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Obama took SIXTEEN HOURS to make up his mind about Bin Laden mission... ("Slept On It")
DailyMail ^ | 05/03/2011

Posted on 05/03/2011 1:55:20 PM PDT by GreaterSwiss

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To: GreaterSwiss

16 hours.

What was going on 16 hours previous?

Only the Royal Wedding.

Obama is a jerk. But even he would not be jerky enough to overshadow the Royal Wedding.

Right?

So - in the meantime - OBL had 16 more hours to breath.


41 posted on 05/03/2011 2:14:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I'm a Birther - And a Deather)
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To: SanFranDan

Instead of a call at 3:00 am it was somehting that he needed “to sleep on”. Sounds more like he needed to check all the potential political ramifications for his re-election in 2012.


42 posted on 05/03/2011 2:16:10 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (TeaNami)
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To: GreaterSwiss

What bold, decisive leadership. Get backed in a corner, retreat to your room to suck on your thumb for 16 hours, finally decided when you have no other choice, and then take credit for the whole thing.


43 posted on 05/03/2011 2:17:54 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: musicman

Hilarious!!!! Witty post-o-the-day!!!


44 posted on 05/03/2011 2:18:38 PM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Pretty soon everything in this country will be "free", except it's people!)
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To: SanFranDan
Obama had to be dragged off a golf course to the situation room.

The go order was issued by BD, LP and HC, Obama was told the decision, not requested to make one. Administration scrambled to abort. That order was overruled again by BD, LP and HC. Obama had no choice but to comply because he was probably told someone would leak what he failed to do before the 2012 election.

The killing of Osama Bin Laden was in fact a Coup within Obama WH. Fearless leader's only contribution was to shutup and sit in the corner.

45 posted on 05/03/2011 2:19:02 PM PDT by hflynn
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To: GreaterSwiss
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46 posted on 05/03/2011 2:19:11 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Obama drove up in his golf cart, takes credit for nabbing Osama, then drives away.)
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To: Tex-Con-Man
A failed mission would have turned him into an undisputed lame duck over night.

I strongly disagree with this. A failed mission may never have been brought to the public's attention.

For that matter, Carter's failed hostage rescue mission in 1979 may never have been made public were it not for the fact that Iranians had begun to issue public statements about what happened in the desert. I believe there may have been some unexpected contact between the U.S. forces and Iranian civilians on that mission that sort of "blew the cover" a bit.

47 posted on 05/03/2011 2:19:40 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested.")
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To: GreaterSwiss
LOL that 3am morning call turned into I will have to call you back tomorrow.
FUBO
48 posted on 05/03/2011 2:19:45 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways a Guero y Guay Lao >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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49 posted on 05/03/2011 2:21:06 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: ohioWfan
The caller was also a former Navy Seal who knew what he was talking about (IIRC).

Exactly. It was clear he had no illusions about the completely inconsequential role Zero played in this whole affair. If anything, he was a liability.

50 posted on 05/03/2011 2:22:20 PM PDT by Track9 (Make War!!)
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To: Gator113
Did he play golf or make a campaign speech during that 16 hours?

No, that is about the time it takes for Barry to Blackberry his boss Soros and get orders on what to do.

You just can't barge in on Soros anytime you want. Barry has to get scheduled in like everyone else.

51 posted on 05/03/2011 2:22:45 PM PDT by The Theophilus (Obama's Key to win 2012: Ban Haloperidol)
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To: GreaterSwiss

“Golfed on it”


52 posted on 05/03/2011 2:24:36 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: lurk
If you think a leader ought to okay a world-changing action in a few minutes’ time, you haven’t ever been in those shoes.

I understand what you're saying. And, if this was Obama's first encounter with the plan, "sleeping on it" would be totally appropriate.

But isn't it evident that the planning for this operation has been going on for months? And that the President has been advised at every step? Indeed, has expressly approved of the planning's progression?

In other words, all of the reservations and second thoughts and concern for a "world-changing action" should have already been weighed and put behind him.

Strikes me that this particular session came under the heading of "we're ready, the training is complete, the subject is confirmed to be present, the circumstances are ripe". Time to go/no go -- since conditions could only deteriorate from that point.

That's not the time to "sleep on it". It's time to make a decision.

53 posted on 05/03/2011 2:25:57 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

How will this affect my popularity?.....My base will be mad at me and conservatives will hate me either way.....What the hell...tap him!


54 posted on 05/03/2011 2:30:20 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: icwhatudo

Why the rush? Well for one thing, it prevents anyone from kidnapping people and demanding an exchange, or in any other manner “negotiating” for Osama’s freedom. A done deal is cleaner. Also, nobody can demand that he be read his rights or given a trial. That too is messy. Every country, every faction chiming in with their opinion, mostly anti-US, and meanwhile 0bama has to face the voters next year.

Better to ask forgivenness than permission, as the saying goes.


55 posted on 05/03/2011 2:30:29 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Bad posters drive out good; don't post and drive!)
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To: GreaterSwiss

http://socyberty.com/issues/white-house-insider-obama-hesitated-panetta-issued-order-to-kill-osama-bin-laden/


56 posted on 05/03/2011 2:32:13 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: GreaterSwiss

Remember people Delta Six wanted to scorch that place to the ground zero wanted to send in the special forces. If you got your trigger on one of the most hated enemies of this country you pull it. Sixteen friggin hours?!! Shows how out of touch this bum is. What if Osama would have left in those sixteen hours? Think about it.


57 posted on 05/03/2011 2:32:21 PM PDT by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: hflynn

The killing of Osama Bin Laden was in fact a Coup within Obama WH.
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Please confirm, even elliptically, your sources of information.


58 posted on 05/03/2011 2:33:18 PM PDT by Remole
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To: Snickering Hound

Indecision may or may not be my problem.


59 posted on 05/03/2011 2:33:56 PM PDT by sheana
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To: icwhatudo

40 minutes was the time they spend on ground. The firefight probably didn’t last longer than 5 minutes.


60 posted on 05/03/2011 2:34:53 PM PDT by avid (Please consider the environmental impact of not printing this posting!)
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