Comments on: White House Says bin Laden Capture Is “Success That Hasn’t Occurred Yet”

By: Kim Ritter

Kim Ritter — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:44:15 +0000

Andrew Quinn- I guess we’ll have to wait for Osama to die as a free man to claim true failure. Well, you could spin it that we drove him to his death by having to live in hiding for years on end.:)

By: C.Prez

C.Prez — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:23:16 +0000

I think I sprained something in my brain trying to comprehend this one.

I did too until I realized you had to take reality out of the equation to actually comprehend that quote lol

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:20:45 +0000

I think he failed that mission at the point he pulled intelligence and special forces out of the Afghan theater to use in Iraq. He was all talk on the matter and had other ambitions on his mind.

Someday Osama will step into the wrong Burger King and get snagged, but it will be through no fault of this administration.

By: Andrew Quinn

Andrew Quinn — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:00:50 +0000

It is strange wording, but I think you’re all jumping on it too quickly.

I think what Townsend was really trying to say is that we haven’t permanently failed in the goal, it just hasn’t happened yet. They might still do it someday, I guess, and I think that’s what he was saying.

I’m all for accountability, but let’s be reasonable. All he said was a strangely-worded “we haven’t succeeded but we still could do so.”

By: Noone Really

Noone Really — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:22:59 +0000

I think I sprained something in my brain trying to comprehend this one.

By: Iconic Midwesterner

Iconic Midwesterner — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:43:04 +0000

Mon Dieu! It’s the Simpsons! “A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met!” (from Streeetcar!)

By: Eural

Eural — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:41:33 +0000

Your last example concerning the Bush view of his administration is not a joke – he repeatedly says thats what will happen down the road in historic terms.

By: Kim Ritter

Kim Ritter — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:07:37 +0000

Nice to see they are so upbeat in the face of grim reality!:)