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Credit only the military

Thu., May 5, 2011

I’m getting so sick of people and the media giving credit to Obama and his administration for the death of Osama bin Laden.

Come on, people, be realistic. He just happened to be the president who was in office when this happened. Right place, right time. The credit goes entirely to the USA armed services only! Not Obama, not Bush and not to any political party. Pinning this to Obama, or anyone else, is a slap in the face of those serving our country and a distasteful way of trying to boost Obama’s attempt at re-election.

Craig T. Baker

Deer Park

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