No, Numbnuts, It Wasn't The Waterboarding

Contrary to what evil- spawn- of- The- Dick, Liz(ard) Cheney and others have been saying, the available facts show that waterboarding of terror detainees did not contribute information leading to the killing of Osama bin Laden (see also the Senate Intelligence Committee Chair's confirmation). Not that that would stop these and other far-right Bushies and their apologists who typically want to alter history to give their bad decisions an un-earned validity. Fortunately, history is written by historians, and reality has a well-known liberal bias.

But, will the he-said, she-said "mainstream media" keep the wingnuts from getting away with this falsity? =crickets chirping=

(Image: Hey, isn't that...)

Your Moment of Zen

BONUS: Here's why it's ok to gloat for a while, and why we call them "Rethugs."

BONUS II: Rethugs are cynically trying to shift the credit from Obama to Dumbya; here's a recap of how Dumbya walked away from hunting bin Laden.

BONUS III: Sully comments:

"In my view, the president who found and killed Osama bin Laden will be very hard not to re-elect. Now the association between his name and his enemy's [ed. note: a favorite and continuing Limpballs ploy] will be an asset: Obama killed Osama. A few tea-party fanatics will have their heads explode. And the Big Lie that Obama is somehow not a strong president is debunked - because strength doesn't actually mean being inflammatory on Fox News, it mean exercising patience, quiet and resolve to get what you want. That Obama also helped prevent a Great Depression - with zero Republican votes - and brought universal health insurance to America? All we need now is a debt deal. And the only way that's possible before the election is if Obama looks highly likely to win it. That likelihood just increased today."

President Obama on Death of Bin Laden

Here's the White House video of President Obama's announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Death of a Monster

Was watching normal programming at 10:15 EST when a breaking news report came across saying that President Obama would be making a major announcement at 10:30. . .waiting. ...10:45, word on each network and cable nets that Obama would be announcing the death of Osama bin Laden. . .waiting for Obama's announcement at 11:00. . .more confirmations and some details that bin Laden had been killed by U.S. forces and that his body was in U.S. custody. . .finally, after 11:30 Eastern time, Obama appears in the East Room to provide details of the killing of bin Laden. Special operations and military ground forces stormed bin Laden's compound in Pakistan and shot him. Great speech by Obama, touching all the right notes about 9-11, sacrifice and courage of those serving. Looking very confident and Presidential in perhaps his finest hour. Large, spontaneous crowds are forming outside the White House, chanting, cheering and singing. This will be quite a Sunday night.

So almost ten years after 9-11 the monster has been killed. Whether it's the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning for the al Qaeda network, it's a huge victory for the U.S., and a defeat for the killers of innocents.