The Obama "To Make Important Statement" MEGATHREAD

[The Minsky Moment]

So much for the romance of hiding out in secret caves in the mountains.

Turns out he was living in a nice spread some tony suburb of Pakistan, like a character in a laugh-tracked TV sitcom gone horribly wrong.

[Siege]

A honest question for the yanks, particulary to the ones of a more martial persuation: Will hard proof be produced at some point in the short or medium term about this operation and its results and/or particulars or do we have to trust the official statements at face value?

Oh, the conspiracy theorists will never accept OBL is dead.

[Barrister]

I went down to Ground Zero to see what was going on. I wish I'd had miniature American flags to sell

You could've offered abortions.

Heh.

[The Larch]

A honest question for the yanks, particulary to the ones of a more martial persuation: Will hard proof be produced at some point in the short or medium term about this operation and its results and/or particulars or do we have to trust the official statements at face value?

Oh, the conspiracy theorists will never accept OBL is dead.

Hard core nutters of course, but softer core nutters might be placated by some indisputable proof of the deed.

[The Brain]

I still can't get people to accept that Jimmy Carter is dead.

[Viking]

Today is a good day for the world.

I think we might be pleasantly surprised by the ineffectual AQ response to this.

I'm pleased they offered the body to the Saudis, who apparently refused. Personally I'd like to have seen it left on the front steps of the Saudi 'Education Ministry' in Riyadh.

Given the proximity of his 'hide out' / guest house to a Pakistani military base and the country's capital the USA needs to really stick it to the Pakistanis about what they're involvement was in his 'hiding'.

Good to see CdM beat Timmay to breaking news thread of the decade, by a country mile. 

Well, at least there is one good thing has come out of this. The Pakistani's cannot but learn the lesson that one should check the houses within 100 yards of their version of West Point for rats and terrorists.

[derspiess]

Finally, something I can praise Obama for.  This might be a moment equivalent to Clinton's welfare reform & NAFTA efforts.  We didn't arrest him & try to prosecute him-- we kept it simple & put a bullet in his head.  Good show, Barry

Only thing that pisses me off about the whole thing is that my wife found out about it before I did.  I was putting together some IKEA crap & also trying to convince my 3-year old that his room did not somehow get darker because he has a new bed.  While I was sitting with him I checked the news on my phone & then ran & told my wife, who had apparently known for a couple hours from peoples' Facebook updates.  You'd think she'd clue me in with news like that...

[Monoriu]

This made my day 

[jamesww]

This made my day 

Yeah, but watch out, as the next mission is to swoop in and rescue you from communist China.   

[garbon]

Hard core nutters of course, but softer core nutters might be placated by some indisputable proof of the deed.

Who cares?

[grumbler]

A honest question for the yanks, particulary to the ones of a more martial persuation: Will hard proof be produced at some point in the short or medium term about this operation and its results and/or particulars or do we have to trust the official statements at face value?

I hope they offer nothing more.  The twitching of the conspirotards is always most amusing.

[JacobL]

I still can't get people to accept that Jimmy Carter is undead.

Indeed. 

[Legbiter]

We didn't arrest him & try to prosecute him-- we kept it simple & put a bullet in his head.  Good show, Barry

Yep.

[Caliga]

Turns out he was living in a nice spread some tony suburb of Pakistan, like a character in a laugh-tracked TV sitcom gone horribly wrong.

Obama to Pakistan:  "Loosie, jew gotsa lotta splaining to do!"

[Caliga]

You'd think she'd clue me in with news like that...

That information is shared on a need-to-know basis, son.