Obama:Another Fucking War President

December 21st, 2009 2:46 AM
Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists
Cruise Missiles Launched Thursday Hit Two Suspected al Qaeda Sites; Major Escalation of US Efforts Against Terrorists


Protesters shout slogans as they march on a street in the southern Yemeni town of Radfan December 19, 2009 to denounce Thursday's military operation.
By Brian Ross, Richard Esposito, Matthew Cole, Luis Martinez and Kirit Radia / ABC News
On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World News with Charles Gibson.
One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of the capitol, Sanaa, and the second target was a location where officials said "an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned."
The Yemen attacks by the U.S. military represent a major escalation of the Obama administration's campaign against al Qaeda.
In his speech about added troops for Afghanistan earlier this month, President Obama made a brief reference to Yemen, saying, "Where al Qaeda and its allies attempt to establish a foothold -- whether in Somalia or Yemen or elsewhere -- they must be confronted by growing pressure and strong partnerships."
Until tonight, American officials had hedged about any U.S. role in the strikes against Yemen and news reports from Yemen attributed the attacks to the Yemen Air Force.
President Obama placed a call after the strikes to "congratulate" the President of Yemen, Ali Abdallah Salih, on his efforts against al Qaeda, according to White House officials.
A Yemeni official at the country's embassy in Washington insisted to ABC News Friday that the Thursday attacks were "planned and executed" by the Yemen government and police.
Along with the two U.S. cruise missile attacks, Yemen security forces carried out raids in three separate locations. As many as 120 people were killed in the three raids, according to reports from Yemen, and opposition leaders said many of the dead were innocent civilians.
American officials said the missile strikes were intended to disrupt a growing threat from the al Qaeda branch in Yemen, which claims to coordinate terror attacks against neighboring Saudi Arabia.
The al Qaeda presence in Yemen has been steadily growing in the last two years. "Al Qaeda generally has been pushed into these ungoverned areas, whether it is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area [or Yemen]," said Richard Barrett, coordinator of the U.N.'s Taliban al-Qaeda Sancitions Monitoring Committee. "I think many of the key people have moved to Yemen."
The U.S. embassy was attacked by suspected al Qaeda gunmen last year.
And the presumed leader of al Qaeda in Yemen, Qaaim al-Raymi, has frequently appeared on internet videos, offering an alternative to the training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"If they can go to Yemen just as easily or easier and get training there and come out again," said Barrett, "all your efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan are a waste of time."
Qaaim al-Raymi was considered a prime target of the attack Thursday but was reported to have escaped the attack. However, U.S. officials believe one of his top deputies may have been killed.
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Afghanistan,Al Qaeda,Ali Abdallah Salih,Barack Obama,Pakistan,Qaaim al-Raymi,Somalia,Taliban,White House,Yemen
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bio4Posted December 22nd, 2009 4:31 AM
I wonder how long we will have to wait before Venezuela is added to the list to give number 5. The new bases to be built in Columbia are purportedly for continuing "the war against drugs" but an Air force document stated that the US military presence was necessary to combat the "constant threat from anti-US governments in the region". These governments include those in Venezuela and Bolivia and possibly Ecuador.

And then there is Iran (no 6?). Reply
bsodPosted December 22nd, 2009 1:00 AM
the word terrorist is kinna vague and abused to push agenda's in some cases, I wish even headlines we're more specific like, "military strike on al-Qaeda " so we know that they arent talking about a teenager who saw the wrong webpage on accident Reply
powertothepeoplePosted December 22nd, 2009 12:12 AM
I just hope that danno75 takes the rest of the evening to kill off that pint of ice cream. The Warmongers and Fearmongers are still going strong. Book em danno. Reply
rokonPosted December 21st, 2009 7:03 PM
The people of America should wake up now. Obama, Bush, Dick Cheny, they are all ELECTED by you REMEMBER? and by now you might have understood that they all serve the same godfathers.

REFORM the present political system . DEMOCRACY is not about choosing between the chosen. Reply
enkoARTPosted December 22nd, 2009 1:28 AM
Agree, well said . Reply
AsilPosted December 21st, 2009 5:35 PM
As many as 120 people in Yemen were killed and many of the dead were innocent civilians… and Obama placed a call to “Congratulate” the efforts to Predent of Yemen?

What a Noble Peace Prize winner! Is this his way of earning it? Reply
danno75Posted December 21st, 2009 4:35 PM
What is it going to take to make us realize that the U.S. has become exactly what we are supposed to be fighting against in this "War on Terror". We are headed for the first all out war fought on American soil since the Civil War, and I hate to say it, but we will get our collective butts kicked if it happens. It isn't the 1700's anymore. 2/3 of Americans (myself included) are so out of shape we couldn't kill a pint of icecream much less a trained soldier. Our current president seems to be going out of his way to piss off as many countries (that already hated us to begin with) as humanly possible. I realize all of this was started by GWB but BSO needs to end it or else we are in for a rude awakening. Reply
danno75Posted December 22nd, 2009 11:23 AM
That should have been BHO not BSO. I suppose the BS is appropriate though. Reply
MakaainanaPosted December 21st, 2009 1:32 PM
Is this preemptive war by another name or in a smaller fashion?

Preemptive war is aggression by a rogue nation on another nation, no matter what you say the reasons are.

It makes those that engage in it international terrorists and war criminals........... Reply
MakaainanaPosted December 21st, 2009 1:27 PM
This is just the beginning. Terrorists are not tied to a state or nation. Somali will come up. The Philippines, South America are both prone to terrorist activities.

That is the flaw in Obama's trying to stop terror in AfPak. Anywhere the globalization of industry has bypassed there are poor with the understandable frustrations that arise in a media shrunk world.

You will never stop terror with guns and robot bombs. All you will do is create collateral damage which creates more terrorists.

Food, medicine, humanitarian aid without political strings attached are what is needed. Spend the trillions of dollars like that and we will see some positive results. Expecting to conquer a stateless group of international criminals (terrorists) by forcing a government on citizens is as silly as trying to change the hearts and minds of mothers and fathers by killing their neighbors. Reply
Ron44Posted December 21st, 2009 1:17 PM
Well folks, is this a wake up call as to what Obama thinks about your feelings on this useless war?? We are going down the same old road of escalation and BS that Bush took us down!! A military strike to prove that he is the big man on campus and the death of over a hundred innocent people!! Nobel Peace Prize my ass!!!!!! Reply