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Osama Bin Laden’s Death: Proving Liberals Really Don’t Mean Their Rhetoric

Osama Bin Laden died and no liberals cried…for him. If they cried, it was tears of joy. Just like the rest of America.

When the rubber meets the road, liberals aren’t crying that:

  • Intelligence gathered, probably via “enhanced interrogation” in a secret prison (or if you’re a liberal, torture), lead to Osama’s death.
  • Justice meant a targeted assassination aka capital punishment
  • A country’s boundaries were violated to achieve justice (how can we violate a sovereign nation?!!)
  • Bullets were used
  • Base impulses like “vengeance” were indulged
  • Diplomacy didn’t achieve what 40 Navy Seals achieved.

There are probably more points, but that’s enough to establish the premise that when liberals talk about mercy and giving peace a chance and evolving and using words instead of actions…it’s all crap.

The most disgusting part of this reality is that liberals only believe in justice at the end of a bullet when they feel violated. So their friend whose daughter was kidnapped and raped and tortured should turn the other cheek and not be relieved and delighted when the killer is brought to justice, but when they lose their own loved one or their body, family, city feels threatened, the liberal suddenly becomes Chuck Norris–or more likely, is grateful that Chuck is willing to kick bad-guy ass.

The Navy Seals and the elite group who, says the Washington Post, ”
exist(s) outside military protocol and engage in operations that are at the highest level of classification and often outside the boundaries of international law”, are loathed and hated by the left. And, in fact, Cindy Sheehan, is one of the few nutters to remain ideologically consistent. Crazy as heck, but consistent.

Here’s a prediction over the next few days: The hard left will be ruminating on Osama’s death. They will feel guilty for feeling good. They will realize how they’ve undermined all their beliefs.

But, you protest, they didn’t undermine all their beliefs. Well, not with the Osama death they didn’t. The economic hypocrisy is something they engage in every day. The big homes, big salaries, and big competitive natures they possess? Their refusal to give extra taxes? Their insistence that environmental rules and regulations are for you, but not for them while they enjoy their private jets–that’s their economics daily hypocrisy.

Liberals don’t believe any of their own ideological garbage enough to actually live it. They just believe it enough to try to make your life hard by making you live it.

If they really believed their pap, they’d be crying tears for Osama Bin Laden. They’d be pining away for the injustice. They’d weep for the rule of international law and Geneva conventions that were violated. They would be wearing their pink shirts in front of the White House and yanking out their boobies in outraged protest at the gross violation of a sovereign nation’s borders.

But they don’t believe it. And they’re not crying. And those lack of tears tell you everything you need to know about the emptiness of the left’s ideology and rhetoric. It’s useful for political purposes. It’s useful to beat up Republicans. It’s not so useful when one actually cares about America and justice and closure and peace of mind.

Liberals bumped up against reality today, with Osama Bin Laden’s past-due demise. They’re sitting, happily, in the trap of their own making.

Tomorrow, I suspect, they’ll try to pretend today didn’t happen. We need to remind them: you actually enjoyed Osama’s death. And we enjoy watching you enjoy it.

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COMMENTS

  • johnt

    after a years trial, drawn out and farcial. I won’t forget the NY Times editorial the next day, truly, they were furious at Bush. Do remember the almost immediate defense of all those “peaceful” islamists in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, & so much more.
    Don’t be so sure about their relief, it’s the fact that Obama is in office and so the act takes a different color. Media garbage are already pushing this as an ’12 election boost. You can’t sink much lower then that. In any case there’s still time for a reprise of that old standby “troubling”, along with the usual epithets.
    Your basic point is right though. Difficult as it is to grasp we seem to be dealing with a mass or at large nihilistic, emotional disorder. One where only the primeval urges of a far earlier barbarism ruled.

    • msctex

      . . .in terms of timing to supposedly help Obama, they did their usual ineffective job of it. I put little to nothing past these people, but expecting this to be an election boost given the state of the economy and the fact Obama is philosophically incapable of doing anything which would actually abet the economy, is farfetched at best. Unless this is a conspiracy of an intricacy which would make a tinfoil hatter blush, politicians simply do not have that level of influence. Especially the current crop.

      Realistically, the Military and the Intelligence Community did their job: they saw a shot, took it and hit the target. I’m sure they kept Obama informed, but I am equally as willing to bet if he had been kept in the dark and learned of the success with the rest of us, the result would have been the same. He was a non-factor in this and he knows it, hence his already commented upon by others overuse of “I and “My” in his teleprompter address. He is grasping for a relevance we can all sense is not to be had.

      • estevancarlos

        I don’t visit this forum often the comments here are pathetic. If this were your president of choice, your aforementioned post would only exist on opposite day. What a bunch of disingenuous, intellectually dishonest, trite. I mean the reports are already out that Obama has been involved in this since August. However you’re ignoring this, alluding to a conspiracy and betting that this president could have no hand in a successful operation and the death of Osama bin Laden?

        Ha. Enjoy Obama’s second term and get well soon.

        • lineholder

          He would have been better off to wait another six to nine months, because then even if the economy still stinks, he had this one recent thing to pull.

          But 16 months before an election…nah, by then the aura of “glorious leader” will have waned away in the minds of the general public.

          • g8ri

            Just long enough for Hollywood t oput the movie out in time for the ’12 elections.

        • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

          Guys, dont’ feed the trolls.

          • lineholder

            Sorry, I won’t do it again, okay?

          • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

            Last night it was the conspiracy theorists.

            Since this morning it’s bitter leftists.

        • josephk1972

          exactly is pathetic about cheering for the President of the United States after 9/11?

          • lineholder
    • Finrod

      When I heard the news, something like my second or third thought was “I guess Obama really has started his re-election campaign already”.

      Cynical, I know, but the one thing I’ve learned about Democrats is that it’s difficult to be too cynical about them.

      • xJesterx

        Nope, felt the same way after the speech he gave where he threw in stuff about our “prosperity” and that the country “can accomplish anything”…then he invoked God. Total campaign material. I felt cynical too, because we hate to think like that, like this is all calcuted. The killing of Usama wasn’t calculated, but the aftermath these guys were high fiving their campaign NO DOUBT.

    • mrknowledge

      There isn’t a “liberal” in the country who has said we shouldn’t kill Bin Laden. Please find me one.

      Nice strawman argument though.

      And the jealously of those commenters who can’t bear the thought that President Obama (your president) ordered the raid and ordered that Bin Laden be killed, not captured, is fine to behold.

      Open the door to the echo chamber, people, and step out, the president you’ve vilified from day one did what you’ve said he wouldn’t do.

      And act like it won’t matter in 2012 all you want, because, rest assured it will. The various republican front runners look about 1 millimeter tall today. Not much coming out of Newt (“our president demonstrates a post colonial Kenya mindset”) Gingrich, or any of the others, other than their obvious discomfort at the accomplishments of their president (who they can’t seem to mention by name, for the most part).

      • streiff

        will he do?

        and this guy
        http://nationalinterest.org/article/dont-kill-bin-laden-3455

        That’s two. You can find more, I’m sure, now that you have the free time.

        • lineholder

          So can I laugh now? “mrknowledge”? “typical lefty twit”?

          BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA….BAHWHAHWHAHHWHAHH!

          Oh, that felt good. They don’t need us to make them look like idiots. They can do that just fine on their own.

          • peteg

            Yes, use of a strange assortment of all caps consonants and vowels, followed by exclamation points, meant to imply laughter makes the other guy look like an idiot. Sorry, could’ve confused me.

            Haven’t seen much gloating from liberals today. Facts and evidence of past statements and deeds yes (see: youtube.com/watch?v=qZDSJN7mVPo), but not gloating.

            What I have seen is a bunch of unhappy right wingers who call themselves Americans. Is your unhappiness due to the fact that your hatred of our president is more visceral than your pride in this nation? Think it over.

            Lastly, I find the following right wing formula amusing:

            Responsibility for 9/11=Clinton
            Credit for Bin Laden’s death=W

            Someone told me after I landed my first big job, “just about everything that happens after the first 3 months on th job, good or bad, is 100% your responsibility”

            The GOP, the party of personal responsibility.

          • powertothepeople
          • Bill S
          • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

            Your Big Obama is responsible for more debt in two years than Bush had in eight, and for a prolonged recession, and for worsening race relations in this country, and for pissing off our allies, and for stepping up one war and getting into a third one, and for a huge increase in regulations of both business and our personal freedoms, I could go on and on.

            But, I give him credit on killing Bin Laden, at least he didn’t pussy out on this one.

          • msctex

            More like a combination of shame that we could have allowed ourselves to reach the point such an unmitigated disaster of an Administration could come to be, mixed with pity for a man tasked to play a part he is so clearly ill-equipped to play. But lately such elections seem to occur every thirty years or so, after a generation has time to forget the damage wrought each and every time Progressives achieve real power. Basically, you come offering candy, we eat it; we get sick, and we don’t eat candy for a while. But it is though someone lies to our kids, each and every time. . .

            Here’s something for you to “think over.” It is an axiom for Progressive politicians the world over, and feel free to cite an example which disproves it:

            “The one thing Progressives can never do and still retain real influence, as proven throughout history, is achieve true power in an environment where blame cannot be later shifted, in a nation capable of removing them from power.”

            I honestly cannot imagine what it must be like to ascribe to a system which fails miserably each and every time it is put to practice.

      • xJesterx

        about the EXACT team in 2009 that took this guy out. He called them executive assassination teams. But its okay if its Usama, and maybe one or two others….riiiggghhhttt.

        • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

          does anybody really hear him?

    • alkmetro

      amazing how liberals change with the day

      • peteg

        This is who we elected by overwhelming numbers and with great pride in November 2008. What point would you care to argue?

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZDSJN7mVPo

        I got exams this week, but I can spend a few hours walking you through foreign policy basics.

        However, I’d prefer that we just both salute the men and women of the armed forces who pulled off this amazing operation and that we both give credit to President Obama, his intelligence team , and any members of the Bush administration who made this day possible.

        • msctex

          Nancy Pelosi, press conference,
          September 7, 2006:

          “[E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he has done … is done. And even to capture him now I don’t think makes us any safer.”

          Nancy Pelosi, May 2, 2011:

          “The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qaida. … I salute President Obama, his national security team, Director Panetta, our men and women in the intelligence community and military, and other nations who supported this effort for their leadership in achieving this major accomplishment. … [T]he death of Osama bin Laden is historic….”

          Also, the numbers were not overwhelming, and the pride lasted until Obama began to influence our lives. Reality set in immediately thereafter. And if “you got” exams this week, I hope one of them isn’t for English.

  • Aaron Gardner

    That count seems a tad high.

    • NRPax

      It’s called “Being thorough.” -:-)

      • Aaron Gardner
        • streiff

          the entire assault team went in on one helicopter, an MH-60. From Politico:

          The helicopter carrying Navy SEALs malfunctioned as it approached Osama bin Laden

          • Aaron Gardner
          • Adjoran

            Let ‘em wonder how many guys we sent in – I’m sure it seemed like at least 40 to the locals and bin Ladens.

        • Common_Cents

          and more troops involved but not sure how that matters to this diary.

  • mikeevergreen

    Obama campaigned on the idea that Iraq was a mistake and that Afghanistan should have been the central front in the War on Terror. And, in August of 2007, Obama gave a speech saying that the United States should aggressively pursue terrorists hiding in the mountains of Pakistan. So, that’s where his focus was.

    I do agree that liberals/progressives are suddenly acting like it’s okay to do whatever it takes to kill our enemies. Pretty hypocritical, really.

  • belcatar

    I just picked up this little piece of trivia from a news article about the SEALS. Apparently, a big player in the operation to catch Bin Laden was none other than General Stanley McChrystal.

    When Gen. Stanley McChrystal became JSOC

  • jaykali

    So how come Osama didn’t get his KSM-style NY city trial? Some terrorist get miranda rights, some get a drone missile. Doesn’t seem real consistent. And it’s not by importance, KSM is as important and dangerous as anybody but Eric Holder held onto civilian trials in NYC as long as he could.

    I listened to NPR today, no mention of how we got the ‘courier’ lead via ‘enhanced interrogation’. I think that the fact that enhanced interrogation led to the biggest terrorist kill ever pretty much closes the book on that discussion. Anytime someone bemoans those poor terrorists getting waterboarded you can point to the fact that we got OBL using these methods.

    • freetexan

      Did Obama violate Executive Order 12333, Part 2.11?

      EO 12333, Part 2.11 “No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.”

      http://tinyurl.com/2w3l5b

      Where do we draw the line? Terrorists? What’s next, political opponents?

      I’m about as conservative as they come, but something about this entire affair bothers me. Can’t seem to get into the joyous spirit and celebration. Killing him on a battlefield seems far more sporting than the way this played out.

      • streiff

        is sign a finding that EO 12333 doesn’t apply and it doesn’t. “Stroke of the pen, law of the land.”

        More to the point, 12333 cover intel activities, not military operations so I think your concern is not very well founded.

      • http://www.hakubi.us/ Neil Stevens

        If the order was to capture if possible, then it wasn’t assassination. It was war.

      • belcatar

        “Sporting” is ok if you’re sitting in a duck blind or calling a moose. Osama Bin Laden was not a game animal. He was a person with lots of influence and money who hated America enough to attack both military and civilian targets, causing massive loss of life, fear, and lots of anger. He had no country, so he wasn’t a head of state. He was a threat to the United States, and an enemy combatant. Whether it was sporting or not really doesn’t enter into it.

        Besides, Bin Laden and his buddies did shoot back, according to reports. So he was killed on a battlefield.

      • josephk1972

        does your hatred of Obama run so deep that you are starting to look for ways to make it seem like Osama didn’t get exactly what he deserved? It needs to be sporting? 3000 of my deceased countrymen think otherwise. You should be ashamed of yourself.

        • jaykali

          what’s his face from yemen was a us citizen. anywho i dont know the rules, the war on terror is sticky bc we’re at war with a fractured ‘organization’ of terrorists instead of a country.

  • Adjoran

    They just don’t believe the rules they set for us apply to them, too – they believe that is part of the privilege of making up the rules in the first place.

    • freshhorsesnow

      The above is a bumper sticker that is on the back of my car.

      The total hypocrisy of Obama and the liberals who are running our country is displayed across the board.

      One by one, Obama and his czars are doing the opposite of what he promised during the last campaign. It is a fascinating psych study to watch the brainwashed left, justify ever decision he makes.

  • gonzo55

    The bin Laden operation speaks to the unbelievable bravery and skill of our troops, but, I’m afraid, it speaks even loudlier to the weak, indecisive nature of our President. According to numerous accounts (including in the NYTimes, of all places!), Obama was first told of the likelihood that bin Laden was living in Abbottabad in September 2010. Yet it took him until April 29, 2011 to authorize a strike to take him out. A decisive president would have let the seals go to work last fall. No doubt Dear Leader Obama spent the intervening 7 MONTHS dithering, wondering how the extreme far left who are the only people left supporting him would react to using actual violence against a human being, heaven forfend! This is exactly the kind of weak, indecisive leadership we’ve come to expect from liberals.

    Then, once he did finally, finally decide to get out of the way and let the military do its job, he holds off on the final authorization until he needs the political boost the most, beaten by Donald Trump of all people, declining in the polls, and now thought by acclimation to be a horrible leader at home and abroad.

    Dear Leader Obama has taken his cynical, opportunistic brand of Chicago politics to a new level. 2012 and his inevitable defeat cannot come soon enough!

  • Common_Cents

    Is it disclosed to shake things up in the network and make them change code words/procedures, make them change hiding spots?

    I’d think if there was valuable info they wouldn’t disclose it as it would compromise future operations.

  • johnt

    Sorry I missed leftytwit, did the poor fool think anyone would publicly Not want Osama killed ? OBL’s nerves were still twitching when media guru’s [people who can read at a 6th grade level] were babbling about the ’12 election and how much this would help him. The vulgarity & perversion was & is sickening.
    If you wish to ascertain the leftist position remember, it’s not Christianity that is referred to as the religion of peace. it’s islam, it’s not islamists that cling to their guns and religion, it’s Christians, two fat pigs didn’t waddle off the View set when O’Reilly wasn’t obsequious enough towards Christianity, no, islam, it’s not a Christian church in the WTC area that is receiving material support from government, it is or was a mosque. And as I posted at the top, the NY Times wasn’t satisfied that justice was done when Saddam was executed, they were furious.
    So much more, but twit, if you’re out there, some things have to be done, but we know where the Leftist heart is.