Joe Biden Did Not Have the Guts to Get Osama bin Laden
When the time came for a gutsy call, the vice president said ‘don’t go.’
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Report: Hamza bin Laden, Osama’s Son and Potential Successor, Is Dead
The U.S. has received intelligence that suggests Osama bin Laden's son and potential successor, Hamza, is dead, NBC News first reported.
Can Only Seymour Hersh See Through the Fog of War?
I just finished reading through Seymour Hersh’s latest “blockbuster” investigatory report, published in the London Review of Books, and I’m underwhelmed. Relying primarily on a single, unnamed allegedly senior source, Hersh penetrates ...
Osama bin Laden’s Real Estate Woes
A joke from a reader:
Pakistani land records show that Osama bin Laden paid $1 million for his compound—but that was in 2005, before the real-estate bubble popped. As-is, the compound ...
They Can Hear Us Cheering, Near and Far
Today I had an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on why Osama bin Laden’s death – and more importantly, the message it sends around the world — is worth celebrating.
Al-Qaeda: Hey, No Fair, You Didn’t Confront OBL on a Battlefield!
This is from a translation of al-Qaeda’s statement confirming Osama bin Laden’s death:
Even when the Americans managed to kill Osama, they managed to do ONLY that by disgrace and betrayal. ...
I Guess I Should Be Glad They Didn’t Pick “Pajama Been Bloggin'”
Today’s Morning Jolt includes a great deal of venting about the president’s sudden about-face on releasing any photos of a dead Osama bin Laden, but also this note:
Somewhere, Geronimo Is ...
If I Object, I Suppose I’m Being a ‘Reaction Nazi’ Again
If you tell people that the death of the world’s most wanted terrorist and a major blow to the terror group most deadly to Americans is indeed reason to celebrate, ...
Think of This as Osama’s Final Photo Op
In the Tuesday Morning Jolt:
This just handed to me: Osama bin Laden is still dead.
He’s Ready For His Close-Up
ABC News’ Jake Tapper tells us that the White House has the ...
No, Really, Celebrate. If This Isn’t Worth Celebrating, What Is?
The comments on lefty blogs are pretty much what you would expect. I get the feeling that grassroots conservatives feel better about President Obama’s authorization of this operation than grassroots ...