That trial balloon is already being floated - probably in case this starts to bite them. have seen multiple stories now about Obama 'stalling' or 'hemming and hawing' before making his decision along with a couple intimating that Panetta may have decided to order the strike after waiting for Obama to make a decision.
Of course that could also be being floated to make Panetta look strong and decisive to furthur pave his way to SecDef.
I believe a determined military was undergoing the strain of horrific waffling from the Cuckoo-in-Chief, the weasely Secretary of Defense, the snake Panetta and the out-of-her-depth Secretary of State....so much so that they finally ordered the mission on their own to go ahead.
I firmly believe that a mini-coup took place vis-a-vis the White House and the military's highest general staff at that moment in time.
Leni