Pretty absurd. The search for OBL has been ongoing for more than nine years. No president should have to make up his mind about anything once his military and intelligence people have said the time is right. Small chance a president is going to know of any factors not already considered, save maybe some domestic political consideration which should not be a consideration in a search of this duration.
My only question is whether he waited 16 hours to decide whether to go after bin Laden at all (inexcusable), or whether he waited 16 hours to decide how to go after bin Laden (through a drone strike, ground assault, etc.) (still tough to excuse, but perhaps not ‘inexcusable’).
In the end, though, I don’t think it mattered much. It sounds like the reason they didn’t go until Sunday was weather-related, so I don’t think it made much of a difference that 0bama gave the order on Saturday morning as opposed to Friday night.
...he had to wait for all the chips to come in. He had to debate the death of one of his brethren, his sagging polls, his Christian image, AND global backlash. Islamic rage. He had to make deals to minimize the backlash... for now , as it was only one passing chip on his road to the cakiphate.
Where is the rage?