May 11, 2015
By Anthony Zucher
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning (click here) author Seymour Hersh, the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not a secret, risky US action, it was a joint operation between the US and Pakistani military intelligence.
The allegation has many in the US - and Pakistan - crying foul, and pointing to what they see as insufficient attribution and questionable conclusions throughout Hersh's lengthy piece.
"The notion that the operation that killed Osama bin Laden was anything but a unilateral US mission is patently false," said White House spokesperson Ned Price, adding that the piece was riddled with "inaccuracies and baseless assertions".
At the heart of Hersh's article is the allegation that, starting in 2006, Bin Laden was under Pakistani control, kept in Abbottabad with the financial assistance of Saudi Arabia....
Musharaff and bin Laden has a history and was well known. My comments are with the blog. I still congratulate President Obama for taking control and ending bin Laden's life. He was right to do it. I don't really care the details. I really think Bush knew Musharraf had control of bin Laden and it was because of Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden family it was all hush, hush. I was simply a raving maniac after all, I hated war, Bush and Cheney.
In 2001, it took a month for Rumsfeld to get the ships positioned for the invasion of Afghanistan. Afghanistan fell like Dominoes. And then there was the report of bin Laden at Tora Bora. Then Rumsfeld sends in a daisy cutter so there was no proof if bin Laden was killed by chance.
Musharraf was receiving a lot of money from the USA for air space. It took a long time to remove him from his power in Pakistan. There were those attempting to kill him by bombing bridges as his car drove over it. Twice. The same bridge. He was hated. I don't know if they have held his treason trial. I stopped following it. I didn't want to know at some level. I don't know why Ex-Patriots of Pakistan go back to run for office. They are either assassinated or held for trial for treason, but, there is no success in any of them actually be received in a way that would place them in power.
The entire episode in Afghanistan was flawed. If Afghanistan had the oil that Iraq had, Bush would never have invaded Iraq. Bush over looked the Rare Earth Elements in the mountains. Typical oil man. Has no appreciation for any other form of wealth.
The idea the Obama White House tailor made the speech and disregarded the truth is a bit odd. I don't doubt it is possible, but, the idea there was a courier that went belly up was adopted by the Bush Crowd as his success. The 'story' about the death of bin Laden isn't what served President Obama's election bid. What served President Obama's re-election bid was the fact bin Laden was dead. The story was a side note. At least to me it was.
Candidate Obama promised to end the hunt for bin Laden by finding him and either killing or capturing him to bring him to justice. Barack Obama is a good American. He has his priorities fairly straight. He really does love this country and more than the country he loves the people.
Mr. Hersh is highly respected. There is no reason for him to come forward now to clear the air. He has no personal reason for telling the truth. I believe him.
The law of parsimony - a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
The world is never as complicated as many like to make it out to be.
By Anthony Zucher
According to Pulitzer Prize-winning (click here) author Seymour Hersh, the US raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was not a secret, risky US action, it was a joint operation between the US and Pakistani military intelligence.
The allegation has many in the US - and Pakistan - crying foul, and pointing to what they see as insufficient attribution and questionable conclusions throughout Hersh's lengthy piece.
"The notion that the operation that killed Osama bin Laden was anything but a unilateral US mission is patently false," said White House spokesperson Ned Price, adding that the piece was riddled with "inaccuracies and baseless assertions".
At the heart of Hersh's article is the allegation that, starting in 2006, Bin Laden was under Pakistani control, kept in Abbottabad with the financial assistance of Saudi Arabia....
Musharaff and bin Laden has a history and was well known. My comments are with the blog. I still congratulate President Obama for taking control and ending bin Laden's life. He was right to do it. I don't really care the details. I really think Bush knew Musharraf had control of bin Laden and it was because of Saudi Arabia and the bin Laden family it was all hush, hush. I was simply a raving maniac after all, I hated war, Bush and Cheney.
In 2001, it took a month for Rumsfeld to get the ships positioned for the invasion of Afghanistan. Afghanistan fell like Dominoes. And then there was the report of bin Laden at Tora Bora. Then Rumsfeld sends in a daisy cutter so there was no proof if bin Laden was killed by chance.
Musharraf was receiving a lot of money from the USA for air space. It took a long time to remove him from his power in Pakistan. There were those attempting to kill him by bombing bridges as his car drove over it. Twice. The same bridge. He was hated. I don't know if they have held his treason trial. I stopped following it. I didn't want to know at some level. I don't know why Ex-Patriots of Pakistan go back to run for office. They are either assassinated or held for trial for treason, but, there is no success in any of them actually be received in a way that would place them in power.
The entire episode in Afghanistan was flawed. If Afghanistan had the oil that Iraq had, Bush would never have invaded Iraq. Bush over looked the Rare Earth Elements in the mountains. Typical oil man. Has no appreciation for any other form of wealth.
The idea the Obama White House tailor made the speech and disregarded the truth is a bit odd. I don't doubt it is possible, but, the idea there was a courier that went belly up was adopted by the Bush Crowd as his success. The 'story' about the death of bin Laden isn't what served President Obama's election bid. What served President Obama's re-election bid was the fact bin Laden was dead. The story was a side note. At least to me it was.
Candidate Obama promised to end the hunt for bin Laden by finding him and either killing or capturing him to bring him to justice. Barack Obama is a good American. He has his priorities fairly straight. He really does love this country and more than the country he loves the people.
Mr. Hersh is highly respected. There is no reason for him to come forward now to clear the air. He has no personal reason for telling the truth. I believe him.
The law of parsimony - a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions.
The world is never as complicated as many like to make it out to be.
