Osama Bin Laden is Dead. President to make a speech soon.

[Brigandier]

How Obama gone on tv yet?

I don't have cable

Not yet, he's an hour late. I'd hope the President would have some manners.

 

[Herr Kutz]

also fox has his name spelled usama not osama, good job guys.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists

and from wikipedia:

Variations of bin Laden's name

There is no universally accepted standard in the West for transliterating Arabic words and names into English, so bin Laden's name is spelled in many different ways. The version translation most often used by English-language mass media is Osama bin Laden. Most American government agencies, including the FBI and CIA, use either "Usama bin Laden" or "Usama bin Ladin", both of which are often abbreviated to UBL. Less common renderings include "Ussamah Bin Ladin" and "Oussama Ben Laden" (French-language mass media). The last two words of the name can also be found as "Binladen" or (as used by his family in the West) "Binladin". The spelling with "o" and "e" comes from a Persian-influenced pronunciation used in Afghanistan where he lived for a long time.

Strictly speaking, Arabic linguistic conventions dictate that he be referred to as "Osama" or "Osama bin Laden", not "bin Laden", as "Bin Laden" is not used as a surname in the Western manner, but simply as part of his name, which in its long form means "Osama, son of Mohammed, son of 'Awad, son of Laden". Still, "bin Laden" has become nearly universal in Western references to him.

Bin Laden's admirers commonly use several aliases and nicknames, including the Prince/Al-Amir, the Sheikh, Abu Abdallah, Sheikh Al-Mujahid, the Lion Sheik,[7] the Director.[8]

Edit: beaten by herkulease

 

[GroundedSailor]

Whether he deserves credit or not, it happened under Obama not Bush's reign.

Bush and a Republican congress however got us into an a multi trillion dollar war with a country that has nothing to do with Al Qaeda, and that's what he'll be remembered for.

Kinda ironic, the announcement comes 8 years to the day after Bush announced 'Mission Accomplished'!!
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[soundforbjt]

Why?

He didn't make the kill.

He wasn't the one who deployed our troops in Afghanistan in the first place.

Who is responsible for our presence in Pakistan? Bush?

 

[FuzzyBee]

Not yet, he's an hour late. I'd hope the President would have some manners.

C'mon - he had to go ahead and interrupt "The Apprentice".

 

[davmat787]

Apprentice is on in 30 minutes so I guess that is when Obama will mega troll Trump. I don't care for Obama, but well played Mr. President. Well played. :awe:

 

[DucatiMonster696]

Who is responsible for our presence in Pakistan? Bush?

We were conducting strikes into Pakistan and the border regions since Bush was in office.

 

[UberNeuman]

Not yet, he's an hour late. I'd hope the President would have some manners.

He's uppity, isn't he...

 

[herkulease]

Apprentice is on in 30 minutes so I guess that is when Obama will mega troll Trump. I don't care for Obama, but well played Mr. President. Well played. :awe:

I don't get to see the simpsons. I get the beginning then the local news cuts in. i'm like wtf.

 

[DucatiMonster696]

Oh and they are saying that it was a special ops raid...not a drone strike. They don't know if it was in Pakistan or on the border.

 

[Brigandier]

He's uppity, isn't he...

Nah, just like most people I know. being on time is not important in today's society.

 

[NFS4]

Fun Fact: Today is the eighth anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech

 

[PrinceofWands]

He's not dead until they produce a death certificate. The long form.

ROFLMAO

:thumbsup:

 

[WHAMPOM]

Coming on nearly an hour wait for the Presidential speech. Alright over an hour now.

 

[ProfJohn]

This is the best news we have had in years.

All glory to our military and CIA etc.

 

[Generator]

Got goosebumps right now. You would think that the wars would surely be over now. Osama is dead, that is a victory enough for me. Lets hope...

 

[Balt]

NBC is saying Special Ops got him, not a drone strike.

More satisfying, IMO.

 

[evident]

all in all a good week for o bamma, pwns trump w/ his birth certificate now osama

 

[MovingTarget]

So....when do we get to get back to the butter side of the toast now that the guns have been successful?

 

[JockoJohnson]

Apprentice is on in 30 minutes so I guess that is when Obama will mega troll Trump. I don't care for Obama, but well played Mr. President. Well played. :awe:

On the East Coast, Trump was interrupted right around the time someone was gonna get fired. Obama gets a win/win out of this. If anything, the media stole the spotlight from Pres.Obama. I would have loved to have heard it from Pres. Obama first. To me, it would have just been better that way.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Who's voting Obama for next term? Cat's in the bag?

Nah...

1. The American attention span won't last past the end of the week much less into 2012
2. This is the result of a 10 year manhunt.

I'm glad BL dead but this issue will have little to do with Obama keeping/losing the white house next year.

Now if he keeps scoring head shot after head shot and the rest of the wanted folks out there start falling, that's a different story.

 

[HomerJS]

Kinda ironic, the announcement comes 8 years to the day after Bush announced 'Mission Accomplished'!!
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Wow! Nice call! 8 years of Bush and the same date!

 

[soundforbjt]

We were conducting strikes into Pakistan and the border regions since Bush was in office.

I understand, you can't give Obama credit for anything, no matter what.

 

[Balt]

Here we go.

 

[ProfJohn]

Here comes Obama!!!