The letter sparked a debate on social media about the validity and morality of bin Laden's letter, with some expressing sympathy while others condemning or mocking it.
to see a lot of democrats praising the military, praising the special forces and even praising the president for making the decision, and rightfully so. you re right, this will be a rallying around the flag craig craig rightly is so. rightly so, 100%. i m proud of our special forces told, and i m proud of the president today for making this decision. it s interesting though how this plays out politically. we don t know, the most recent example we ve got really is president obama s approval ratings after the osama bin laden killing. he got a bump in the polls by about six points. people rallied around him, and it lasted for all of about two months before his approval ratings settled back down to where it was. so how this plays out in the minds of the voters is a completely different question. but today we should all be very happy about what happened. chris: hear hear to that. all right, panel, we have to take a break.
to see a lot of democrats praising the military, praising the special forces and even praising the president for making the decision, and rightfully so. you re right, this will be a rallying around the flag craig craig rightly is so. rightly so, 100%. i m proud of our special forces told, and i m proud of the president today for making this decision. it s interesting though how this plays out politically. we don t know, the most recent example we ve got really is president obama s approval ratings after the osama bin laden killing. he got a bump in the polls by about six points. people rallied around him, and it lasted for all of about two months before his approval ratings settled back down to where it was. so how this plays out in the minds of the voters is a completely different question. but today we should all be very happy about what happened. chris: hear hear to that. all right, panel, we have to
to see a lot of democrats praising the military, praising the special forces and even praising the president for making the decision, and rightfully so. you re right, this will be a rallying around the flag craig craig rightly is so. rightly so, 100%. i m proud of our special forces told, and i m proud of the president today for making this decision. it s interesting though how this plays out politically. we don t know, the most recent example we ve got really is president obama s approval ratings after the osama bin laden killing. he got a bump in the polls by about six points. people rallied around him, and it lasted for all of about two months before his approval ratings settled back down to where it was. so how this plays out in the minds of the voters is a completely different question. but today we should all be very happy about what happened. chris: hear hear to that. all right, panel, we have to
troops deployed in iraq and afghanistan, a financial crisis that had really set back the western economies. so he has had a series of issues, huge issues, he s had to deal with. and he his focus has been on the domestic side, on health care issues, on rebuilding the american economy. i think, on the on his external policy, i think he has been cautious, possibly to a fault. i think he has been hesitant to get back involved in military engagements in the islamic world, for example. scarred by what had happened in iraq and afghanistan. and recognizing that public opinion, the political appetite for further engagements, is very low. equally, he s taken risks. he took risks with the osama bin laden killing, which i think has really shaken the capacity of al