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global1

(25,278 posts) Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:49 PM Nov 2015

So Did Hillary Just Take Credit For Capturing Bin Laden?....nt

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So Did Hillary Just Take Credit For Capturing Bin Laden?....nt (Original Post) global1 Nov 2015 OP

No. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Metric System Nov 2015 #2

No. Metric System Nov 2015 #3

No. Lilith Rising Nov 2015 #4

Nope, I didn't hear that. Agschmid Nov 2015 #5

No. DURHAM D Nov 2015 #6

She said, " I recommended" that they go after bin Laden. A little self-important, but probab honest. reformist2 Nov 2015 #7

. RandySF Nov 2015 #8

No mcar Nov 2015 #9

Keep trying 72DejaVu Nov 2015 #10

Not in this universe... revmclaren Nov 2015 #11

Well, of course and... Hepburn Nov 2015 #12

Pretty sure she didn't Dem2 Nov 2015 #13

No! It was the greatest crisis she ever faced, but MannyGoldstein Nov 2015 #14

Successfully killing Bin Laden isn't a crisis jfern Nov 2015 #15

They were not 100% sure he was in that compound RandySF Nov 2015 #16

They were not 100% sure Armstrong and company would make it back alive jfern Nov 2015 #17

Apollo 11 was televised from start to finish MannyGoldstein Nov 2015 #19

Why would it have been the end of the Obama administration? MannyGoldstein Nov 2015 #18

Hillary caught him with her bare hands Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #20

What a WOMAN. 840high Nov 2015 #21

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

1. No.

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Metric System

(6,048 posts)

3. No.

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Lilith Rising

(184 posts)

4. No.

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Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

5. Nope, I didn't hear that.

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DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)

6. No.

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reformist2

(9,841 posts)

7. She said, " I recommended" that they go after bin Laden. A little self-important, but probab honest.

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Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:51 PM

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RandySF

(59,340 posts)

8. .

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Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:52 PM

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mcar

(42,388 posts)

9. No

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72DejaVu

(1,545 posts)

10. Keep trying

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:53 PM

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none of it is working, but don't let that stop you.

revmclaren

(2,533 posts)

11. Not in this universe...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:54 PM

Nov 2015

But some people hear what they want to hear. Sad.

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)

12. Well, of course and...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:55 PM

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...she was under sniper fire when she did it!

Dem2

(8,168 posts)

13. Pretty sure she didn't

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Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:55 PM

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MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

14. No! It was the greatest crisis she ever faced, but

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:58 PM

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she had no responsibility.

jfern

(5,204 posts)

15. Successfully killing Bin Laden isn't a crisis

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #14)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 11:58 PM

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What's next? Man walking on the moon a crisis? I mean that could have gone horribly wrong, too.

RandySF

(59,340 posts)

16. They were not 100% sure he was in that compound

Reply to jfern (Reply #15)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:03 AM

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If the SEALS showed up and he wasn't there, it would have been the end of the Obama Administration.

jfern

(5,204 posts)

17. They were not 100% sure Armstrong and company would make it back alive

Reply to RandySF (Reply #16)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:04 AM

Nov 2015

And while it would be bad news if OBL was't there, he did win re-election by 4%, so he could still have been re-elected.

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

19. Apollo 11 was televised from start to finish

Reply to jfern (Reply #17)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:15 AM

Nov 2015

It would have been a hugely public failure.

The bin Laden raid was done in absolute secrecy. I'm not sure that hardly anyone would have ever known if it failed.

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

18. Why would it have been the end of the Obama administration?

Reply to RandySF (Reply #16)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:13 AM

Nov 2015

I don't think anyone would have ever heard of it.

Rosa Luxemburg

(28,627 posts)

20. Hillary caught him with her bare hands

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Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:16 AM

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840high

(17,196 posts)

21. What a WOMAN.

Reply to Rosa Luxemburg (Reply #20)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 12:41 AM

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