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A new book on the 2012 presidential campaign claims that President Barack Obama told aides that he is "really good at killing people."
According to Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the authors of Double Down: Game Change 2012, Obama made the comment while discussing drone strikes last year.
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The quote comes in the context of both the drone program and the killing of Osama bin Laden by a special forces strike force. The passage also specifically references the death of another al Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen on Sept. 30, 2011.
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"Turns out I'm really good at killing people," Obama said quietly, "Didn't know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine."
They get their claim from a Washington Post report that buries the statement as a brief anecdote in an article, in which the president is described as speaking to aides about the drone program and then making the claim.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: xuenchen
here's another
John Poindexter
businessman in Houston.
?? Corruption Connections ??
Hmmmm.
But at the end of August, Poindexter found himself in an uncomfortable place: the headlines. He’d been in quiet negotiations throughout the summer with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to purchase 46,000 acres of Big Bend Ranch State Park for around $2 million. But the day before the TPWD commissioners were to receive their staff’s recommendation for approval—in a closed executive session that would be followed the next day by the deal’s only public hearing—the Austin American-Statesman announced in a front-page story that the state was considering selling off “one-sixth of its flagship park.” (The figure was off, but negligibly so.) The opposition from conservationists was Bork-like in its intensity and organization. In an editorial the day of the hearing, the Statesman decried the deal’s secrecy and “fire sale price.” That afternoon, Poindexter was vilified in public testimony for being a poor neighbor and an insensitive steward of the land he already owns and for wanting to close the park to all but the rich guests who stay at his resort. The commissioners rejected the deal. In the end, Poindexter felt as bushwhacked by the outcry as park lovers had been by the suddenness of the hearing. Pinched for time, he was unable to convince his detractors that the deal was as good for the state as it was for him.
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: IAMTAT
I wonder if Uranium One has the mineral rights on the land.
And I think there is a National Park nearby the State Park.
I know there's been some indications of smuggling from Mexico right there.
Maybe some ICE/Cartel blackmail.
originally posted by: DexterRiley
a reply to: Granite
It appears that he may have actually said that.
Here is some more information from a similar article from the Huffington Post:
A new book on the 2012 presidential campaign claims that President Barack Obama told aides that he is "really good at killing people."
According to Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the authors of Double Down: Game Change 2012, Obama made the comment while discussing drone strikes last year.
...
The quote comes in the context of both the drone program and the killing of Osama bin Laden by a special forces strike force. The passage also specifically references the death of another al Qaeda leader, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen on Sept. 30, 2011.
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"trong suit of mine."
The Washington Times article you linked also said this:
They get their claim from a Washington Post report that buries the statement as a brief anecdote in an article, in which the president is described as speaking to aides about the drone program and then making the claim.
So the authors of the book got their information from a Washington Post article that was quoting an anonymous source. At the time there was no denial of the statement.
But it's prudent to take into consideration the context of the quote. He wasn't making a general statement about killing people, but was talking about using drones to take enemies of the US.
-dex
www.nytimes.com...
Justice Scalia had arrived at the 30,000-acre ranch on Friday to participate in one of the weekend gatherings that Mr. Poindexter hosts a few times each year. Justice Scalia and Mr. Poindexter had met just once, in Washington, and the justice had traveled to Texas after a friend of Mr. Poindexter’s suggested inviting him, the ranch owner said
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: UnBreakable
a reply to: xuenchen
Times sure are slow here on ATS. People are fishing for conspiracies.
YOU ARE HERE:
ATS: A conspiracy website/'General Conspiracies' Forum/A Conspiracy Thread.
originally posted by: Granite
a reply to: xuenchen
Heart Attack Gun
Please imbed...
Justices are protected by the U.S. Supreme Court Police and when they make public appearances they're guarded by United States Marshals. However, when they travel on their own on vacation, they generally travel on their own if it's not on court business, Miller said.
originally posted by: texasgirl
a reply to: queenofswords
Read your article. So, his hands were almost folded and the sheets were not rumpled at all? If you're having a heart attack wouldn't the sheets at least be a little rumpled?