John Kerry in 2012 spotlight

[beachmom]

10. Thanks for the article. I also like how this Josh Marshall

post hooks everything together regarding the GOP's displeasure with how Obama is the one who killed OBL:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/05/of_course_they_dont_like_it.php?ref=fpblg

It was Bush administration policy for seven years to de-prioritize the search for Osama bin Laden. That happened at Tora Bora to refocus the fight to Iraq and Saddam Hussein. And it continued that way through early 2009.

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It’s not only the go-ahead that President Obama gave to launch the commando raid one year ago — it was the aggressive refocus on hunting down OBL that he launched on coming to office. These are uncomfortable facts but facts nonetheless.

If Don Rumsfeld would have kept his eye on the ball — hunting down bin Laden — ten years ago in the assault on Tora Bora, there would have been no assault to order one year ago.

"kept his eye on the ball" links to this NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/magazine/11TORABORA.html?pagewanted=all

Was it not John Kerry who came up with "took his eye off the ball" in the 2004 campaign? Was it not that same 2004 campaign that said America focused on the wrong place: Iraq and not Afghanistan and OBL? I like that quote from Stephanie Cutter in the Politico article.