Killing of bin Laden is result of Obama keeping CIA prisons, enhanced interrogations and following Bush policies

We have to give President Obama a certain amount of credit for the killing of Obama bin Laden.

He did it by keeping in place virtually all of George W. Bush’s “War on Terror” policies.

For example, much of the intelligence required to kill bin Laden was gathered from those “enhanced interrogations” at secret CIA prisons for capture terrorists in Guantanamo and elsewhere.

Here’s Obama signing the order to close Gitmo to much fanfare and applause — an order he then rescinded once reality slapped him upside the head.

Here’s what the Obama Administration now admits:

ASSOCIATED PRESS:

Officials say CIA interrogators in secret overseas prisons developed the first strands of information that ultimately led to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Current and former U.S. officials say that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, provided the nom de guerre of one of bin Laden’s most trusted aides. The CIA got similar information Mohammed’s successor, Abu Faraj al-Libi. Both were subjected to harsh interrogation tactics inside CIA prisons in Poland and Romania.

But President Obama in his speech last night, announcing the killing of bin Laden, failed to thank George W. Bush for the wisdom of his “War on Terror” strategy.

Let’s review what George W. Bush had to say at Ground Zero right after the 9-11-2001 attack:

Let’s also review President Bush’s speech to the nation from the Oval Office after the 9-11 attack

Obama won the Presidency in 2011, in part, by attacking President Bush’s “War on Terror” polices.

Obama’s most memorable promise was that he would shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorists captured overseas.

He would shut down the secret CIA prisons.

He told us over and over again that these methods of fighting bin Laden and al Qaeda just are not in keeping with “our values.”

But there’s not a single Bush policy that Obama has discontinued.

If anything, he’s stepped up the “War on Terror.”

We’re still in Iraq.

And Obama’s not batting an eye when one of our predator drones misfires and kills innocent civilians.

We hear no more references to these activities being not in keeping with “our values.”

Obama is now using the “War on Terror” label. He’s even calling these terrorists evil.

Gone are the “man made disasters” and “overseas contingency operations” phrases his Administration insisted on using early in his term.

A brand new tune is being played by Obama. And it sounds very much like the George W. Bush tune.

Wouldn’t Obama gain in stature if he just admitted George W. Bush actually had it right?

Wouldn’t Obama actually gain stature by admitting he was naive early in his Presidency and that Bush and Cheney understood some things about how to deal with this enemy that Obama overlooked?

Wouldn’t he gain an instant 10 points in the polls if he did exactly this — give credit to George W. Bush?

Some have said that the definition of a neoconservative is “a liberal who has been mugged by reality.”

This may have happened to Obama.

It’s unclear whether his shift toward the Bush Doctrine in the War on Terror is the result of a genuine change of mind, or whether it’s a shift brought on by the reality of the 2012 Election.

Perhaps it’s a combination of both.

He’s even saying “God bless America” now at the end of his speeches . . . a stark contrast to his old habit of omitting God when misquoting America’s Declaration of Independence.

It’s fun to see what happens when an Ivy League liberal meets reality . . . or faces an election.

Rodney King’s “Can’t we all just get along?” question is a nice sentiment, but doesn’t work so well when confronting al Qaeda, Kim Jong Il, or Iran.

Actually, one of two things happen to liberal Presidents. They fail, like Jimmy Carter.  Or they adjust their policies to succeed, as Bill Clinton did.

Obama appears to want success, at least when it comes to the War on Terror.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if he also does a similar 180 degree spin-around on economic policy, adopts Paul Ryan’s budget, and calls for the repeal of ObamaCare?

Yes, I know. Silly thought.

Read more at Ben Hart’s Escape Tyranny.com