A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

This is a great photo, thanks. I especially appreciate the lack of hubris and cowboy jocularity. And just the other day, someone on SH was arguing to me that Obama lacks the courage and brains to be Commander in Chief . . .

Thank you Susan, I figured the picture was pretty much all that was needed with minimal wording putting it in context. I would say our President chose the best plan of action & definitely has the courage & mental acuity to be CIC.

A great job done with precision timing. President Obama made the right decision, but don't forget the look on his face is more desperate if this mission goes wrong, he might as well not run at all.

I didn't really read the same thing in the President's facial expression. It definitely was a great job & precision timing. Thank the Lord it went well & we got our man. Thanx for responding Strawberry.

I see no desperation in his face. I see determination.

I think his lunch is catching up with him

Huh?

thats the face of a man that his lunch is coming out faster then it went in lol

Okay

Obviously it was tense, and likely (from that hand over the mouth), I'd wager stomach turning, too.

The thing I love about this picture is that you can see the faces of decision-makers seeing the results of their decisions.
War is not glamorous. It isn't pretty. It isn't something to celebrate. What these guys do is hideous under even these: the best of circumstances. This was a job VERY well done, and yet there is no high-fiving, no fist-pumping, not so much as a smile. There are only rightly grim faces, seeing the awfulness of war.
As a soldier, I hope they never release the tape. I joined the military, as did many others, so that civilians wouldn't have to see what I've seen. I don't want to see what these SEALs did. I know what they did. They are the best in the business, and they have every right to be proud of themselves. But this wasn't a touchdown pass. It was a pair of rounds passing through the face of another human being. Justified though it is, it isn't fit for viewing to anyone who doesn't absolutely have to see it.

You are so correct Elijahin & that picture spoke so much to me. It didn't need commentary other than the context I included.

Thank you so much for your contribution to this thread because what you have brought to this from a military man is so valuable. I can only speak as a layperson as I've never witnessed what you & your brothers/sisters in arms have. With heartfelt thanks I owe you/them a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. God bless you & all our military personnel.

I am sure the video will be released at some point.But I don't think I could watch it without putting my hand over my face. I bet you could have heard a pin drop in that room while they were watching it go down.

One Black Man in a Sea of Whities ... Lt Colonel or Brigadier General in the Captain's Chair. Wow!

I doubt anyone was thinking about "protocol" in that room while they were preparing to see what was about to/was going down.

I know. But it sure struck me as odd that he seems to withdrawning into himself, while the others are all puffed up and tower over him. He is the smallest individual, off to the far right, aside from the little woman peeking between men in the back row of that photo. Yes. The picture speaks loads, to me. He seems humbled, unlike most of the other powerful in that room. IMHO Thank You For Your Indulgence

I understand. In all honesty I'd prefer a President who is humbled while witnessing the power his commands carry. Bush's wild west shoot 'em up, cowboy mentality was quite distressing to someone like me.

People will be looking at this iconic photo for years. A true snapshot of an historical moment.

AMEN!

Good thing they have the video of Osama being killed by the Navy seal's maybe that will silence the deathers! Of course they probably call it a fake also and ask for the long video! lol

yet still no pictures released!

Wow you can feel the tension in the room.

Blondie your back what happened to you?
It was a great day for all Americans, Military and what a great call by our president Barack Obama.

4 days wow, you must have been real naughty!

This reminds of the Movie "Patriot Games" with Harrison Ford. Watching real time CIA operations in a tent compound. We've come a long way with Sattelite technology.

We certainly have John.

..... "We have cameras sir!"

Looking at Hillary's you get the feeling it's not pretty.

The SEALS went in with guns blazing - it couldn't have been pretty.

My sentiments exactly Fannie.

War never is. :-(

Thanks for sharing

I felt compelled to Natti. It said so much more than any post with words could have ever said.

I agree

It looks like hillary doesn't like the Carnage and that General is playing Farmville on Facebook!!

I'm betting Angry Birds