I’ll go further and say they should have not even released news of Osama’s assasination until at least a week or two so they had time to squash some more roaches. As it is all the roaches had plenty of time to get away. Not too smart.
If this were a normal terrorist, I would agree. Normally the military would wait about 6 weeks to announce the killing or capture of a wanted terrorist so that they have a chance to translate, decode, and follow-up on all of the leads acquired from confiscated computers, videotapes, other evidence and “interviews” with associates. But if we waited 6 weeks to make the announcement, few would believe it. The PR value here of the raid was worth more than the intel value.
That said, it make take 10 more years to dismantle the rest of Al Qaeda piece by piece.
....”they should have not even released news of Osama’s assasination until at least a week or two so they had time to squash some more roaches. As it is all the roaches had plenty of time to get away. Not too smart.”.....
Exactly right...however saying they took computers and other significant sources of information certainly has caused mayheim in the rank and file ....if they were planning anything it’s been on hold now...they’re too busy running away from where they are..and you can bet they will re-plan what was in play.
I also figure none are sleeping well at night.....the fact the copters went in and got out before detection has made them all afraid they are nexxt.