Big effort by our CIC to take credit in bin Laden capture.
Posted: Tue, 17 May 2011 11:30:55
George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam:
The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women
now serving in Iraq . The operation was based on the superb work of
intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast
country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a
brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition
allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen
regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi
people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of
the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate
'em.
Barack Obama speech after killing of bin Laden:
And so shortly after taking office, *I* directed Leon Panetta, the
director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the
top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our
broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then,
last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence
community, *I* was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far
from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. *I*
met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more
information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding
within a compound deep inside of Pakistan . And finally, last week, *I*
determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and
authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to
justice. Today, at *my* direction, the United States launched a targeted
operation against that compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan .
The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women
now serving in Iraq . The operation was based on the superb work of
intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast
country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a
brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition
allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen
regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi
people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of
the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate
'em.
Barack Obama speech after killing of bin Laden:
And so shortly after taking office, *I* directed Leon Panetta, the
director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the
top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our
broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network. Then,
last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence
community, *I* was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far
from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. *I*
met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more
information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding
within a compound deep inside of Pakistan . And finally, last week, *I*
determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and
authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to
justice. Today, at *my* direction, the United States launched a targeted
operation against that compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan .
Not exactly the image of a warrior now is it??
