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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Thought so. He’s writing for that socyberty too.
Can anyone tell me why we didn’t take Osama alive?
If enhanced interrogation techniques work well, why wouldn’t we subject bin Laden to those same techniques? He certainly must have known quite a bit.
This is a serious question. I know many FReepers are in the military or in the intel fields. Any help would be appreciated.
Let the Hits just keep on coming.
Uhh, would that be Bill Clinton? Or was that a trick question?
“the greatest military operation in recent history began”
Sensationalizing.
Our weatherman noted...just a sliver of a moon.
I've now heard 4 helicopters??? Originally said 2.
If other sources are reliable, then the 'powers-that-be' got VP Joe into the situation room ahead of time.
Something is in the wind up there!
I think that was clintin before 9/11.
Based on what I’m reading, either this “obama didn’t make the decision” thing will break like Watergate, or it is all BS.
If the former, the interesting times we are living are about to get more “interesting” by several orders of magnitude.
It wouldnt have done any good.
It would have been a faked forgery.
Interesting change in that particular department. Just makes you distrust Obama all the more.
Hit squads of specialist Navy Seals -
formerly named by the left and ‘news pundits’ as ‘Cheney’s personal assassination rings’.
>>This was political.<<
Yeah, read the links in post 22 and post 21.
>>pure and simple<<
According to those links, maybe not.
They all have the same author that is forbidden on FR.
I agree wid dat, yo!
One can only pray that this story checks out and sees the light of day. I know that is a tall order with the current MSM, but maybe just maybe those around this poser have had enough and are ready to throw him under the bus. Somebody in that inner circle has a big enough ego to leak the truth when Obama gets credit they know he does not deserve.
He had to check with Reggie
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