Report From Washington – May 6, 2011

PRESIDENCY
SCREWING UP VICTORY – President Barack Obama scored a major victory for America and for himself with the track down and killing of Osama Bin Laden, and then he proceeded to confuse it by telling various versions of that victory. First there was a major fire fight at the mansion of Osama bin Laden lasting 40 minutes in which Bin Laden was killed resisting. The minute I heard this version I knew it was fiction. Any time the SEALs are involved in a 40 minute battle, something has gone horribly wrong. The actual fire fight took less than 2 minutes and the remaining 38 minutes were used to carry off computers, bodies and clean up the general mess of a crashed helicopter. Although that is what happened, this version has still not been told. In the second version the White House said that Bin Laden was unarmed but using a woman to shield himself, refusing to surrender with no time given for the fire fight. The last version had only one of Bin Laden’s defenders fighting back and Bin Laden acting cowardly. REALITY: None of the versions, now numbering around six or seven, were ever needed. All the President needed to say was, “We killed him.” Thanks to the various versions of events from the White House the UN now wants to investigate the “assassination” to determine if “justice” was done.  
RESET IN THE MIDDLE EAST – President Obama says a “reset” is happening in the Middle East with the so-called “Arab Spring.” There is a reset, all right. The new Egyptian government run by the military has now brokered a marriage between the two warring Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas. On May 1st Egypt also opened their common border with the Gaza Strip allowing a free flow of materials, including arms. As the BBC put it: “The new call marks a move away from Egypt’s past compliance with the United States and Israel, which have strongly opposed the Palestinian authority’s campaign to win backing for a unilateral declaration of statehood.” Congratulations Mr. Obama, you have a new Middle East; now what will you do with it?
OBAMA ORDERED MUSLIM FUNERAL FOR OSAMA – Islamic Religious rites were conducted on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier for Osama Bin Laden before his body was “respectfully” lowered into the Persian Gulf. The body of bin Laden was washed twice in accordance with Islamic practice, and wrapped in a white sheet before being buried at sea. This is the same President Barack Obama who has so little respect for Christian chaplains in the military that he wants them to preach that homosexuality is an acceptable practice. How odd.