Posted on 05/03/2011 1:06:01 PM PDT by traumer
President 'slept on it' as tense military chiefs awaited decision Action started the next morning when Obama declared 'it's a go' Mission delayed by one day after heavy cloud cover on Saturday night Navy seals dodged Pakistani security to reach Bin Laden's lair Outpouring of emotion on streets down to 'the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11' Obama told members of Congress
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'.
With those three words, the greatest military operation in recent history began. Had it not been for heavy cloud cover
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He had to consult his Magic 8 Ball.
Bump.
You forget he had the space shuttle scheduled with Giffords and all for the same day as the Royal wedding. The shuttle failed so he went on to the next scheduled "me me me" event. I wonder how he's going to top the latest.
Obama = 100% narcissist
OMG.
I don’t what this idiot is more of; a pussy or a disaster.
Next time, maybe he can ask Amy Carter what to do, and this whole nightmare will have come full circle.
Can anyone tell me why we didn’t take Osama alive?
“What makes you think we didn’t?”
Interesting point, we could waterboard him in total secret and gain a lot of intel.
Nah, the main issue is if Ulsterman is the author or the primary subject of the story.
I bet Obama got on his Blackberry to somebody for instructions!
BTW, I researched him. I see your point. :)
“So it is not a matter of whether or not he is accurate, but whether or not he is allowed here?”
UM has been caught a few times making up quotes. I discovered one myself. That post has since been deleted. His “insider” has also been dead wrong, ie. Pelosi.
Ref.
http://ulster-man.blogspot.com/
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/blog/mustachio/anthony-g-martin-blogger-known-ulsterman
(Pay per click:)
http://newsflavor.com/opinions/white-house-insider-pelosi-scandal-soros-and-racism/
How about
“He is not allowed here because he is not accurate.”
He writes a good game. He takes old speculation & old conversations, throws in a few facts which have been long known and writes a new narrative in the present tense.
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