So, nobody’s perfect:
Bin Laden did not use a woman as a human shield, he didn’t shoot it out with our SEALs, he was unarmed, and a different son of his — Hamza, not Khalid — was killed. Otherwise, the White House’s ol’ reliable, John Brennan, had the raid exactly right.
It’s pretty frightening that a moron like Brennan is in charge of national security.
Conflicting reports are not unusual in a situation like this. So I’m not surprised we’re getting conflicting reports. The best thing the administration could have done was give no details until the assault team were fully debriefed. But they didn’t do that.
They’re actually not certain whether Bin Laden’s house was in Abbottabad, or the neighboring Costello Khan….
Why am I not surprised?
Almost leaves you with the dread that the next revision will be that, oh, it wasn’t OBL after all..
Turns out it was Osama bin Khadeem! No wonder they’re not releasing the pix!
The best thing the administration could have done was give no details until the assault team were fully debriefed.
Yes.
I don’t think it’s paranoid to believe that we’re being lied to or misled. It’s not like the government, especially when it comes to national security, has such a great track record of trustworthiness.
I’m sure there’s nothing all that shocking being covered up, but I assume that we went there to kill him and that the team may have desecrated the body, which wouldn’t be exactly surprising. No evidence of that, but it would explain much.
Remember back when Don Rumsfeld would tell reporters that he would not give details just yet because first look information would often be wrong? I am not surprised at the confusion, I am surprised that it was played out in public. Someone made the call to go with early info.