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| Cadet read "Kill Bin Laden" book |
| 2009-12-03 |
 A U.S. Army cadet reads a book entitled "Kill Bin Laden" as he waits with other cadets for U.S. President Barack Obama to deliver an address on U.S. policy and the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York December 1, 2009. Obama is expected to announce a plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan over six months in a bid to beat back the Taliban and bring a quicker end to a costly and unpopular eight-year war. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 Forget about Bin Laden Iran is piling up fissionable material. Obama is still busy threatening with sanctions. The Cadet should have been holding a book named: "HOW DID WE LET IRAN BUILD AND LAUNCH THE BOMBS THAT DESTROYED NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES and TEL AVIV-THE TALE OF A SURVIVOR". To watch your enemy accumulate plutonium while threatening with economical sanctions may look like deep thinking but it realy is SIMPLE STUPIDITY. May Allan have mercy on us all ! |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2009-12-03 12:51 |
| #7 Conservatives hail West Point cadet who read 'Kill Bin Laden' - but who is he? |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-12-03 12:16 |
| #6 I do think it likely that he was baiting the media. Very good catch, Whiskey Mike. He was indeed, as can be seen in the photo sequence at the link. Another young man was reading something titled On Killing, which actually looked like heavy going. A wider angle photo shows all the cadets studying intently, so it seems they made good use of their enforced idleness. Remove the hated F-22? It's not as if most of us civilians would have known, ed, and the cognoscenti have already made up their minds about the man. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-03 08:56 |
| #5 The cadet merely wants to finish that book before AG Holder's book, "Why bin Laden Needs to See Judge Judy" comes our for a comparative review. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-12-03 08:20 |
| #4 Speaking of petty: Exclusive: White House aides insisted F-22 be removed from Obama speech venue When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-12-03 07:15 |
| #3 The cadets were seated 3 hours before Obama began talking. They were allowed to bring one book and could not nap while waiting. BTW, next week is the last week of classes, with big projects due Monday & Tuesday, followed by a week of final exams. A lousy time to lose 5 hours or so to get work done. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-12-03 06:56 |
| #2 Note: He's wearing a Combat Infantry Badge and Campaign Ribbons. Must have spent some time as a grunt before getting his appointment to West Point. Hooah! |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-12-03 05:09 |
| #1 Good. I read some comments from people who were hyperventilating over the 'disrespect' shown (think Code Pinko if you want to see nauseating disrespect) but it appears he was reading the book before 0bama made his appearance, so I do not see the problem. I do think it likely that he was baiting the media. If so, good for him. I hope his superior's have balls. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2009-12-03 04:04 |