Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president's role in Osama Bin Laden strike

George W. Bush won't be at Ground Zero with President Obama Thursday in part because he feels his team is getting short shrift in the decade-long manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.

"(Bush) viewed this as an Obama victory lap," a highly-placed source told the Daily News Wednesday.

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He doesn't feel personally snubbed and appreciates the invitation, but Obama's claiming all the credit and a lot of other people deserve some of it," the source added.

"Obama gave no credit whatsoever to the intelligence infrastructure the Bush administration set up that is being hailed from the left and right as setting in motion the operation that got Bin Laden. It rubbed Bush the wrong way."

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/05/04/2011-05-04_expresident_bush_feels_obama_undermining_his_staffs_role_in_osama_bin_laden_stri.html

on the loose so he could go into Iraq.

us to know it. Guilty conscience.

C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden

By MARK MAZZETTI
Published: July 4, 2006

WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday.

The unit, known as Alec Station, was disbanded late last year and its analysts reassigned within the C.I.A. Counterterrorist Center, the officials said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/washington/04intel.ht ...

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"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

STFU, Junior!

Go suck your thumb.

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Well, it seems that it was President Obama's priority. Funny what one can accomplish when one puts one's mind to something, isn't it?
...oh wait....NOW i get it....

=)
Peace, all

Let's get out the violins for *

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You don't order the CIA to close its special OBL unit nearly 5 years ago and then expect to get credit for his demise.

What about this?

:toast:

See? They played a critical role in this operation.

:rofl:

he is.. but then we all knew that already , didn't we..

adult, child

Tora Bora

Weren't Daddy Bush & saint Ronnie the ones who helped Osama start his career?
Let's make sure they get what they deserve also!

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No one here likely believes Bush had any interest in going after Osama but rather using 9/11 to pursue the PNAC agenda.

Bush is responsible for the wave of democracy in the Middle East, didn't you know?

for bin Laden that Clinton started and then halted his own search curiously around the same time Bin Laden found his refuge under a very suspicious umbrella.
I might add that Obama also ignored the illegal torture techniques Bush/Cheney implemented that have put our nation at further risk.
Anyone who believes there are not more terrorists in the world today due to the actions of Bush/Cheney is delusional.

Petty.

Either way the DN should have make that coward go on the record

and then I thought "That's just the sort of comment Fleischer would place under the cover of anonymity..."

Considering the source, it isn't necessarily true. But the idea that BushCo deserves any credit at all is ridiculous.

that it wasn't all about HIM. :mad:

Everyone trying to give him credit for graciousness by turning down that invitation to Ground Zero? Wrong - he's just pissed.

"intelligence infrastructure the Bush administration set up"

Are you fucking kidding me? That asshole IGNORED the intelligence presented to him at every crucial point along the way! :banghead:

one way or another.

"The unnamed source" is using this to stir up hatred and resentment for those that are already seething with indignation regarding the fact that a BLACK man had the NERVE to kill the most wanted terrorist in the world.

He may deserve some small credit for this but Obama risked his whole presidency on this. If Osama was not there or things went really wrong the republicans would not be crediting George Bush for that failure. George Bush wants credit for all the great things that happened since he left office but none of the bad, his cronies took credit a few months ago saying that the economy stabilizing was due to his policies put into place and Obama was just following through. If he wants credit for this he needs to take FULL responsibility and credit for the complete failure of his economic policies.