tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post8030004603876492188..comments2023-12-04T10:02:29.445-06:00Comments on Mark's China Blog: A Few Thoughts on bin LadenMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-34562395528447342332011-05-04T07:38:54.549-05:002011-05-04T07:38:54.549-05:00I've read that account in the 9/11 report and ...I've read that account in the 9/11 report and it's pretty fascinating stuff.<br /><br />A few weeks back I felt like I was going out on a bit of a limb when I said Obama wasn't getting a fair shake and that I basically thought he would end up being the greatest president in my lifetime. Hopefully he can continue to progress that way. <br /><br />The right, as usual, are finding ways to attack him for 'taking too much credit' blah blah blah... he has made constant reference to the team that carried this out and quite frankly, from everything I have read from sources close to all this, Obama was very hands on and deserves a lot of credit. Commander in Chief, damn straight he is.<br /><br />How silly are all the birthers and Donald Trump looking right now. Looking back at the joke, at the correspondents dinner, Obama made comparing Donald Trump's decision to fire Gary Busey over Meatloaf as the same type of stuff that keeps him up at night seems like an incredible zing and possible strategic move in hindsight, since, all of the planning and stuff was going down at the same time. Good luck beating this guy in 2012.<br /><br />The news truly felt like more of a 'relief' than anything to me as well. It did feel like the world became a nicer place, but I was a bit put off with all the over the top celebrating. It kinda came across as bloodlust to me, and bloodlust is what the terrorists are all about. I've always thought it would be nice if we could truly be above all that, but hey, humans are humans. Celebrating this is certainly different from the celebrating in the streets we have seen from extremists when innocent people have perished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com