Rex Tillerson: This was 'not my first sword dance'

Sailor said:
I agree with that. I think personally it had a lot to do with Cheney. As long as the bogeyman was out there it was carte blanche for increased spending for no bid contracts, bending government policies etc. Cheney did not want the cash cow to end.
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I wouldn't really doubt that - but I also understood some of the reasoning I heard about not making it a top priority. We all wanted to see OBL brought to justice, but 9/11 was really his opus, and he was basically a symbolic leader after that. I sort of get committing resources more to areas that were focused on security & not necessarily our sense of justice, especially early on when there was a lot of uncertainty.

That said, I was happy when we got him.
 
Love Tillerson's remark..."This isn't my first sword dance."LOL

This has been a remarkable visit. I watched the entire presentation today, listening to King Salman and POTUS and those leaders who followed. I feel like the elephant has been removed from the room and global leaders (at least these) are finally speaking out loud and in unity regarding the terrorist situation without being bound by political PC. That center the Saudis built there is quite impressive in scope and capabilities.

If only our own country could unite around this horrific threat and focus on behaving like adults as well. Instead, over the past few years we've been reduced to catering to very shallow priorities and distracted by ice cream scoops, naughty words, clueless protesters, obsessing over an election loss and "Where's my food stamps?!"...or free this and free that. Depressing.

Those elected to enforce laws are hell-bent on disobeying them. Even the simplest requirement in keeping our borders secure by any means is common sense which escapes the mental faculties of many. The next hit we take on our country is on them.

On to Jerusalem :)
 
evince said:
Bush couldn't get OBL

Obama got him
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bush talked big but he really didn't give a shit, and admitted it.

"Who knows if he’s hiding in some cave or not. We haven’t heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don’t understand the scope of the mission. Terror is bigger than one person. He’s just a person who’s been marginalized. … I don’t know where he is. I really just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."
 
Darth Omar said:
We couldn't find Osama till Obama's ascension from junior senator to POTUS lol.

OBL was pretty slippery to be able to elude the CIA for so long. He was cleavor enough to not use the internet or smart phones---for years. His computer wasn't connected to the web, so he would type his perverse thoughts out and have them loaded to a thumb drive, which curriers would then carry to his underlings or Al Jazeera.

While Obama was in office, the CIA isolated one of Osama's curriers, they traced him to a town in Pakistan and Obama gave the order to nail Osama.

Yes, Obama gets credit for getting Osama. Not to say Bush wouldn't have---given the identical circumstances.
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Let me refresh your memory about bush.

"Who knows if he’s hiding in some cave or not. We haven’t heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don’t understand the scope of the mission. Terror is bigger than one person. He’s just a person who’s been marginalized. … I don’t know where he is. I really just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."
 
christiefan915 said:
bush talked big but he really didn't give a shit, and admitted it.

"Who knows if he’s hiding in some cave or not. We haven’t heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don’t understand the scope of the mission. Terror is bigger than one person. He’s just a person who’s been marginalized. … I don’t know where he is. I really just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you."
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and the Pakistani doctor that gave OBL to Obama will finally be rescued by Trump.....
 
Stretch said:
Love Tillerson's remark..."This isn't my first sword dance."LOL

This has been a remarkable visit. I watched the entire presentation today, listening to King Salman and POTUS and those leaders who followed. I feel like the elephant has been removed from the room and global leaders (at least these) are finally speaking out loud and in unity regarding the terrorist situation without being bound by political PC. That center the Saudis built there is quite impressive in scope and capabilities.

If only our own country could unite around this horrific threat and focus on behaving like adults as well. Instead, over the past few years we've been reduced to catering to very shallow priorities and distracted by ice cream scoops, naughty words, clueless protesters, obsessing over an election loss and "Where's my food stamps?!"...or free this and free that. Depressing.

Those elected to enforce laws are hell-bent on disobeying them. Even the simplest requirement in keeping our borders secure by any means is common sense which escapes the mental faculties of many. The next hit we take on our country is on them.

On to Jerusalem :)
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I need to find out out more about that Center for Counter-terrorism ( whatever it's called) in SA.

I also want to see if their relatively new program of "de-radicalizaton" prisons are paying off.
You got to hand to to Salman -that and his reforms are making SA take the bull by the horns
 
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