# Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435 "2011-05-02T02:15:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/61 "2011-05-02T03:06:49Z")
I wonder if this would be big enough victory for them to say “OK, we won we’re going home” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/62 "2011-05-02T03:07:19Z")
When does Trump take the credit? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/63 "2011-05-02T03:07:40Z")
Wow - and today is the 8th anniversary of “Mission Accomplished”. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/64 "2011-05-02T03:07:56Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > NBC just cut into the Apprentice, they say that it indeed has to do with Osama Bin Laden. Okay, that is just _sublime_ schadenfreude. BTW, today is the 8th anniversary of Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech. HA HA F\*\*KING HA! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/65 "2011-05-02T03:08:11Z")
My city is avenged. I imagine I will be crying when the President’s speech is over, if not sooner. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/66 "2011-05-02T03:08:50Z")
i’m in tears too. this is all very overwhelming… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/67 "2011-05-02T03:09:29Z")
Killed in a mansion outside Islamabad…along with family members. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/68 "2011-05-02T03:10:27Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Thank God! 9-11 is avenged! 🆒 > > Plus this year is the most eventful and epic one for a long, long time. The tsunami, revolutions, the royal wedding, now this. Yeah it’s a great ole laugh! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/69 "2011-05-02T03:11:09Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > If Bin Laden is dead, why haven’t they released the death certificate? They have to scan it first, and badly, so the public has something to talk about. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/70 "2011-05-02T03:11:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I broke out the good stuff for this announcement. Macallan Cask Strength. Yeah, this calls for the best I have on hand. Balvenie PortWood 21 year. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/71 "2011-05-02T03:11:46Z")
Wait a minute… Bush was the crazy asshole who got us in all this trouble. Obama ran on getting us out of those shitholes post haste. Now that Osama has been killed Obama is the great one who gets the credit? We got Osama because Bush did what he said he would do and because Obama didnt do what he promised to do… I guess its okay though…since Bush stole the first election he is eligible to run one more time… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/72 "2011-05-02T03:12:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I broke out the good stuff for this announcement. Macallan Cask Strength. I just opened a bottle of [Pappy Van Winkle 15](http://www.oldripvanwinkle.com/newbs/vw/website3.nsf/docsbykey/HNEY-65GK63?opendocument). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/73 "2011-05-02T03:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, this calls for the best I have on hand. Balvenie PortWood 21 year. Chimay Rouge for me. Hey, I’m a beer drinker. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/74 "2011-05-02T03:12:43Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Yeah, this calls for the best I have on hand. Balvenie PortWood 21 year. I’m finishing off the last of my Johnny Walker Blue. Cheers to the CIA and our service members. I hope tomorrow is uneventful for our embassies. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/75 "2011-05-02T03:12:43Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Wait a minute… > > Bush was the crazy asshole who got us in all this trouble. Obama ran on getting us out of those shitholes post haste. > > Now that Osama has been killed Obama is the great one who gets the credit? > > We got Osama because Bush did what he said he would do and because Obama didnt do what he promised to do… > > I guess its okay though…since Bush stole the first election he is eligible to run one more time… Yeah…ok…good luck with the crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/76 "2011-05-02T03:13:47Z")
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/77 "2011-05-02T03:13:55Z")
Donald Trump just announced the following: “The death of Osama Bin Laden should be considered my personal triumph. Obama knows that his attempts to hide his true birthplace have completely fallen apart, so he ordered our troops to immediately kill Bin Laden so that people will not notice how pathetic his poor excuses for covering up the true place of his birth are.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/78 "2011-05-02T03:14:03Z")
As one who has been deployed to Bagram, and who’s son is currently in Afghanistan…Burn in hell, motherfucker. Got him. Booya. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/79 "2011-05-02T03:14:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Well, not that long after his ‘Dead or Alive’ speech, Bush said that bin Laden didn’t really matter anymore. So Fox will spin it as Obama taking credit for something that’s of little importance. > [@billfish678](#): > > Now that Osama has been killed Obama is the great one who gets the credit? > > We got Osama because Bush did what he said he would do and because Obama didnt do what he promised to do… > > I guess its okay though…since Bush stole the first election he is eligible to run one more time… See? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/80 "2011-05-02T03:14:43Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Wait a minute… > > Bush was the crazy asshole who got us in all this trouble. Obama ran on getting us out of those shitholes post haste. > > Now that Osama has been killed Obama is the great one who gets the credit? > > We got Osama because Bush did what he said he would do and because Obama didnt do what he promised to do… > > I guess its okay though…since Bush stole the first election he is eligible to run one more time… Huh, I didn’t think I logged onto Free Republic. Weird. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435.md?page=5)