Originally Posted By: Prometheus
 Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
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President Obama thanks Fort Campbell soldiers
Obama, Biden pay tribute to troops
3:31 AM, May. 7, 2011 | Comments

President Obama thanks soldiers at Ft. Campbell fo...: Meets privately with operatives who killed Osama bin Laden

FORT CAMPBELL— President Barack Obama paid tribute to an appreciative audience of more than 2,300 soldiers Friday, thanking them for the spirit of service and sacrifice that led to the capture and killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.

“You’ve been on the front lines of this fight for nearly 10 years,” the president told a standing-room only, camouflage-clad crowd in a hangar at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division.

“You were there in those early days, driving the Taliban from power, pushing al-Qaida out of its safe havens. Over time, as the insurgency grew, you went back for, in some cases, a second time, a third time, a fourth time.”

Obama spoke five days after bin Laden, whose al-Qaida organization was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, was killed in Pakistan.

Before the rally with the troops, he met privately with units that were heavily involved in the mission: the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, which is based at Fort Campbell, and Navy SEAL Team 6.

“Job well done,” he told the special forces.

To the 101st, Obama said: “I came here for a simple reason — to say thank you on behalf of America.”

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Obama is clearly trying to grab all the credit.


It's funny how, when you present some people with absolute fact and proof, they still try and either claim it's false, or simply try and twist their argument a different way. Meanwhile, though, you proved your point with facts. Well done and argument unquestionably won.


Yep, now it's time to pretend that Obama just started giving credit to the military when he's been doing it all along. I really don't expect the Pariahs out there to do anything different than what they always do. I guess I was surprised though that so many conservatives seem to be going that route. I can understand a Bush voter wishing it was their guy that had gotten Osama and this being a little bitter sweet for them but some of the polling I've seen, well I guess I had hoped there would have been more of a moment of unity.

Fair play!