantly representative of "libs" or not. Does the left generally dislike Obama's drone policies, and these marchers are simply the loudest and most visible? Or do these protesters find themselves opposed against the majority of their fellow "libs"?
 
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I wish someone would take a survey and find out because I have no idea.