[BRAH]

Obama took SIXTEEN HOURS to make up his mind about Bin Laden mission
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:20 PM on 3rd May 2011
Excerpt

President 'slept on it' as tense military chiefs awaited decision
Action started the next morning when Obama declared 'it's a go'

Barack Obama kept military commanders hanging by declaring he would 'sleep on it' before taking 16 hours to give the go-ahead to raid Bin Laden's compound.
Hit squads of specialist Navy Seals - who were not even told who they were preparing to capture - had practised the mission at two reconstructions of the terror chiefs sprawling compound.

The mission looked set to be given the all clear last Thursday when analysts confirmed beyond doubt that Bin Laden was in busy town of Abbottabad in northern Pakistan.

But the president stunned officials when he told a national security meeting that he wanted more time to think - and disappeared out of the room.
'I'm not going to tell you what my decision is now - I'm going to go back and think about it some more,' said Obama, according to the New York Times. He then added 'I'm going to make a decision soon.'

The head of the CIA and other senior intelligence officers who were keen to proceed were left tense as they waited for the president's decision.
But the next morning after 16 hours, Obama summoned four top aides to the White House Diplomatic Room. Before they could speak, the president put his fist on the table and declared 'It's a go'.

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Not to Monday morning quaterbacking what Obama was thinking but sixteen hours to decide whether to to green light the mission or not seems long especially when the window of opportunity was possibly closing.

[sandorski]

Foreign Nation. That factor alone makes it something that needs a thorough weighing.

[raydan]

We've got arm-chair presidents now.

[Gunnair]

Reports say Osama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

[raydan]

...and even when Obama said "yes", they waited another day because of cloud-cover.

[sandorski]

Gunnair wrote:

Reports say Obama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

[xerxes]

Uh, so what? Isn't it more important that the operation was successful when it happened than the length of time it took to authorise it ? Criticize the delay if it let bin Laden get away. But since it didn't; do shut up.

[BRAH]

Gunnair wrote:

Reports say Obama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

To my understanding the window of opportunity was engaging the operation before a full moon.

[rickc]

xerxes wrote:

Uh, so what? Isn't it more important that the operation was successful when it happened than the length of time it took to authorise it ? Criticize the delay if it let bin Laden get away. But since it didn't; do shut up.

Exactly! Well said! I cannot believe that I am constantly finding myself defending President Obama. I AM the far right! I should be spending my free time putting the President down. That would be the natural order of things. Lately.... he is not giving me much ammo. Lets call a spade a spade. President Obama did what President Bush could not do. This POS Bin Laden might have been killed or captured many years ago if President Bush did not take his eye off of the prize, and sink us in the quicksand of Iraq.

President Obama accomplished in a little over two years what President Bush could not do in eight years. He made the gutsy decision to invade a nuclear armed country in a very volatile part of the world. He risked American lives to carry out the mission and cut down on civilian casulties, by not sending in airstrikes to do the job. Now people want to second guess his decisions? I'm sorry but that is total B.S. Show the man the respect he deserves! He did what he said he would do. This is his moment. Second guessing him now just looks like petty partisan politics to me.

[Scape]

It's on the internets, it must be true.

[raydan]

BRAH wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Reports say Obama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

To my understanding the window of opportunity was engaging the operation before a full moon.

Why, would Bin Laden have turned into a werewolf?

[Brenda]

raydan wrote:

BRAH wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Reports say Obama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

To my understanding the window of opportunity was engaging the operation before a full moon.

Why, would Bin Laden have turned into a werewolf?

Wasn't he already?

(and VAMPIRES SUCK!! )

[BRAH]

raydan wrote:

BRAH wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Reports say Obama had been living there for up to six years. What would lead you to say the window of opportunity was closing to carry out clandestine raids in a foriegn country?

To my understanding the window of opportunity was engaging the operation before a full moon.

Why, would Bin Laden have turned into a werewolf?

Sure if you want to play it that way.

[BRAH]

rickc wrote:

xerxes wrote:

Uh, so what? Isn't it more important that the operation was successful when it happened than the length of time it took to authorise it ? Criticize the delay if it let bin Laden get away. But since it didn't; do shut up.

Exactly! Well said! I cannot believe that I am constantly finding myself defending President Obama. I AM the far right! I should be spending my free time putting the President down. That would be the natural order of things. Lately.... he is not giving me much ammo. Lets call a spade a spade. President Obama did what President Bush could not do. This POS Bin Laden might have been killed or captured many years ago if President Bush did not take his eye off of the prize, and sink us in the quicksand of Iraq.

President Obama accomplished in a little over two years what President Bush could not do in eight years. He made the gutsy decision to invade a nuclear armed country in a very volatile part of the world. He risked American lives to carry out the mission and cut down on civilian casulties, by not sending in airstrikes to do the job. Now people want to second guess his decisions? I'm sorry but that is total B.S. Show the man the respect he deserves! He did what he said he would do. This is his moment. Second guessing him now just looks like petty partisan politics to me.

Bush's signing the executive order giving U.S. Intelligence and the Military the green light to capture or kill Bin Laden, opening Gitmo and authorizing water boarding played a part in helping to find the courier leading to Bin Laden.

The job of the commander and chief is to risk the lives of Americans everyday, this isn't the first covert operation Obama has authorized and nor will it be his last.

For the record Clinton had 8 years to deal with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda while U.S. interests were being attacked and he too failed to capture or kill Bin Laden while tying the hands of U.S. Intelligence which lead to the wall between the CIA and FBI being established preventing them from sharing Intel which set in motion the planning for 9/11.

It's also to Obama's credit he has publicly said this does not mean the terrorist threat from Al Qaeda is over unlike the MSM who seem to think different.

[BRAH]

rickc wrote:

xerxes wrote:

Uh, so what? Isn't it more important that the operation was successful when it happened than the length of time it took to authorise it ? Criticize the delay if it let bin Laden get away. But since it didn't; do shut up.

Exactly! Well said! I cannot believe that I am constantly finding myself defending President Obama. I AM the far right! I should be spending my free time putting the President down. That would be the natural order of things. Lately.... he is not giving me much ammo. Lets call a spade a spade. President Obama did what President Bush could not do. This POS Bin Laden might have been killed or captured many years ago if President Bush did not take his eye off of the prize, and sink us in the quicksand of Iraq.

President Obama accomplished in a little over two years what President Bush could not do in eight years. He made the gutsy decision to invade a nuclear armed country in a very volatile part of the world. He risked American lives to carry out the mission and cut down on civilian casulties, by not sending in airstrikes to do the job. Now people want to second guess his decisions? I'm sorry but that is total B.S. Show the man the respect he deserves! He did what he said he would do. This is his moment. Second guessing him now just looks like petty partisan politics to me.

Bush's signing the executive order giving U.S. Intelligence and the Military the green light to capture or kill Bin Laden, opening Gitmo and authorizing water boarding played a part in helping to find the courier leading to Bin Laden.

The job of the commander and chief is to risk the lives of Americans everyday, this isn't the first covert operation Obama has authorized and nor will it be his last.

For the record Clinton had 8 years to deal with Bin Laden and Al Qaeda while U.S. interests were being attacked and he too failed to capture or kill Bin Laden while tying the hands of U.S. Intelligence which lead to the wall between the CIA and FBI being established preventing them from sharing Intel which set in motion the planning for 9/11.