Reply #7: I think that was part of it... Of course, the idea that the MIC would give up its

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profitable war on terra with a simple announcement is a farse... Also different times. Media is fast and twitter pops. Most of the people celebrating late on a Sunday evening looked more like "college" age frat kids anyway... Most adults, ie parents and grandparents were either sleeping or soaking up the news in front of the tv.

The reality is, most people said a silent "thank god"... Hopefully this gets us out of war and puts an end mark on 10 long yrs. Its been 10 yrs of non-stop "terra" alerts in coded color. Throwing out water bottles, hearing the names of people you cannot read or say become a "deck of cards" to fear... Non-stop war and terra mentality for 10yrs. People know that ending those wars means more money back home.. and we need money back home. Our roads, bridges, general infrastructure in many places look or are in as good of shape as if the military came in and bombed them.. The economy is in the toilet.

I think generalizing the people on tv celebrating as an indication of what "most" Americans were doing on Sunday night is wrong of Michael Moore. It was a tiny fraction of what most Americans were doing... Kinda like the pics of the Sadaam Hussein statue tumbling... a tight shot showed tons of Iraqi's rejoicing and having a party... wide shot shows it was a handful of people and the plaza was surrounded/ guarded by US soldiers. After President Obama made the announcement late on Sunday night, most newsies didn't have prepped sound bites. This was so secret of a mission, most of the talking heads probably had to find the most sober person they could pull on to air (someone who hadn't been drinking and playing golf at their elite clubs all afternoon). They had no real intel other than the Presidents words. What could they do? Well, they took pictures of people (kids really) showing up at ground zero and the White House partying like it was New Year's Eve.

Anyway, I think he's trying to walk back the back-lash he got after questioning our "right" to go into a sovreign "friendlY" nation, conduct an operation, and kill (assasinate) a person. However, it wasn't the President running thru a dark compound using night vision goggle unsure of what he might encounter. When the seals go in, adreneline pumping, 1 copter down, in a covert operation, not knowing if they were in Osama's lair... they shoot first and ask questions later. Its their training. Everyone questioning his killing rather than capture to attack the President is basically saying the SEALS suck... Because when they go in, the President is relying on them. They are doing their job that they trained for.