Here is what I think happened.
The story was going to be we got him a week ago and just got back the DNA results.
But then something happened behind the scenes..and they decided that story is going to be a problem - for whatever reason- diplomatic issues, whatever..
so an hour goes by while they decided what to do..
and now the story is we got him today.
I think the delay was WHOLLY to get the “spontaneous” gathering of kolledge kids in front of the WH. Optics . . .
They ain’t gonna put that particular genie back in the bottle.
I don’t know, I can buy that it happened today.
I’m surprised they were able to get him in suhc a clean op. I thought he had a huge group of bodyguards.
Also interesting he was in a rather residential area and not in some cave somewhere. I never thought he was in some cave out in the mountains.
Also, in Tom Clancy’s last book that came out in December, he had Bin Ladin(well, he called him The Emir but it was clearly Bin Ladin) living in some mansion in Las Vegas. Maybe he knew more than most of us.
But good they finally got him. I’m amazed it took so long. Someone upthread posted that maybe the Iranians or some other Arab/Muslim country sold him out and I wouldn’t be surprised. Maybe Khameini put the word out that ion exchange for laying off his nuclear program he’d give us Bin Ladin. Maybe the 25 million or more just finally looked attractive enough to someone.
But overall a great day for the US. Now, if only Obama had announced that right after he got confirmation he ordered KSM and all the other gitmo detainees to be taken out and shot.
I realize this will be good for Obama in 2012 and right now he’s the huge favorite. As others have said, Bush41 had a huge lead in spring of 91 but still lost. But I think wit hhtis, absent a huge recession, he pretty much has it made.
Still, getting Bin Ladin is great news.