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Lest we forget
Reader comment on item: On Closed Embassies, the Worldwide Travel Alert, and Wimpitude
Submitted by Aviel Menter (United States), Aug 3, 2013 at 19:15
Yeah, clearly the president in charge of the assassination of Osama bin Laden, and the Commander in Chief of an army of drones controversial within his own party doesn't understand the need to hunt down people who harm Americans.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Getting bin Laden was an achievement, but not such a great one that it excuses all the mistakes Obama makes.
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